Kaduna, Nigeria – AFP Nigeria’s president has ordered security forces not to pay a ransom for the release of more than 250 school pupils seized by gunmen last week, the country’s information minister said on Wednesday. Relatives say the kidnappers have demanded a large payment for the return of the students abducted from thei...
Abuja, Nigeria – AFP Nigeria’s President Bola Ahmed Tinubu on Sunday proposed a temporary minimum wage hike for lower-paid workers, cheap gas-powered public transport and more social security for the poor to help offset the impact of his economic reforms. Speaking in a national broadcast to mark Nigeria’s 63rd independence da...
ABUJA, Nigeria (AA) – A court in Nigeria has rejected a request by the country’s main opposition parties to nullify the victory of Bola Ahmed Tinubu in February’s presidential election. The Presidential Election Petition Court in a judgement announced Wednesday in the capital Abuja said that the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Labour Par...
