Equinor’s logo is seen displayed in this illustration taken, May 3, 2022. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration/File Photo Acquire Licensing Rights OSLO, Nov 29 (Reuters) – Equinor (EQNR.OL) said on Wednesday it had agreed to sell its Nigerian business, including the company’s share in the Agbami oil field, to Nigerian-owned Chappal Energies. Equinor […]
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The child Aliyu is carrying is her tenth. The last four were delivered in the Durumi Camp, a place in Nigeria’s capital city, Abuja, that she and an estimated more than 3,000 other internally displaced people call home. In 2013, Aliyu fled her home in the village of Wala in […]
Soccer Football – World Cup – CAF Qualifiers – Group A – Egypt v Djibouti – Cairo International Stadium, Cairo, Egypt – November 16, 2023 General view during the match REUTERS/Amr Abdallah Dalsh/file photo Acquire Licensing Rights CAPE TOWN, Nov 19 (Reuters) – Nigeria continued their stumbling start to the […]
Nigeria’s Supreme Court has thrown out both opposition challenges to President Bola Tinubu’s election win. The two main opposition candidates had sought to reverse February’s presidential election, alleging it was marred by irregularities. The Election Petition Court upheld Mr Tinubu’s victory last month, but the opposition insisted Nigeria’s highest court […]
ABUJA, Nigeria — A Nigerian action thriller that tells a gripping story of corruption and police brutality in Africa’s most populous country has reached record viewership numbers on Netflix charts globally. It’s a reminder of the power and potential of Nigeria’s rapidly growing film industry. “The Black Book” has taken […]
There has been quite a hullaballoo in Nigeria recently over the fact that the three top candidates in February’s presidential elections presented academic records showing different names to those by which they are now known. Allegations of forgery or impersonation have been made and vigorously denied, with various explanations for […]
The latest charitable project from Prince Harry and Meghan Markle’s Archewell Foundation has reached out to girls in Nigeria as they begin a new school term. The charitable foundation, which was launched in 2020, has funded a project based in Nigeria called the The GEANCO Foundation, which provides school supplies and period products […]
LAGOS, Sept 14 (Reuters) – Nigeria’s electricity distribution companies reported “a total system collapse” on Thursday after a fire on a major transmission line, causing widespread blackouts across Africa’s biggest economy, before power slowly started to return. Adebayo Adelabu, minister for power, said fire had caused an explosion on a […]