Category Archives: African News

Boko Haram crisis: Niger to send troops to Nigeria

Niger’s parliament has voted to send troops to Nigeria to join the fight against militant Islamist group Boko Haram. The vote took place after Boko Haram attacked a prison and detonated a car bomb on Monday in the town of Diffa, near Niger’s border with Nigeria. MPs said parliament unanimously authorised deploying 750 soldiers with Continue Reading...

Nigerian Economy on the Rise, as 13 of Our Banks included in Top 1,000

THIRETEEN Nigerian banks have been listed as among the top 1,000 in the world in the latest ranking carried out by Britain’s Banker magazine in a sure indication that the country’s financial services industry is on the up. In its recently published survey, Banker magazine, owned by the Financial Times Group, named Zenith Bank, First Continue Reading...