LAGOS, Nigeria (AA) – At least seven loggers were killed and five others injured in Nigeria’s volatile northeast Borno State when their vehicle hit a landmine, a local official said. Bakura Abba, head of the local volunteer guard or the Civilian Joint Task Force, told he media that the incident occurred in a remote area […]
ABUJA, Nigeria (AA) – The Nigerian army has killed 101 militants in the last week in operations that targeted Boko Haram, ISIS’s West Africa Province (ISWAP) and criminal gangs, an official has announced. The Director of Defence Media Operations, Maj. Gen. Edward Buba, confirmed that the military conducted operations across various...
KANO, Nigeria (AA) – Nigeria police force confirmed Wednesday that the death toll from a tanker explosion in Jigawa state had risen to 153. Police spokesman in Jigawa State, Lawal Adam, told Anadolu that 100 people were hospitalized at various facilities. He said the explosion occurred on an expressway in Jigawa state in northwestern Nig...
ABUJA, Nigeria (AA) – Nigeria has announced that it will start selling crude oil in local currency instead of the US dollar. The latest announcement comes after several countries began selling oil and gas in local currencies following the outbreak of the Russia-Ukraine conflict in February 2022. Mohammed Manga, director of Information an...
MAIDUGURI, Nigeria (AA) – Northeastern Nigeria has been hit by a cholera outbreak weeks after a devastating flood struck the area, damaging sanitary facilities and the public water system, a medical official has said. Elyakub Yakubu Mohammed, head of the Nigerian Medical Association in Borno state, said 451 suspected cases of cholera were repo...
GENEVA (AA) – The World Health Organization’s (WHO) chief has said that the UN agency has approved the first monkeypox in vitro diagnostic (IVD) test for emergency use. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus’ announcement came on X, as the global demand for monkeypox testing increased due to ongoing outbreaks in some countries, particularly in...
KANO, Nigeria (AA) — At least 150 people are missing after a boat capsized in western Nigeria, officials have reported. The incident occurred in the Mokwa region of Nigeria, said Abdullahi Baba, director general of the emergency agency of Niger state. According to Baba, the boat carried about 300 persons on their way to attend […]
At least 36 people died in a bus collision in northern Nigeria’s Kaduna state, local media reported on Monday. The bus was transporting Muslim worshippers to the Eid-el-Maulud celebration, a Muslim festival marking the birth of the Prophet Muhammad. The incident occurred in the Lere area when the bus collided with an oncoming truck. Emergency ...
An estimated one million people have been affected by heavy flooding in Nigeria’s northeastern city of Maiduguri. The governor of Borno State Babagana Zulum told journalists the estimate was based on a preliminary assessment. He said more than 100,000 people are displaced, even as search and rescue efforts continue. Zulum also blamed the colla...
Lagos, Nigeria — AFP Weeks of fuel scarcities in Nigeria are compounding a cost-of-living crisis, with the state-run oil company acknowledging “financial strain” was hampering supplies. Olufemi Soneye, a spokesman for government-controlled Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL), blamed the lingering scarcity on f...
