insert_link Africa Nigeria’s maritime logistics cruise as ports get a makeover By Bonface Orucho, bird story agency Nigeria is implementing a ports makeover, ramping up investment to expand its ports as it seeks to untangle congestion, enhance efficiency, and seize economic opportunities through improved sea freight logistics. President Tinubu and Maersk Chairperson Robert Maersk Uggla have reportedly discussed a US$600 million deal with A.P. Moller-Maersk. The two met during the World Economic Forum event in Riyadh. In […] today3 May, 2024
insert_link Africa Young middle-class Nigerians are desperate to leave the country: insights into why By Jing Jing Liu, MacEwan University Since the 1980s, migration has been a part of the Nigerian middle-class psyche, catalysed by the usual suspects: high unemployment, security concerns, infrastructure gaps, and poor governance. Migrants tends to be middle-class since one needs resources to migrate. For many young Nigerians, the bloodshed that ended the 2020 #EndSARS protests against police brutality proved to be a decisive factor. Their desire […] today30 April, 2024
insert_link Africa Nigeria is pioneering a new vaccine to fight meningitis – why this matters By Idris Mohammed, Gombe State University Nigeria recently became the first country to roll out a new vaccine (called Men5CV) recommended by the World Health Organization (WHO), which protects people against five strains of meningococcus bacteria. The Conversation Africa asked Idris Mohammed, a professor of infectious diseases and immunology and former board chair of Nigeria’s National Programme on Immunisation, to explain the new vaccine and its likely impact. […] today26 April, 2024
insert_link Africa Nigeria revokes dormant mining licences, opens opportunity for investors Nigeria's government has revoked with immediate effect, 924 dormant licences across four sectors in the mining industry. It has also invited investors to freely apply for the affected licences which it says will be offered on a "first come, first served" basis. today25 April, 2024
insert_link Africa Nigeria freezes over 300 suspected accounts to secure its foreign exchange market Nigeria's anti-graft agency, the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC says it has frozen about 300 accounts to ensure the safety of its foreign exchange market. today24 April, 2024
insert_link Africa 13 Dead and 40 Injured in Road Accident in Nigeria Thirteen people have died, and 40 others injured in an accident in Kaduna state, northwest Nigeria. The incident occured around 11pm on Saturday as reported from Jos by our Nigeria correspondent Tesem Akende. today22 April, 2024
insert_link Africa Nigeria cracks down on illegal jet operations Nigeria has suspended the licenses of three private jet operators in the country. Aviation authorities say they were engaged in commercial operations in violation of the law. Tesem Akende reports from Jos. today17 April, 2024
insert_link Africa A decade after the kidnapping of the Chibok girls in Nigeria, what has the #BringBackOurGirls movement achieved? By Temitope Oriola, University of Alberta In April 2014, the terrorist organization Boko Haram kidnapped 276 high school girls in Chibok, a town in northeast Nigeria. About 57 of the girls managed to escape on the night of their capture. Boko Haram had demonstrated its intentions regarding the education of girls and young women prior to the mass kidnapping — two months before the Chibok kidnapping, Boko Haram […] today17 April, 2024
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