Reporting News and opinions
For Lawson Akhigbe’s birthday this year, We are asking for donations to Diabetes UK. We have chosen this charity because their mission means a lot to me, and we hope that you'll consider contributing as a way of celebrating with us. Every little bit will help me reach our goal. We have included information about …
Continue reading "Our birthday fundraiser on behalf of Lawson for Diabetes UK"
The Lagos chapter of the National Union of Road Transport Workers, locally called agberos, generates about N123.08bn annually, which could service the annual budget of Nasarawa, Niger, and Yobe states put together, a statistical report by the International Centre for Investigative Report has shown. The data, which was released on Thursday, showed that the money was …
Continue reading "Lagos NURTW generates N123bn annually – Report"
A dispute between Nigerian leaders could jeopardise plans for the return of some of Africa's most famous artefacts, the Benin Bronzes, which were looted during the colonial era and are now mainly in Western museums, as writer Barnaby Phillips reports. The Bronzes, thousands of metal sculptures and ivory carvings, were seized from the West African …
On 24 July 2019, Boris Johnson became the UK’s new prime minister and promised to defy "the doubters, the doomsters and the gloomsters" by completing Brexit with a deal. Throughout his life and political career, Boris Johnson has believed the rules don't apply to him. And as he marks his second anniversary as prime minister …
Daring SEAL Team 6 rescue almost turned into invasion US forces, including the navy’s SEAL Team 6 almost committed an unauthorized incursion into Nigerian territory – also commonly referred to as an invasion – last year while undertaking a mission to free a 27-year-old American kidnapped by a local militant group, a new book from …
Centre for Nigeria Progress 