| The strikers are demanding 7,500 naira as monthly minimum wage but the government has stipulated it only pay the 5,500 naira agreed by the governors of Nigeria's 36 states. |
| In contrast, the Angolan kwanza and the Nigerian naira have depreciated against the US dollar over the period which may have protected their competitiveness. |
| Parents said the girls, aged between 16 and 18, are being sold into marriage to Boko Haram militants for 2,000 naira, Halite Aliyu of the Borno-Yobe People's Forum said. |
| The students are being paid 2,000 naira to marry the fighters, Halite Aliyu of the Borno-Yobe People's Forum told The Associated Press. |
| He was a successful businessman who made and invested his money at a time when the naira enjoyed parity with sterling. |
| The Nigerian naira recorded its first appreciation of the week, gaining ground against the dollar. |
