Nigeria court awards woman $13,000 for lockdown assault by police

A Federal High Court sitting in Osogbo has awarded N5 million (over $13,000) in damages against the Nigeria Police Force and the Inspector General of Police over the assault of a woman, Tola Azeez, in Osun State.
The markets were locked Tuesday afternoon and heavily guarded by national security
Major markets shut down in Nigeria's capital Abuja for coronavirus non-compliance
Traders in Abuja are left angry and disappointed after a court ordered the closure of a popular market and two major malls for not complying with Covid-19 safety protocols.
Authorities in Nihgeria are battling a second wave of COVID-19 infections
'Oxygen, oxygen, oxygen': Nigeria battles shortages amid coronavirus surge
The Lagos businesswoman recalled the “horrendous” week she spent in the COVID-19 wing of a city public hospital, where the sense of crisis was lifted only briefly by whoops of joy when a patient secured one of the few available tanks of oxygen.
Royal Dutch Shell PLC
Shell is back in court for Nigeria oil spills liability ruling
Royal Dutch Shell Plc faces the latest ruling in a long-running legal dispute with Nigerian farmers who say the energy giant is responsible for oil leaks that have polluted their villages.
The country is losing revenue due to smugglers not paying the right duties
Nigerian rice processors want sale of foreign rice criminalised
The Rice Processors Association of Nigeria (RPAN) has appealed to the federal government to criminalise the sale of foreign rice in the country.
President Muhammadu Buhari
Buhari hasn't done anything - Nigerians in diaspora condemns govt
President Muhammadu Buhari has been in office for more than five years and during his government, several issues have bedeviled the country, leading to the loss of lives and properties.
Popular Nigerian disc jockey, DJ Cuppy
DJ Cuppy reacts to debt allegation by Davido’s aide
A popular Nigerian disc jockey, DJ Cuppy, has taken to her verified Twitter account to react to claims by Davido’s aide, Afeare Isreal, that she did not pay Zlatan Ibile for his collaboration in their 2019 hit song, Gelato, neither did she provide accommodation for the Zanku singer when she took him to Abuja for her fundraiser.