London, Sep 21, 2019 (AltAfrica)-The Nigerian government has filed treason charges against the detained publisher of Sahara Reporters, Omoyele Sowore, an offence carrying death penalty or life imprisonment if convicted Nigerian constitution says “Whoever commits treason shall be punished with death, and whoever attempts or abets treason shall be punished with imprisonment for life or ...

London, Sep 8, 2019 (AltAfrica)-The Nigerian government has begun a yellow fever reactive vaccination campaign in three states to contain an outbreak of the disease in Ebonyi State in August. In a statement issued via its site on Saturday, the World Health Organisation (WHO) said the vaccination exercise will run for 10 days, from September ...

London, August 31, 2019 (AltAfrica)-The Federal Government of Nigeria says it is not giving up its moves on negotiating for the release of Leah Sharibu, a christian girl still in the custody of terrorists ,stating that she is still alive. Senior Special Assistant to the President, Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu, said the Buhari administration ...

London, August 29, 2019 (AltAfrica)-The Nigerian government has backed down, forced to slash its visa fees for Americans travelling to Nigeria. The Wednesday afternoon announcement comes less than 24 hours after the United States announced increases in its visa fees for Nigerians as a way of retaliating Nigeria’s high fees. However, it is not immediately ...

London, August 22, 2019 (AltAfrica)-Nigerian government is determined to confront its epileptic power supply problem with the injection of additional N600 billion to boost power supply. The market operator of the Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN), Edmund Ejie told stakeholders in Abuja at the 3rd quarter Interactive forum for 2019 that the intervention by the ...

London, August 19, 2019 (AltAfrica)-After uproar over live sexual scene in the ongoing reality show #Big Brother Naija broadcast to Nigerian audience, Nigerian government has lodged official complaint with the National Broadcasting Commission NBC The government also said it had concluded arrangements with Startimes to come out with a modified BBN that would reflect the ...

London, August 16, 2019 (AltAfrica)-The leader of the proscribed Islamic Movement in Nigeria (IMN), Ibrahim El-Zakzaky, and his wife are expected to arrive Nigeria Friday Morning after leaving the Indian hospital where they had gone to receive medical attention over disagreement with the hospital and Nigerian government The spokesperson for the IMN, Ibrahim Musa, said Mr El-Zakzaky ...

London, August 15, 2019 (AltAfrica)- Nigerian government says Nigerians and the international community must not be deceived by the allegation against it by the leader of the Islamic Movement in Nigeria, Ibrahim El-Zakzaky, currently in India for treatment because the Islamic has ulterior motives by deliberately going against the laid down procedures for his medical ...

London, August 6, 2019 (AltAfrica)-The African Development Bank (AfDB), says it has identified 14 sites for the proposed Special Agro-Industrial Processing Zones (SAPZs) in Nigeria. Prof. Banji Oyelaran-Oyeyinka, Special Adviser on Industrialisation to AfDB’s President, Dr Akinwumi Adesina disclosed this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Abuja on Tuesday. READ ...

By Taiwo Adelu London, July 20, 2019 (AltAfrica)-As the communities hosting Shell oil multi-billion dollars OML25 Flow Station, part of the NNPC/Shell Joint Venture lay in ruins and degraded, efforts are on by Rivers state government and oil giant, Shell to reopen the shut flow and return to business as usual But the communities, Belema, ...