Nigeria Looks To Reduce State Role in Energy Sector The new administration plans to end the state monopoly on oil and gas. Reason · Jun 20, 2023
Nigeria, labour unions to agree new minimum wage within 8 weeks Nigeria’s labour unions threatened to strike after fuel prices tripled due to President Tinubu scrapping fuel subsidy. Al Jazeera · Jun 20, 2023
2023 Fifa Women’s World Cup: fixtures, groups and UK TV coverage This summer’s Fifa Women’s World Cup will be broadcast live in the UK on the BBC and ITV. All 64 matches from the tournament will be on free-to-air terrestrial TV with both broadcasters showing the final. The Week · Jun 20, 2023
Nigeria's new foreign exchange policy is good news - but it can't work wonders for the economy on its own The Central Bank of Nigeria recently announced changes to the way the country’s foreign exchange market will work. Foreign currencies can now be bought and sold at rates determined by the market – not by the central bank. The Conversation · Jun 20, 2023
Ending Nigeria's fuel subsidy pushes a shift to solar. Without a climate plan, progress is at risk Nigeria's removal of a subsidy that helped reduce the price of gasoline has increased costs for people already struggling with high inflation The Independent UK · Jun 20, 2023
TV tonight: Joshua Jackson is a sinister surgeon in Dr Death A chilling and star-packed podcast adaptation gets under way. Plus: Afua Hirsch visits Nigeria and David Harewood delivers a very personal lecture. Here’s what to watch this evening The Guardian - UK · Jun 20, 2023
Nigeria’s Tinubu removes security chiefs in major reshuffle Nigeria’s president has named new commanders of the defence forces, army, navy and air force, according to a statement. Al Jazeera · Jun 20, 2023
Nigeria's leader replaces security chiefs in major shakeup The Nigerian presidency has announced that the president has replaced the chiefs of all the country's security services The Independent UK · Jun 19, 2023
Nigerian health workers and absenteeism: study shows how personal and political relationships protect offenders Absenteeism of health workers contributes to poor quality of care. A study in Uganda, for example, showed that it reduced the likelihood of people using primary health centres by 30%. Absenteeism also increases the workload for available staff. This adds to work-related stress. The Conversation · Jun 19, 2023
Sir Ben Okri: Being honoured means helping the human race to be more civilised The Nigerian-born writer has been made Knight Bachelor in the King’s birthday honours for services to literature. The Independent UK · Jun 16, 2023
Nigerian Derry couple speak of hardship of leaving kids behind to study as UK plans controversial migration change Adamma Antonia Odumukwu and husband Kenneth live, work and study in Derry Belfast Live · Jun 16, 2023
‘She clung to the children’: Nigeria boat tragedy survivors mourn Survivors and relatives are mourning the deaths of 106 people in a boat tragedy on June 12 after a large wedding party. Al Jazeera · Jun 16, 2023
Most victims in Nigeria wedding boat disaster that killed 108 were women and children The wooden vessel overturned in the Niger River after reportedly hitting a log on Monday night Evening Standard · Jun 16, 2023
Oxlade at Meltdown Festival review: sporadically dazzling, but the Nigerian star is still a work in progress A glittery catwalk show of fabulous outfits and high-voltage glamour – and that was just the audience Evening Standard · Jun 16, 2023
The Guardian - UK · Jun 16, 2023 ‘I’m left with nothing’: Nigerians feel brunt of economic shakeup President Tinubu’s policies please foreign investors, but a devalued currency and soaring petrol prices mean ‘national sacrifice mode’ is widely unpopular
The Independent UK · Jun 15, 2023 Nigeria lets market set currency exchange rate to stabilize economy, woo investors Nigeria’s central bank has ended its distorted foreign exchange rate, a move the new government in Africa's biggest economy hopes will help woo investors and stabilize the local currency
The Conversation · Jun 15, 2023 Nigeria is Africa's leading rice producer, but still needs more - reusing wastewater for irrigation would boost farming Rice is one of the staple foods globally, ranking third after wheat and maize in terms of production and consumption. It contributes over 20% of the total calorie intake of the human population.
Al Jazeera · Jun 15, 2023 ‘I lost 10 family members’: Grief after Nigeria boat tragedy Locals say no gov’t rescue workers have arrived, so they are searching the river themselves after more than 100 killed.
Al Jazeera · Jun 15, 2023 Nigeria’s President Tinubu suspends anti-corruption agency head The previous four anti-corruption heads have also been involved in controversies that led to their removal.
FourFourTwo · Jun 14, 2023 Nigeria Women's World Cup 2023 squad: most recent call ups Randy Waldrum picked 23 players for April friendly matches against Haiti and New Zealand
France 24 · Jun 14, 2023 A necessary ‘sacrifice’: Nigeria ends almost 50 years of fuel subsidies More than two weeks after announcing the end of fuel subsidies dating from the 1970s, Nigeria's new President Bola Tinubu called the move a necessary "sacrifice" and promised Nigerians "massive" investment in public services in return.
Al Jazeera · Jun 14, 2023 Nigeria allows currency to drop third of value on official market For decades, multiple exchange rates had led to foreign currency shortages that worsened under Godwin Emefiele.
The Conversation · Jun 14, 2023 Nigeria's response to the Sudan crisis is lacking – it could play a leading role in bringing peace Hostilities between rival military parties in Sudan had claimed more than 600 lives by May 2023.
Al Jazeera · Jun 14, 2023 How Emefiele, Nigeria’s powerful central bank chief lost his seat Godwin Emefiele was second-longest-serving governor of Nigeria’s central bank and oversaw its biggest economic downturn.
Evening Standard · Jun 14, 2023 More than 100 people drown after overloaded Nigeria boat capsizes A boat carrying residents returning from a wedding capsized in northern Nigeria, killing more than 100 people, police and local residents said.