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Nigeria's central bank made critical mistakes that doomed the country's currency redesign
The Conversation via Yahoo News· 1 year agoPeople queue outside a bank in Lagos on February 22, 2023. Nigeria was hit with a scarcity of cash...
Almost 90 migrants, including women and children, rescued off Libyan coast
Euronews via Yahoo News· 1 month agoAlmost 90 migrants in an overcrowded boat adrift in the Mediterranean Sea have been saved by a...
More survivors rescued 2 days after Nigeria boat mishap on Niger River, death toll at 106
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 12 months agoPolice and villagers Wednesday rescued more survivors of a boat that capsized in the Niger River in northern Nigeria killing more than 100 people as they returned from a wedding. Police spokesman ...
At least 103 wedding guests killed when boat capsizes in northern Nigeria
Associated Press via AOL· 12 months agoA boat returning from a wedding capsized in northern Nigeria, killing at least 103 people, including children, officials said Tuesday. Residents and police were still searching for dozens of ...
Residents mobilize in search of dozens missing after Nigeria boat accident. Death toll rises to 28
Associated Press via AOL· 9 months agoThe death toll in the boat accident in north-central Nigeria’s Niger State has risen to 28, emergency services said Monday, as communities mobilized in support of an intensified search for dozens ...
Eight dead and an estimated 100 people missing after the latest Nigeria boat accident
Associated Press via AOL· 5 months agoEight passengers were confirmed dead and an estimated 100 were missing after their overloaded boat capsized in north-central Nigeria, the emergency services said Tuesday. It is the latest in ...
More than 100 inmates break free from an old Nigerian prison after heavy rains
Associated Press via AOL· 1 month agoMore than 100 inmates escaped from an old and decrepit prison near Nigeria's capital after overnight heavy rains destroyed parts of the facility, a prison official said Thursday as security ...
Nigerian cash crisis brings pain: ‘Everything is just tough'
AP Finance via Yahoo Finance· 1 year agoNo one in Godgift Inemesit’s family of eight is sure when they will eat each day — except for her...
Fighting erupts at Cyprus migrant camp; 2 hurt, tents ablaze
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 2 years agoFighting broke out Friday between two groups at a migrant camp in Cyprus, a melee that left two...
Eight dead, several missing after Nigerian ferry capsizes
Reuters via AOL· 5 months agoAt least eight people were confirmed dead and many were missing after a wooden ferry carrying 100 people capsized in northwest Nigeria, local emergency services said on Tuesday. The accident ...