A Nigerian scientist has spent the holiday season in his laboratory doing genetic sequencing to learn more about the country's COVID-19 variant, as cases increase in the country.
Virologist Sunday Omilabu says the information he gathers about the (...)
Nigeria's top police official on Saturday ordered the immediate mobilization of all officers to ``reclaim the public space from criminal elements masquerading as protesters'' after days of peaceful demonstrations over police abuses and then violent (...)
Nigeria midfielder John Ogu has called for a boycott of their upcoming games to protest police brutality amid ongoing violence in the commercial capital Lagos.
Nigerians have been demonstrating nationwide for weeks against a police unit, the Special (...)
``Many lives have been lost'' in Nigeria's unrest, the president's office announced Friday, as the government said peaceful protests over police abuses and the military's reported killing of demonstrators were hijacked by thugs.
President Muhammadu (...)
Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari spoke to the nation about the unrest that has gripped the country in recent days without making any mention of the shootings of peaceful protesters at Lekki toll plaza on Tuesday night that prompted international (...)
Lagos was under a round-the-clock curfew on Wednesday enforced by a heavy police presence, as smoke rose from a flashpoint area in Nigeria's biggest city where soldiers had opened fire on protesters the previous evening, witnesses said.
The state (...)
Nigeria's protests against police brutality turned violent Monday when a crowd stormed a prison and freed some 200 inmates in Benin in southern Nigeria.
Some prisoners jumped from a high fence of the institution while others were seen running away (...)
Hundreds of protesters marched to the gates of Nigeria's parliament on Thursday, hours after the army said it was ready to step in and restore order after more than a week of demonstrations against police brutality.
The protest defied a ban on mass (...)
EgyptAir resumed on Friday flights between Borg El-Arab International Airport in the northern goveronorate of Alexandria and Dubai International Airport.
Egypt's flagship carrier said it will operate three weekly flights between the two (...)
Egypt's state-run carrier EgyptAir announced on Monday the resumption of flights to Accra and Abuja, the capitals of Ghana and Nigeria, respectively, as well as Lagos in Nigeria, later this week.
EgyptAir said it will operate three weekly direct (...)
Egypt's flag carrier EgyptAir announced on Monday the resumption of flights to Accra and Abuja, the capitals of Ghana and Nigeria, respectively, as well as Lagos in Nigeria, later this week.
EgyptAir said it will operate three weekly direct flights (...)
When Loveth Metiboba's baby had diarrhoea, she worried that taking him to a clinic near her home in Nigeria's capital, Abuja, might expose them both to the coronavirus.
"The idea of going to the clinic was very scary," said Metiboba, a researcher (...)
Ratings agency Standard & Poor's (S&P) has recently affirmed the African Reinsurance Corporation's (Africa Re) financial strength rating at ‘A-' with a stable rating outlook.
The rating agency said the Lagos-based Pan-African reinsurer has (...)
Schools will reopen in Nigeria's commercial hub of Lagos next month as part of plans to revive the economy as COVID-19 cases decline, the state governor said on Saturday.
Lagos, the epicentre of the pandemic in Nigeria, plans to reopen colleges on (...)
African Reinsurance Corporation (Africa Re) has decided to distribute $3.3. million to support the fight against coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic in Africa.
The company decided on the disbursement after its annual meeting on 30 June that will be (...)
LAGOS, نيجيريا, 2020 أغسطس 5/ —
بطولة كرة القدم الحرة الافتراضية التي استمرت لمدة شهر والتي تحمل علامة بطولة إفريقيا المفتوحة لكرة القدم الحرة إلى 2020 تصل إلى نهاية مليئة بالطاقة والإثارة يوم الأحد 2 أغسطس 2020 مع نهائيات بطولة إفريقيا الثالثة لكرة (...)
LAGOS, نيجيريا, 2020 يونيو 28/ —
وصلت بطولة نيجيريا لكرة القدم الحرة لهذا العام إلى نهاية مثيرة يوم السبت 25 يوليو 2020 مع بروز كل من بنيامين إبونج وأوغسطينا أونامبا، كلاهما أبطال، كفائزين في المباريات التنافسية التي عقدت على الإنترنت.
واستضافت Feet (...)
LAGOS, نيجيريا, 2020 يونيو 22/ —
أعلنت Feet ‘N' Tricks International، منظمو بطولة إفريقيا المفتوحة لكرة القدم الحرة 2020، أنها ستُمد موعد بطولة كرة القدم الافتراضية الحالية.
كشف فلانتين أوزيجبو، رئيس Feet ‘N' Tricks International، في بيان صحفي يوم (...)
3Sayed Amin Shalabi sets out to review changes in the world order in the last two decades, detailing the relative decline of the US and the rise of such powers as Russia and China. Reviewing not only the present moment but also the last few (...)
The Apple Music streaming platform announced Thursday that “Africa Now Radio with Cuppy” will debut Sunday and will feature a mix of contemporary and traditional popular African sounds, including genres like Afrobeat, rap, house, kuduro and (...)
كشفت شركة Feet ‘N' Tricks الدولية، أكبر مروج لكرة القدم الحرة في إفريقيا، النقاب عن النسخة الأولى من بطولة إفريقيا المفتوحة لكرة القدم الحرة 2020، وهي البطولة الأولى من نوعها على مستوى القارة.
كشف فالنتين أوزيغبو، رئيس Feet ‘N' Tricks الدولية، في (...)
Nigeria's film industry is creeping back to work after lockdown, and one of the first productions to resume is a new television series about a highly infectious disease that has ravaged the world.
Cameras stopped rolling weeks ago due to the (...)
African countries have adopted different measures to fight the spread of the coronavirus pandemic. The majority of the continent's countries have enforced traditional measures, such as the closure of schools, imposing curfews and banning religious, (...)
African Reinsurance Corporation's (Africa Re) total investment portfolio in Egypt climbed to around 2.5 billion Egyptian pounds ($158.7 million), said its regional director Omar Gouda on Wednesday.
The company's investment portfolio in the Egyptian (...)
