Facial scarification was once popular across Nigeria. Deep cuts, usually on both cheeks or the forehead, were carved on children by families and communities, mostly as a mark of identity.

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16 story has been corrected to remove Goemaere as the source of the statement that the insurgency had driven people from their farms, in paragraph 12) People in Nigeria's flood-hit northeastern ...

LAGOS, Sept 18 (Reuters) - Nigeria's hydrological services agency has warned of potential flooding in 11 states after neighbouring Cameroon said it was starting to release water from one of its ...

Lagos, Nigeria – Mujanatu Musa’s one-roomed apartment – built mainly of rusty iron sheets – cuts a sorry sight in Ajegunle, a sprawling slum in Nigeria’s economic hub of Lagos.

Mobile money represents a revolutionary reality in Nigeria as well as in many other African countries. It allows customers to receive, store, and spend money using a mobile phone. The service can ...

While studying law at Babcock University, in Nigeria, and working part-time at a car dealership, she set up a side hustle, informally launching AutoGirl in 2019. Initially also a car dealership ...

Nigerian billionaire Aliko Dangote said the “time is right” for the West African nation to end a decades-long subsidy on fuel, as gasoline production at his mega refinery near Lagos helps to ...

Good morning! Here is today’s summary from Nigerian Newspapers: 1. There are indications that civil servants under the federal government payroll will start receiving the new minimum wage ...

The average flight time between United Kingdom and Abuja (Nigeria's capital), is 6 hours and 13 minutes. This has been calculated based on journeys departing from London. Finnair, British Airways, ...

The House of Representatives began a move to establish the Bola Ahmed Tinubu Federal University of Nigerian Languages following the passage of a bill for first reading on Thursday. The bill ...

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