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Suspected Boko Haram militants kill at least 37 in Nigeria attack

YoopyaSeptember 4, 2024September 4, 2024

by YoopyaSeptember 4, 2024September 4, 20240

MAIDUGURI, Nigeria, Sept 3 (Reuters) – Suspected Boko Haram Islamist militants roared into a northeastern Nigerian village on motorcycles, opened fire on a market and...

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Rights group says security forces have killed 9 during protests over Nigeria’s economic crisis

YoopyaAugust 2, 2024August 2, 2024

by YoopyaAugust 2, 2024August 2, 20240

ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — At least nine people were killed by security forces as protesters clashed with police during mass demonstrations over the country’s economic crisis,...

Football Sports

Nigeria urges its citizens in South Africa to be careful as tensions rise ahead of soccer match

YoopyaFebruary 7, 2024February 7, 2024

by YoopyaFebruary 7, 2024February 7, 20240

ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — Nigeria’s authorities on Tuesday called for caution over what they described as “veiled threats” against their citizens living in South Africa...

Business Economy

Africa’s biggest oil refinery begins production in Nigeria with the aim of reducing need for imports

YoopyaJanuary 15, 2024January 15, 2024

by YoopyaJanuary 15, 2024January 15, 20240

ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — Africa’s biggest oil refinery has begun production in Nigeria, the company has said, ending a yearslong wait for a plant that...

Africa Business

Nigeria’s Dangote refinery starts production after years of delays

YoopyaJanuary 13, 2024January 13, 2024

by YoopyaJanuary 13, 2024January 13, 20240

ABUJA, Jan 13 (Reuters) – Nigeria’s Dangote oil refinery has begun producing diesel and aviation fuel, the company said on Saturday, after years of construction...

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Nigeria’s Tinubu suspends humanitarian minister facing financial probe

YoopyaJanuary 10, 2024January 10, 2024

by YoopyaJanuary 10, 2024January 10, 20240

ABUJA, Jan 8 (Reuters) – Nigeria’s president has suspended the minister of humanitarian affairs with immediate effect and asked the corruption watchdog to investigate financial...

Africa Business Money

Nigerian central bank lifts ban on crypto trading

YoopyaDecember 23, 2023December 23, 2023

by YoopyaDecember 23, 2023December 23, 20230

LAGOS, Dec 23 (Reuters) – Nigeria’s central bank has lifted a ban on transacting in cryptocurrencies, while saying global trends had shown a need to...

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Nigeria Supreme Court blocks release of separatist leader Kanu

YoopyaDecember 15, 2023December 15, 2023

by YoopyaDecember 15, 2023December 15, 20230

ABUJA, Dec 15 (Reuters) – Nigeria’s Supreme Court on Friday overturned a judgment by a lower court that dropped terrorism charges against separatist leader Nnamdi...

Cybersecurity Technology

British-Nigerian man pleads guilty in New York to bank hacking crimes

YoopyaNovember 29, 2023November 29, 2023

by YoopyaNovember 29, 2023November 29, 20230

A British-Nigerian national has pleaded guilty in New York to involvement in a more than seven-year scheme to hack into banks’ and brokerages’ computer servers,...

Africa Business Economy Money

Nigeria’s naira briefly drops to record low on official market

YoopyaNovember 17, 2023November 17, 2023

by YoopyaNovember 17, 2023November 17, 20230

Nigeria’s naira briefly slumped to a record low against the dollar in thin trading on the official market on Thursday, bringing the official exchange rate...