OGIDI, Nigeria (AP) - Writer Chinua Achebe shunned Nigeria's corrupt politicians and twice turned down national honors, never fearing to criticize those he felt ruined his country. On Thursday, however, the lawmakers and the country's elite... [Full Article]
By Guy Faulconbridge and Michael Holden LONDON (Reuters) - British authorities have established that one and possibly both of the men who hacked a soldier to death on a London street was born in Britain of Nigerian descent, a source with knowledge of... [Full Article]
LAGOS, Nigeria (AP) - The traffic is there, grinding life to a halt as the middle class pound out messages on BlackBerry mobile phones and worry about Facebook. The heat, the sweat and the daily tragedy of unclaimed bodies lying alongside roadways, p... [Full Article]
LAGOS, Nigeria (AP) - To know what it is like to make a mobile phone call in Nigeria, ask anyone to turn out their pockets or upend their purses. One, two, three and sometimes even four phones tumble out into view, all with different carriers in hope... [Full Article]
LAGOS, Nigeria (AP) - The documentary on a massive strike that paralyzed life in Nigeria features newspaper headlines, television news footage and other information widely known about a government gasoline subsidy that saw billions of dollars stolen ... [Full Article]
LAGOS, Nigeria (AP) - Nigerian author Adaobi Tricia Nwaubani was just 10 years old when she first read Chinua Achebe's groundbreaking novel "Things Fall Apart." (Source: Associated Press)... [Full Article]
LAGOS (Reuters) - A 35 percent rise in Nigeria's stock market last year was partly driven by more domestic investor demand, stock exchange data showed on Thursday, a sign the local confidence needed to sustain current gains is returning to equit... [Full Article]
LAGOS (Reuters) - The index of Nigeria's Top-10 banks surged 4.7 percent on Monday, a sector which analysts expect to drive a stock market rally again this year. Nigerian stocks rose to a 32-month high last Monday, ending 2012 up 34 percent in t... [Full Article]
LAGOS (Reuters) - Nigeria's biggest listed company, Dangote Cement, rose the maximum daily limit of five percent on Thursday after a positive profit forecast this week, helping to lift the stock index 1.3 percent. Dangote Cement, which accounts ... [Full Article]
KANO, Nigeria (Reuters) - Two suicide car bombers attacked the offices of mobile phone operators India's Airtel and South Africa's MTN on Saturday in Nigeria's northern city of Kano, killing themselves but no civilians, police said. Is... [Full Article]
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