August 1, 2016 has come and gone and Nigeria remains united. Let us rejoice and shout together: “In unity we stand!” and “The labour of our heroes past; shall never be in vain!” It was a day set aside by the Niger Delta terrorists – agitators as softly called – to secede from Nigeria and … Read more
A staggering 26 members of Nigeria’s Under-17 side failed an age test carried out ahead of an African Cup of Nations qualifier. A mandatory Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) screening of the squad revealed almost half were ineligible to play. Only last year the Golden Eaglets, as they are known, won the FIFA U17 World Cup … Read more
Nigeria announced on Monday it resumed payments to former militants in its oil-rich Niger Delta region, according to a Bloomberg report. The payments of 65,000 naira per month (about $204) to about 30,000 ex-militants were stopped back in March amid lower oil prices. In light of the news, some folks quickly penciled in a return … Read more
Nigerian President-elect Muhammadu Buhari, a 72-year-old former military general, has traveled a long road to electoral victory. On Tuesday, Buhari defeated incumbent President Goodluck Jonathan in Nigeria’s presidential election, marking the first democratic change in power in modern Nigeria. While the final results have not yet officially been announced, tallies by Reuters and the Associated … Read more