ABUJA Nigerian authorities are disturbed by the low level of coronavirus test sample collections, a senior government official said on Thursday.
ABUJA/BAMAKO Mali's West African neighbours on Friday told the military junta which seized control 10 days ago that it must transfer power to a civilian-led transitional government immediately and hold elections within a year. | Video
ABUJA Mali's West African neighbours have agreed the country's transitional government must be lead by civilian and last no longer than 12 months, Nigeria's presidency said on Friday.
ABUJA Mali's West African neighbours have agreed the country's transitional government must be lead by civilian and last no longer than 12 months, Nigeria's presidency said on Friday.
ABUJA Nigeria will resume international flights from Sept. 5, the head of the aviation regulatory body said on Thursday, marking a week-long delay to the resumption date previously announced by the government.
ABUJA, Aug 27 Nigeria might fall into recession in the third quarter, the head of the country's budget office said on Thursday, citing the impact of low oil prices and the coronavirus pandemic on Africa's largest economy.
ABUJA Overturning a U.S. ban on Nigerians seeking immigrant visas will take "enormous resources", but the nation is making progress, President Muhammadu Buhari said on Thursday.
ABUJA Nigeria has dropped a plan to allow some pupils to return to school because of a continued increase in the number of COVID-19 infections, its education minister said.
ABUJA Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari said on Tuesday that West Africa's plan to adopt a common currency was being put at risk by some countries' attempts to progress more quickly than the agreed timetable.
ABUJA Nigeria's president criticised his heads of security on Thursday for their handling of attacks across the north of the country and said more needs to be done to resolve the problem, the national security adviser said.
Ignoring calls for an end to his 26-year grip on power, President Alexander Lukashenko of Belarus was sworn in for a sixth term on Wednesday after an election that the opposition and several foreign governments say was rigged.