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1. South Africa apologises to Nigeria over xenophobic attacks  BBC News
2. South Africa apologises to Nigeria  eNCA
3. Nigerians Evacuated From South Africa After Attacks  The Organization for World Peace
4. South Africa apologises to Nigeria over attacks  The East African
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1. South Africa apologises to Nigeria after anti-migrant violence  News24
2. South Africa offers 'profuse' apologies to Nigeria after attacks  Aljazeera.com
3. Ramaphosa’s envoys arrive in Nigeria in pan-African reconciliation bid  Daily Maverick
4. Nigerians return home, fleeing xenophobic attacks in South Africa  CNN
5. Nigerians aren't targeted more than other Africans in South Africa's xenophobic attacks but the damage is done  Quartz Africa
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Below is a visualization and description of some of the most significant incidents of political violence in Nigeria from September 7 to 13, 2019. This update also ...

Nigeria's frenetic commercial capital, Lagos, is plunged into darkness several times a day. Then its generators roar, and the lights flood back on.

Emerging from her ordeal, Gloria considers herself "privileged". Last year, the 26-year-old left Nigeria with four other women, dreaming of a better life in Europe.

Nigeria has received a legal hiding after a UK court awarded a private company a $9.6 billion judgment debt against the West African nation. The ruling has ...

Brazil confirmed they will play Senegal and Nigeria in Singapore in October.

Several properties belonging to top officials of the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF), including its president Amaju Pinnick, have been seized in a *fresh* ...

Nigerian airline to return more than 600 nationals in the coming days with victims saying it's 'not safe here'.

Former Nigeria striker Emmanuel Emenike joins his 10th professional club as he looks to revive his career at Belgian second tier club KVC Westerlo.

It's the highest number of missing persons registered with the organisation in any country, most of them children.

English News and Press Release on Nigeria about Protection and Human Rights; published on 17 Sep 2019 by CFR.

Africa is the world's most rapidly urbanising region. By 2050 more than one billion people will live in cities across the continent. Nigeria is Africa's urban growth ...

ABUJA/MAIDUGURI, Reuters (Reuters) - When Islamic State gunmen stormed the northeast Nigerian town of Magumeri on the night of August 21, they had free ...

Nigeria's inflation rate fell to the lowest in more than three years in August as growth in food prices slowed.

The group, Islamic Movement of Nigeria, was banned for being 'terrorists' in July after a series of deadly clashes.

Zakari Oumoru, the governor of Maradi, a region (equivalent to a state) in Niger, hosted a cross-border meeting with the Nigerian governors of Katsina, Sokoto, ...

As part of the 2019-2021 Humanitarian Response Strategy for Borno, Adamawa and Yobe states, the United Nations and partners are aiming to reach 6.2 ...

Nigeria withdraws from WEF gathering in Cape Town in the aftermath of attacks on foreigners in South African cities.

MONROVIA, Sept. 17 (Xinhua) -- The recent closure of the Nigerian borders with west African neighbors might hamper the implementation of the free trade ...

When Andela, the software developer training and outsourcing company, first launched in Lagos five years ago, its business model was simple: train local ...

About 600 Nigerians will return from South Africa after a wave of deadly xenophobic violence in Johannesburg.

Nigeria's biggest tomato plant is counting on the government's restriction of food imports to sustain operations after going idle again six months after it resumed ...

Nigeria has received a legal hiding after a UK court awarded a private company a $9.6bn judgment debt against the West African nation.

The government says it is moving to address what nomads describe as decades of exploitation and oppression.

U.K. signed an economic partnership agreement with six African countries, Nigeria continues its border closure with Niger and Benin, Sudan swore in its first ...

ABUJA, Sept. 17 (Xinhua) -- Eighteen people lost their lives when a bus in which they were travelling was involved in a road accident in central Nigeria, local ...

Defeat for the main opposition People's Democratic Party was widely anticipated and judges dismissed all its claims.

The Federal Ministry of Transportation Nigeria, in collaboration with the Nigeria Maritime Administr...

As war of words continues over potential loss of assets, mixed messages of negotiation and scam emanate from government.

Five years after the death of Dr Ameyo Stella Adadevoh, who identified and contained the first Ebola patient in Nigeria and helped to curb the spread of the ...

Human Rights Watch says thousands of children were detained in distressing conditions by military over last six years.

Islamic State fighters killed at least six soldiers and a civilian militia leader when they attacked 4 towns in Nigeria's Borno state.

"Oya!" shouts the director in Nigerian Pidgin English. Actors take their marks. Lighting blinks on. The film crew snaps into action after the order to hurry up.

The Nigerian special envoy leaves South Africa having “understood the overreaction by their country” over xenophobic violence and a challenge thrown back at ...

Veteran actor Anupam Kher, shared a 2018 video on Twitter, in which, two Nigerian actors can be seen re-enacting the title track of Dilwale Dulhaniya Le ...

Nigeria's new strategy of withdrawing to “super camps” that can be more easily defended against insurgents, is under scrutiny following unchallenged attacks on ...

Rosalind I. J. Hackett, a Distinguished Professor in the Humanities and professor of religious studies in the College of Arts and Sciences, is starting the school ...

Nigerian fintech startup Kuda — a digital-only retail bank — has raised $1.6 million in pre-seed funding. The Lagos and London-based company recently ...

Nigeria has received a legal hiding after a UK court awarded a private company a $9.6 billion judgment debt against the West African nation. The ruling has ...

Nigeria's central bank has rescheduled its monetary policy committee meeting, it said in a statement on Tuesday.

Nearly 300 people — the bulk in Nigeria and the U.S. — have been arrested in an internationally coordinated law enforcement operation aimed at disrupting a ...

At independence in 1960, Lagos had an estimated population of 763000; today it is about 13 million. Together with Lagos state, the population reaches 21 ...

The Nigeria Football Federation's executive will decide whether Salisu Yusuf will return to his national coaching roles after serving a one-year ban.

UN special rapporteur says deadly attacks rocking Nigeria could have a ripple effect throughout the region.

Nigerians who took up the offer of evacuation from SA say they will never come back because 'it is clear that we are not wanted'.

English News and Press Release on Nigeria and 3 other countries about Coordination, Shelter and Non-Food Items, Aged Persons, Children, Flood and more; ...

Blockchain adoption in Africa is on the rise. From transportation to the gaming and lottery industries, reports of companies utilizing decentralized ledger ...

Nigerian authorities have seized a dozen properties from senior officials of Nigeria's top football body in a *fresh* corruption probe.

The charges will attract three per cent processing fees for withdrawals and two per cent processing fees for lodgments of amounts above N500,000 for individual ...

TAMMY ABRAHAM has threatened to play for Nigeria if Gareth Southgate doesn't hurry up and pick him again for England. The Chelsea striker qualifies to play ...

After the US and Brazil, Manchester City Trophy Tour presented by Etihad Airways and Rexona headed to Nigeria to meet the fans in Lagos! The trophy tour ...

Nigeria is a pressure cooker of internal conflicts and generalized violence that must be addressed urgently, an independent United Nations expert said on ...

Chelsea striker Tammy Abraham has suggested he is open to a Nigeria call-up. The 21-year-old scored a hat-trick to take Frank Lampard's side to a 5-2 victory ...

Nigeria says more people than ever are paying tax - but government revenues are not growing.

Oil prices have dropped below $60 per barrel as fears of a global recession outweigh concerns about falling supply.

Nigerian magician Babs Cardini wows audiences on the streets of Lagos.

He said water from six of the nine countries that make up the Niger Basin Authority was pouring into the country and could lead to severe flooding in those states.

David Hundeyin is a journalist and commentator who writes on tech, politics, and finance. He was a founding writer on the Nigerian political satire TV show 'The ...

English Situation Report on Nigeria about Coordination, Education, Children, IDPs, Epidemic, Flood and more; published on 30 Aug 2019 by OCHA.

He talked about growing up in Atlanta and in Lagos. He also talked about his song with Chris Brown and getting ready to bring Chris to Nigeria, his relationship, ...

Says he's partnering Dangote, speaks regularly with 6 northern governors.

Chinese investment in Nigeria's oil and gas industry has reached $16 billion, according to Nigeria's state-run oil company.

A coalition of civil society groups has launched a lawsuit to block the purchase of luxury cars for principal officers in the Nigerian Senate.

The ECOWAS Parliament on Monday appealed to the Nigerian government to reopen its closed borders as it hampers on the implementation of free trade ...

Government says it will not stand in way of justice after 77 Nigerian nationals are among 80 suspects indicted in US.

Violence involving communal or ethnic militias has spiked across parts of sub-Saharan Africa, with distinct patterns in Mali, Nigeria and Ethiopia. Diffuse, diverse ...

Despite government efforts to contain production, the methamphetamine problem is expanding. Mouhamadou Kane for ISS TODAY.

UK court ruling over aborted project means country will have to pay one-fifth of its foreign reserves to gas supply company.

President Muhammadu Buhari, who was re-elected in February, has pledged to diversify his country's economy.

Legit.ng News ? Former first lady Patience Jonathan has been under probe by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission for alleged fraud and money ...

Five performers to know — including Odunsi (The Engine) and Teni the Entertainer — who are making their mark in a crowded field.

Anti-foreigner attacks in South Africa are souring the country's relations with Nigeria.

Nigeria is the most populous country in Africa, radiating political, cultural and economic influence across the continent and around the world. Yet Nigeria's ...

KUALA LUMPUR (Sept 17): Datasonic Group Bhd has teamed up with a Nigerian firm to study business opportunities in the West African nation with a ...

A military court-martial for the troubled Nigerian Army major-general, Hakeem Otiki, opened on a very personal note in Abuja on Tuesday, with the defence team ...

Four governors of neighbouring states of Niger and Nigeria have ended two days of talks to address the security situation along their shared border which is ...

Okechukwu Nnodim, Abuja. The Minister of Works and Housing, Babatunde Fashola, on Tuesday told United Nations officials that there was a need to gather ...

According to a Human Rights Watch report, survivors of human trafficking are being locked up in shelters by government.

A Nigerian chieftain rescued his kidnapped daughter by paying a $15000 ransom to her abductors. Unfortunately, that doesn't always work.

Also, Nigerians are in top five of those actively following Trump on Twitter, a social media platform constantly used by the president.

ABUJA (Reuters) - Nigeria will not relinquish assets to a firm registered in the British Virgin Islands following a court ruling related to a $9 billion gas project ...

The dashboard highlights the response provided by DMS/CCCM Sector partners in July 2019. Both onsite and mobile site facilitation was provided in 136 sites ...

Nigeria this week said it would repatriate 600 of its citizens. The first two busses arrived at OR Tambo on Wednesday morning.

LifeBank is using Google maps to connect blood banks to hospitals in the country which has helped to significantly cut delivery times.

A federal grand jury indictment has named 80 Nigerian defendants charged with defrauding victims of millions of dollars through online scams.

Seven-year-old 2019 World Robot Olympiad joint champion Brendon Ikem has said that he aimed to be the best Artifical Intelligent developer in the w...

Until now kidnappers in Nigeria had targeted public officials, their relatives and foreign workers, often in the oil industry.

Players of Nigerian origins are making history, with at least one such player in every group of the UEFA Champions League for the first time.

The Osun Osogbo festival, a traditional celebration that is thought to be 600 years old, is under way in Nigeria's south-western Osun state. The two-week festival ...

US prosecutors charged 80 people -- mostly Nigerians -- in the widespread conspiracy that defrauded $6 million from businesses and vulnerable elderly women ...

Minister for Foreign Affairs, Geoffrey Onyeama, has said that the Nigerian Government would use the Forum of the UN General Assembly to seek global support ...

Traumatised refugee children are being enticed by tempting offers of escape from poverty, then sold into slavery – but survivors are fighting back.

KANO, Nigeria—Addau Saidu weaved his motorbike between lanes crowded with bright yellow kekes, the three-wheeled cabs that ferry people back and forth ...

Maureen Ihua-Maduenyi The Federal Government through the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority has hosted the 18th African Civil Aviation Commission a...

Kenyans and Nigerians on Twitter engaged in a bitter war of words over Lupita's role.

Already frail diplomatic relations between the SA and Nigerian governments were further strained following days of looting and attacks on foreign nationals and ...

The Nigerian government on Saturday dispelled reports that there had been an explosion at the Abuja premises of the South African High Commission.

The government had announced last week that there were 9.2 million improperly registered SIM cards, posing a huge security risk to the country.

The African no-fee, cross-border payment startup Chipper Cash has expanded to Nigeria. The San Francisco-based startup, with offices in Ghana and Kenya, ...