Tag: Nigeria
IMF vs. e-Naira: Nigeria facing withdrawal of funds?
The started on October 25, 2021 first publicly available central bank digital currency in the world, not in China or Sweden, but in Nigeria. The state-secured payment method e-Naira, which…
“In Nigeria as elsewhere, natural resources enrich some but undermine development”
Chronic. Nigeria experienced, in mid-February 2022, a misadventure that we could find comical if it were not distressing. The first producer of black gold in Africa has been facing a…
the listings that revive the Siemens corruption scandal in Nigeria
By The World Posted today at 6:01 p.m. Reserved for our subscribers Investigation“Swiss Secrets” | Sentenced in 2008 for his role in this case, Eduard Seidel, former executive of the…
Basketball Les Bleues lose to Nigeria but qualify for the 2022 World Cup
Les Bleues, bronze medalists at the Tokyo Olympics in 2021, are guaranteed to finish in one of the first three places in their group and will participate in the World…
In Nigeria, the path to autonomy for women victims of Boko Haram
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Nigeria: Jihadists kidnap twenty children and kill two people
A jihadist attack took place in Borno State, epicenter of the Islamist insurgency in Nigeria, Thursday, January 20, 2022. Twenty children were kidnapped and two people were killed, we learned…
Nigeria: Jihadists kidnap 20 children, kill 2, residents say
Jihadists killed two people and abducted 20 children in Borno state, the epicenter of the Islamist insurgency in Nigeria, AFP learned from a local official and residents of the region.…
In Nigeria, the difficult return to life of the inhabitants of Maiduguri, haunted by Boko Haram
By Liza Fabbian Published today at 7:00 p.m. Reserved for our subscribers ReportingInsecurity, inflation, power cuts: the capital of Borno State, bereaved by more than ten years of jihadist abuses,…
Fifty people massacred in northwestern Nigeria
KEBBI, Nigeria (Reuters) – Dozens of armed men riding motorbikes have massacred more than 50 people in a village in northwestern Nigeria, residents said on Sunday. According to a village…
CAN 2022 football: Algeria misses its entry, Nigeria mate Egypt
Nigeria in control against Egypt The kickoff in Group D reserved a clash between Nigeria and Egypt, two contenders for the first place. And the game turned in favor of…
In northwestern Nigeria, the army struggles to counter the “bandits”
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Nigeria: at least 140 people killed by gunmen in northwest
In northwestern Nigeria, in Zamfara state, nearly 140 people have been killed in multiple attacks. At least 140 people have been killed in several attacks this week in Zamfara State…