Video - Crackdown on illegal buildings in Lagos, Nigeria

It's not just Nairobi that's plagued by poor building controls. Lagos in Nigeria is struggling with similar problems. And there, the state governor also has vowed to crackdown.

Video - Jobless in Nigeria to benefit from government stipend

Nigeria's presidency has announced that will provide a stipend to 1 M of the most vulnerable Nigerians. In a statement, the authorities said the 5000 Naira stipend, which is worth worth about $ 25 at the official rate, and $ 15 at black market rates, will be implemented by World Bank and the Bill and Melinda Gates foundation.

Kidnapped former Minister rescued

A former minister and senator, Iyabo Anisulowo, who has kidnapped Wednesday in Ogun State has regained her freedom.

Police said on Tuesday evening that Mrs. Anisulowo was rescued at Gbegbelawo village, a suburb of Olorunda town, located in Yewa North local government of the state.

The Ogun State Command Public Relations Officer, Muyiwa Adejobi, told PREMIUM TIMES that the 65-year-old was rescued at about 7.00pm.

He said two suspected kidnappers were arrested during the rescue operation.

Mrs. Anisulowo was abducted six days ago while returning from her farm in Sawonjo in Yewa South local government area of the state.

Her kidnappers demanded N200million as ransom, while the Nigeria Police offered a N5 million reward for information leading to the former minister's rescue.

Details of how the former minister regained her freedom are yet unclear.

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Nigeria begins oil production in Lagos

A Nigerian firm has said it has started oil production from an offshore field in the commercial city of Lagos, the first output outside the country’s oil hub in the Niger delta. 

“Yinka Folawiyo Petroleum Co. Ltd (YFP) is pleased to announce that it has commenced production of crude oil from its Aje field located in block OML 113 offshore Lagos,” it said late Tuesday. 

YFP did not disclose the volume of current output from the field but said the company has capacity to produce 40,000 barrels per day. 

“Oil produced from the Aje field will be stored on the Front Puffin which has production capacity of 40,000 barrels of oil per day and storage capacity of 750,000 barrels,” it added in a statement. 

Production began after more than 25 years of exploratory, appraisal and developmental activities in the field, making Lagos — Nigeria’s commercial capital — an oil-producing state. 

Nigeria’s oil and gas industry is concentrated in the southern delta states but the region has been dogged by unrest and disruption from militants demanding a fairer share of revenue. Pipeline attacks and illegal refining or “bunkering” as it is called locally have hit output, which is currently estimated at about 1.8 million barrels a day, according to OPEC. 

Nigeria is reliant on oil revenue for its economy but crude earnings have been depleted drastically since the slump in global prices that started in mid-2014.

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Video - Workers in Nigeria demand increase in minimum wage

As the International Labour Day was being marked around the world, in Nigeria, workers rallied around a demand to raise the country's minimum wage by nearly 300%. In Abuja, the seat of the country's central government, thousands of workers and government officials added their voices to the call for a drastic shift in Nigeria's minimum wage policy.