Kaduna, Nigeria – AFP Nigeria’s president has ordered security forces not to pay a ransom for the release of more than 250 school pupils seized by gunmen last week, the country’s information minister said on Wednesday. Relatives say the kidnappers have demanded a large payment for the return of the students abducted from thei...
KANO, NIGERIA – Bandits attacked hundreds of Muslims performing Friday prayer at a rural mosque in northwestern Nigeria, according to community leaders. The attack occurred in Anguwar Makera in the Kwasakwasa Community in the Birnin Gwari local government area as Muslims gathered for the prayer service at 2 p.m. local time. Residents and...
ABUJA, Nigeria (AA) – At least four police officers have been killed by ISIS in West Africa Province (ISWAP) in northeastern Nigeria in an attack on a police station, according to media reports. Members of the militant group attacked the station in the Nganzai region in the Borno state where in addition to the slain […]
ABUJA, Nigeria (AA) – A total of 91 people, mostly women and children, were killed in a deadly clash in Nigeria’s North Central Plateau State, according to an official. National President of the Mwaghavul Youth Movement, Sunday Dankaka, told journalists his community members buried 91 bodies of those killed in violence that erupted...
Tripoli, Libya – – AFP Libyan authorities began sending more than 320 irregular migrants to their home country Nigeria, an immigration official reported to the media. War-torn Libya has become as a key departure point on North Africa’s Mediterranean coast for migrants, mainly from other parts of Africa, risking dangerous sea ...
Lagos, Nigeria — AFP Hairdresser Shola Abiodun Adeyemi begins preparing lunch by pouring out a glug of bright green biofuel gel into her stove, as many Nigerians seek to reduce cooking expenses. The cost of living has skyrocketed in Nigeria since President Bola Ahmed Tinubu ended a fuel subsidy in May. Bioethanol — a cheaper, [&hel...
ABUJA, Nigeria (AA) – At least eight people were killed in northeastern Nigeria on Thursday when a mine planted on a road allegedly by Boko Haram exploded in the Ngala region in Borno state, reports said. Two members of the government-backed Civilian Joint Task Force (CJTF) were among those killed while many others sustained injuries. [&...
Abuja, Nigeria — AFP Nigeria’s Supreme Court has rejected the opposition’s challenges to President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s election victory, validating his mandate after the final legal appeal. A seven-judge panel ruled as without merit the opposition appeals over claims of fraud, electoral law violations and Tinubu’s...
Kano, Nigeria — AFP Nigerian military jets have carried out air strikes on a gathering of bandit militias, killing around 100 gunmen in the country’s northwest, two army sources with knowledge of the operation and local residents said. Nigeria’s air force confirmed it had carried out bombardments in northwestern Zamfara State...
Port Harcourt, Nigeria – AFP At least 18 people, including a pregnant woman, died in southern Nigeria when an illegal oil refinery exploded into flames, a security official and residents said on Tuesday. The blaze, late on Sunday in Rivers State, occurred when a home-made refinery ignited a nearby oil reservoir, leaving victims severely ...
