Nigeria

Multinational Shell’s elusive actions denounced in Nigeria

Published on: February 29, 2024
10:19

Abuja, Feb 29 (Prensa Latina) Activists and environmental organizations denounced today that the multinational oil company Shell is trying to evade its responsibilities with the damages caused in the Niger Delta area.

Meningitis outbreak kills 20 in northern Nigeria

Published on: February 29, 2024
10:01

Abuja, Feb 29 (Prensa Latina) The outbreak, unexpected as usual, of meningitis in northern Nigeria, took the lives of 20 students, official sources reported in a statement circulated in this capital.

Stored dynamite caused strong explosion in southern Nigeria

Published on: January 17, 2024
12:45

Abuja, Jan 17 (Prensa Latina) The strong explosion that killed two people and injured 77 in the southern Nigerian state of Oyo was caused by the storage of dynamite in a building, witnesses said on Wednesday.

Nigerian convicts released to unclog prisons

Published on: November 20, 2023
14:23

Abuja, Nov 20 (Prensa Latina) More than 4,000 Nigerians convicted of petty crimes are enjoying on Monday an unexpected freedom decided by the Government this weekend for reasons of space rather than for clemency.

Armed attack in Nigeria leaves nine people dead

Published on: October 2, 2023
11:15

Abuja, Oct 2 (Prensa Latina) A community leader from Plateau state in central Nigeria said today that a group of unknown gunmen killed nine civilians in an armed attack.

Tanker truck explosion in Nigeria leaves 30 people dead

Published on: October 2, 2023
11:07

Abuja, Oct 2 (Prensa Latina) In a new traffic tragedy, some 30 people died and some twenty vehicles were burned after the explosion of a tanker truck in Nigeria, the media reported in this capital.

Nigeria celebrates its Independence Day with hope in the future

Published on: October 2, 2023
08:44

Por José Eloy Richards Richards
Havana, 2 Oct (Prensa Latina) “Nigeria celebrated its 63rd Anniversary of independence with great hopes and projections for the advancement of the country and its people, despite the economic stand-back and social effects left by the Covid-19 pandemic”. This was said by Nigeria’s Ambassador to Cuba, his excellency Ben Okoyen, today, in an exclusive interview for Prensa Latina.

Nigerians in darkness due to national power failure

Published on: September 14, 2023
13:45

Abuja, Feb 14 (Prensa Latina) It is of little use today for Nigerians to be citizens of the largest oil producer in sub-Saharan Africa in the face of an electrical failure that affected 223 million consumers.

Iran, Nigeria, and Kenya to attend G-77 plus China Summit in Cuba

Published on: September 12, 2023
11:46

Havana, Sep 12 (Prensa Latina) The vice presidents of Iran, Nigeria, and Kenya will lead their countries' delegations that will participate in the Summit of the Group of 77 (G-77) plus China to be held in this capital on Friday and Saturday, the Cuban Ministry of Foreign Affairs announced on Tuesday.

Troops kill 6 kidnappers, arrests 54 suspected criminals in Plateau

Published on: September 4, 2023
16:49

Abuja, Sep 4 (Prensa Latina) Troops of Operation Safe Haven HAVEN (OPSH) on Operation Hakorin Damisa IV said they killed six suspected kidnappers in kidnappers at Tahuwa community in Jos.

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