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Political activities ahead of the 2019 general elections top the list of trending topics in Nigeria in 2018.

After working as a telecoms executive in the US for 20 years, including as an executive director for Verizon, Funke Opeke returned to her native Nigeria to ...

The country's police and security forces are underequipped and underpaid. So civilians are stepping in.

The police in Oyo State on Wednesday paraded a 23-year-old final year female student of Ladoke Akintola University of Technology (LAUTECH), Ogbomoso, ...

The Nigeria Deposit Insurance Corporation's director defined Bitcoin's disintermediation and fintechs as “critical concern to the corporation.”

The Academic Staff Union of Polytechnics (ASUP) on Wednesday began an indefinite strike over non-implementation of the 2009 and 2017 agreement reached ...

Despite assurances that Nigeria is working to diversify its economy away from oil, the African OPEC member continues to depend heavily on oil exports, and ...

Gunmen kidnapped passengers from a bus near Nigeria's southern oil hub of Port Harcourt, witnesses said Wednesday, in the latest of a series of kidnappings ...

The story of a boy from Nigeria chasing his basketball dream, and the VFL who's making a difference in his life.

When it comes to gender-based violence in Nigeria, mid-wives have become the first line of defense, fighting back one mobile text message at time. It's part of an ...

Dear Professor Osinbajo, I think there is a mix-up in your lines here. You must have assumed revenue is the same as earnings. Nigeria never earned $383 ...

ABUJA, Dec 12- Nigeria's economy is expected to grow by 2 percent this year and by 3 percent in 2019, the country's Minister of Budget Udoma Udo.

The dispute is over the transfer of $8.1 billion of funds which Nigeria's central bank said the company had sent abroad in breach of foreign-exchange regulations ...

ABUJA, Dec 12 (Reuters) - Nigeria's economy is expected to grow 2 percent this year and 3 percent in 2019, the Minister of Budget Udoma Udo Udoma told ...

The federal government is targeting a budget of over N800 million to provide affordable mass housing for Nigerians.

On December 10th 2018, I breezed into the expansive headquarters of the Nigerian National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) on Yakubu Gowon way in the ...

Ola Aina is having the time of his life at Torino, but has struggled to convince with the Super Eagles.

Nigeria's state for environment minister Ibrahim Usman Jibrin has resigned his position after emerging Emir of Nasarawa.

Moody's ranks Nigeria near the bottom of a number of international surveys assessing institutional strength.

A former Minister of Aviation, Femi Fani-Kayode, on Wednesday, reacted to statement credited to the Vice President, Yemi Osinbajo that Nigeria will soon be.

Watch Lionel Messi's fantastic strike in Argentina's 2-1 victory over Nigeria in the Group D game of the World Cup, from every angle.

The 31-year-old who played for the Super Eagles on the international stage has become an Italian citizen.

Sharo is a traditional cultural practice where young Fulani men in Nigeria compete to find a wife. The participants are flogged with wooden sticks and canes to ...

Vice-President, Yemi Osinbajo has claimed that Nigeria is now the food basket of the world. Speaking at the Nigerian-German Investment Dialogue in Berlin,

Nigerians have taken to social media to express reservations over the selection of only five political parties in the vice-presidential and presidential debates ...

Good morning! Here is today's summary from Nigerian Newspapers 1. Benue State Governor, Samuel Ortom has urged his supporters to ensure peaceful ...

Fintech companies in Africa are increasingly playing in spaces dominated by traditional financial institutions. In a continental first, One Finance, parent company ...

What is the importance of highlands in Nigeria? How do highlands in the country stimulate the development of the local economy? How do people benefit from ...

Legit.ng News ☆ American reality TV star and video vixen, Blac Chyna, recently visited Nigeria for a whitening cream product launch. She revealed during her ...

Legit.ng News ☆ History of ☑ POPULATION CENSUS in Nigeria ☑ Without population census, it will be impossible to estimate the level of life in the country and ...

Nigeria's former president and chairman of the Advisory Board of the first Inter- Africa Trade Fair, (IATF), Chief Olusegun Obasanjo, yesterday in Cairo, Egypt, ...

Is Nigeria's president really Nigeria's president? At a news conference this month, Nigeria's septuagenarian head of state, Muhammadu Buhari, sought to refute ...

Abuja – The Buhari Media Organisation (BMO) says President Muhammadu Buhari has saved the country a chaotic electoral process by withholding his assent ...

Legit.ng News ☆ The 19-year-old man identified as David Imoh Umoette reportedly became the youngest Nigerian to ever fly the American Squadron Flight 331.

The twin gun and suicide attacks happened early Saturday evening at Gulumba village, in the Bama district of Borno state.

The Kenyan champions will face Lobi Stars for the first time in history during the first leg clash slated for the Kasarani Stadium on Sunday.

Reno Omokri, a former aide to ex-President Goofluck Jonathan has called on General Overseeer of the Redeemed Christian Church of God, RCCG, Pastor ...

The list includes football-related searches more than any other sports as well as a few controversies during the course of the year.

President Muhammadu Buhari says Nigerian government remains deeply grateful to the government and people of Switzerland for their support in resuscitating.

By Babajide Komolafe & Elizabeth Adegbesan Nigeria's trade balance nosedived by 67.6 percent, quarter-on-quarter, to N681.3 billion in third quarter of the ...

African champions Nigeria are drawn in Group A of the 2019 Women's World Cup where they will face the hosts France.

Transfer Pricing (TP) is fast becoming a stay awake issue for Multinational Enterprises (MNEs) in Nigeria with the recent changes in the TP landscape and the ...

THE Federal Government, yesterday, lamented that the country ranked second amongst all nations in the world still practising open defecation.

Six pilot mini-grids are providing steady electricity to rural residents in Africa's most populous country, cutting emissions and offering more energy security.

Wife of the President, Mrs. Aisha Buhari warmed herself into the hearts of most Nigerians by her uncommon understanding of the intricate webs that are defining ...

Northeastern Nigeria is suffering one of the worst malnutrition crises in the world, sparked by the nearly decade-long Boko Haram insurgency. During a week in ...

President seen as an agent of change in 2015, but an ineffective time in office has left him exposed to challenger.

Foreign entities seeking to carry on business in Nigeria can legally hold interests in real property, subject to certain restrictions. Nigeria Tax Banwo & Ighodalo ...

The United States Consulate Public Affairs Officer in Lagos, Russell Brooks, Wednesday said the U.S. government is interested in supporting entrepreneurs in ...

Speaker of the House of Representatives, Hon Yakubu Dogara, has highlighted the need for Nigeria to have a paradigm shift in leadership that will usher her ...

When we speak about paint production in Nigeria, we mean a very lucrative business that has become a source of huge incomes for those who are not afraid of ...

A woman who used various false identities to gain access to Nigeria's presidential complex to allegedly run business scams has been arrested. The secret ...

President Muhammadu Buhari's visit to the Kingdom of Morcco in June has enhanced bilateral relations between the two African countries, says Nigeria's ...

Legit.ng News ☆ Search engine, Google, recently released the most searched data by Nigerians for the year 2018. This gives a perspective on major events ...

Nigerians are especially concerned about the upsurge in kidnapping, which affects an increasingly wide spectrum of the Nigerian population. In the past ...

Nigerian trucking logistics startup Kobo360 has raised $6 million to upgrade its platform and expand operations to Ghana, Togo and Cote D'Ivoire. The company ...

.says Ex-President's support to Atiku irrelevant. By Johnbosco Agbakwuru. ABUJA – PRESIDENT Muhammadu Buhari, Wednesday, described former President ...

By Segun James The Presidential candidate of Accord Party, Isaac Babatunde Ositelu, has warned that the economy of Nigeria is in a dire straits, saying that it ...

Students say they are facing a bleak future as labour deadlock between the government and professors continues.

Two of Africa's wealthiest businessmen, Aliko Dangote and Abdulsamad Rabiu, have pledged a sum of US$207,000 to Nigeria's Women's football team for ...

Nigeria are crowned the 2018 Women's Africa Cup of Nations champions, beating South Africa 4-3 on penalties in the final in Accra on Saturday.

Sometime in the next year or two, Nigeria will become the seventh country to reach a population of 200m or more. It is still growing considerably faster than all ...

A claim that Nigeria is the world's 'highest producer of HIV-infected babies' made by the Minister of Health, Prof. Isaac Adewole, has been confirmed as accurate.

The public affairs officer at the United States Consulate in Lagos, Russell Brooks, has described as a mischaracterisation, former president Goodluck Jonathan's ...

Former President-General of Ohanaeze Ndigbo, Dr. Dozie Ikedife is dead. He died on Tuesday at 7pm at the age of 88 in his Nnewi residence according to his ...

This month, he visited Lagos and greeted the crowd with a few phrases in pidgin English. What was the local reaction?

Modern farmer Samson Ogbole has mastered a process that he believes can sustainably boost food production in Nigeria.

Dr Dele Ashiru, the Chairman Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), University of Lagos chapter, on Wednesday, urged politicians contesting the 2019 ...

Main opposition candidate in Nigeria's February 2019 elections, Atiku Abubakar, has jabbed incumbent Muhammadu Buhari for refusing to sign an election law.

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with road transport unions to use commercial ...

Lagos, Nigeria (CNN) Bring Back our Girls activist and former Nigerian minister Oby Ezekwesili has thrown her hat into the election ring for Nigeria's upcoming ...

A demoralised and underequipped army is being blamed for slow progress against militants in the northeast.

Nigeria's plans to bring home its former oil minister, Diezani Alison-Madueke, to face corruption charges is gathering pace. A court in Nigeria's capital on ...

LAGOS, Nigeria — Nigeria's president has taken the extraordinary step of denying rumors that he died and was replaced by a body double, assuring the country ...

Nigeria is Africa's most terrorized nation in 2018 according to a report released by the Australia-based Institute for Economic and Peace.

The National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) on Monday released the country's Gross Domestic Product (GDP) report for the third quarter with the economy recording ...

Kenyans are trending in Nigeria after a video surfaced on Twitter showing American rapper Desiigner momentarily pausing his performance in Nairobi to ...

in a bid to consolidate on the not-too-young-to-run bill, the South-east chapter of the National Youth Council of Nigeria, NYCN, has thrown its weight behind the ...

Ahead of Nigeria's presidential elections next year, residents of informal settlements say they expect little to change.

Nigerian Union of Pensioners, NUP, Anambra State chapter yesterday honoured the former Governor of Anambra State and the Vice Presidential candidate of ...

Legit.ng News ☆ Three APC governors who are members of the APC reconciliation committee for the South-west, on Tuesday held a closed-door meeting with ...

Legit.ng News ☆ Nigerian Army said it has decorated the recently promoted senior officers who belong to the Operation Lafia Dole, a military unit involved in the ...

The Federal Executive Council (FEC) on Wednesday approved 22.995million dollars (N7.14billion) to enhance security of the nation's Maritime sector.

With elections over in the United States and Brazil, eyes are turning toward misinformation in Nigeria.

MTN also faces a $2 billion tax demand from Nigeria's attorney general, a claim which the company has said is without merit.

After days of silence, Nigeria says soldiers were killed in an attack on a base in the north-east.

A court in Milan is considering charges of corruption against Eni and Shell in a controversial oil deal that led to Nigeria losing an estimated $6bn. The campaign ...

Without access to the West's startup ecosystems, these African entrepreneurs are building their nation, innovation by innovation.

Bottles of Sprite spin along a gleaming new production line at the Coca-Cola plant in Maiduguri, not far from the one-time headquarters of Boko Haram, the ...

But now because of security concerns, they are worried about putting our people there. So, I think it is really essential that we continue to shine the spotlight on ...

The convener of Northern Elders' Forum, NUF, Professor Ango Abdullahi, has blamed the level of corruption being experienced in the country on the president.

Nigeria's former President Goodluck Jonathan has accused the US administration under Barack Obama of undermining his failed re-election bid in 2015.

JOHANNESBURG — Islamic extremists in Nigeria have begun using drones, the country's president says, opening a worrying new front in the region's nearly ...

A record 79 candidates are in the race for the Nigerian presidential election scheduled in February.

I grew up in a country where abuse can become normalised, says Nigerian writer Sede Alonge.

Buhari, in power since 2015 is contesting for a second and final term in charge of Africa's most populous country. Atiku, OBJ's veep for eight years is running for ...

Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez said Wednesday his cabinet would approve next week a 22 percent increase in the monthly minimum wage to 1050 ...

The last known highly enriched uranium in Nigeria has been repatriated to China, leaving the African country HEU-free.