Whether it translates into longer-lasting political and social solidarity remains to be seen. Although the protest movement fizzled after only a few days, observers say the solidarity it forged across religious, ethnic, and political fault lines in places like Jos has potential to outlive the demonstrations themselves. A shared distrust of the government – whether in Nigeria, Bangladesh , or Venezuela , where anti-government protests have also recently broken out among a wide range of citizens – is also a fragile form of unity. “We are congregated here as Nigerians,”...

In Nigeria, anti-government protests against economic inequality and hunger are continuing, defying a request by President Bola Tinubu and a deadly crackdown by security forces. Half a dozen Nigerian states have imposed curfews. At least 13 people have been killed since the nationwide protests started on Thursday last week. Chukwu Ebuka: “I am having my empty pot here, which symbolizes hunger. There is terrible hunger in Nigeria. Do you understand? And my appearance today is to showcase the anger in me. Do you understand?”

LAGOS, May 8 (Reuters) - Nigeria is inviting bids from international investors with financial and technical capacity for 12 onshore and deepwater oil blocks, its oil regulator said in a speech yesterday at a global oil conference in Houston, Texas. Africa's biggest oil producer opened this year's licensing round on April 29 seeking to deepen exploitation of the country's estimated 37.5 billion barrels of crude oil and 209.26 trillion cubic feet of natural gas reserves. "Nigeria is committed to conducting the licensing round in a fair, competitive and transparent manner...

Microsoft Corp. shut the engineering section of its Africa Development Center in Nigeria, two years after it was opened in the West African nation.

The Lagos center, one of two on the continent - the other being in Kenya - was opened in 2022 to deliver high-end engineering solutions for Microsoft. The Nairobi center has not been affected, the US company said in a response to queries.

A free agent acquisition last offseason, New England Patriots offensive lineman Calvin Anderson didn’t suit up in a game for his new team in 2023, being placed on injured reserve with what was described as “illness.” The 28-year-old tackle took to social media on Monday to finally reveal what the illness was that kept him out, and it is a shocking one: malaria. “As I continue to share my story, my sincere hope is that it inspires at least one person to remain resilient and have faith. You are in...

Training camp was set to start in three days. Anderson, who had signed with New England as a free agent in the spring, was supposed to help shore up the offensive tackle position. In 72 hours, he was expected to be on the practice field, going through drills in Foxborough. The words rang in Sherée Lanihun-Anderson’s ears. Those were the odds the doctors gave her husband, Patriots offensive lineman Calvin Anderson, of survival. Instead, Anderson was laid out in the emergency room at Newton-Wellesley Hospital with a 105-degree fever and...

A series of bomb threats targeting annual Pride events in Montana were deemed to be hoaxes “used to try to dissuade people from participating” in the LGBTQ+ celebrations, police say. Two threats were made on Saturday and Sunday when the Bozeman Police Department investigated two bomb threats that “occurred within the city limits of Bozeman,” according to a statement from the Bozeman Police Department. Two other similar bomb threats were received by authorities on Friday. After police conducted an investigation into the threats along with federal law enforcement partners, they...

Nigeria vowed to ban person-to-person cryptocurrency trading in the naira, taking its latest step to corral an industry which the West African nation blames for harming the battered local unit.

Securities and Exchange Commission Director General Emomotimi Agama also told a meeting with fintech professionals on Monday that new rules would be rolled out “in the coming days” covering crypto exchanges, digital asset custodians and other corners of the sector.

Two suspects tied to an international sextortion ring that allegedly drove a Michigan high-schooler to suicide have been extradited to the US from Nigeria, officials announced Sunday — along with startling dismal statistics about similar crimes. Samuel Ogoshi, 22, and Samson Ogoshi, 20, arrived at the Gerald R. Ford International Airport in Grand Rapids, Mich., at 11:15 a.m. local time Sunday, US Attorney for the Western District of Michigan Mark Totten announced at a press conference. A third defendant, Ezekiel Ejehem Robert, 19, is still in the process of being...