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FILE: Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari speaks during a visit to the Maimalari Barracks in Maiduguri on 17 June 2021. Picture: Audu Marte/AFP

Nigeria

Nigeria's president under pressure as insecurity spirals

By AFP

Presidential elections are due to take place next February for a successor to Buhari. The former army general, first elected in 2015 and reelected in 2019, is...

  • Nigerians struggling to manage high costs of living are turning to smaller packets of products. Picture: Pius Utomi Ekpei/AFP

    From coffee to toothpaste, Nigerians buy small as hardships bite

    Consumer brands behind this "sachetisation of the economy" see it as a creative innovation, allowing consumption for all Nigerians, the majority of whom live on less than $2 a day.

    8 days ago
  • Nigerian lawyers hold up the national flag as they assemble at the secretariat of the Nigerian Bar Association during a protest in Abuja over the suspension of Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN) in Abuja on 28 January 2019. Picture: Sodiq Adelakun/AFP

    Amnesty urges probe into killings in southeast Nigeria

    Amnesty International has called on the Nigerian authorities to probe the death of seven young men in the country's restive southeast, where separatist tensions are on the rise.

    24 days ago
  • Nigerian lawyers hold up the national flag as they assemble at the secretariat of the Nigerian Bar Association during a protest in Abuja over the suspension of Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN) in Abuja on 28 January 2019. Picture: Sodiq Adelakun/AFP

    Gunmen attack Nigerian presidential advance team

    President Muhammadu Buhari was not in the convoy when gunmen ambushed the vehicles late Tuesday, injuring two people, but the attack underscored Nigeria's precarious security situation.

    38 days ago
  • FILE: A church building. Picture: Eyewitness News

    Nigeria police rescue dozens, including children, held in church

    Police raided the Whole Bible Believers Church in southwestern Ondo State on Friday after a tip that children were being kept there against their will.

    41 days ago
  • Esther Abah is part of a project to sharpen the skills of a new generation of Nigerian film-makers to help them appeal to international audiences. Picture:@EstherAbah/Twitter

    Lagos film school helps focus Nollywood's global push

    The joint project between EbonyLife production house, a Nigeria film powerhouse, and Lagos State government, wants to train students like Abah to make African stories for a wider international public.

    57 days ago
  • Supporters hold a banner of Nigerian former Vice President Atiku Abubakar during the opposition Peoples Democratic Party's (PDP) primaries in Abuja, on May 28, 2022. Former Nigerian vice president Atiku Abubakar on May 28, 2022 won the opposition party PDP's primary to choose its candidate for the 2023 presidential election, according to ballot results. Picture: PIUS UTOMI EKPEI / AFP

    Two political veterans face off in fight for Nigeria's presidency

    When Nigeria's opposition named veteran operator Atiku Abubakar as its 2023 election candidate, ruling APC party chief Bola Tinubu quickly welcomed a chance to compete against a "worthy" opponent.

    59 days ago
  • FILE: Last week, 58 residents were kidnapped when gunmen invaded Kwari village in nearby Katsina state, according to local officials. Picture: Pixabay.com

    Gunmen abduct 30 wedding guests in northwest Nigeria

    The victims, all mobile phone traders, were returning to Zamfara state capital Gusau late Saturday after the wedding of a colleague in neighbouring Sokoto state when they were seized, a union leader and a security source said.

    61 days ago
  • FILE: Ondo State governor Rotimi Akeredolu (3rd L) points to blood the stained floor after an attack by gunmen at St. Francis Catholic Church in Owo town, southwest Nigeria on June 5, 2022. Picture: AFP

    Death toll from attack on Nigeria Catholic church rises to 40: government

    The attack by gunmen during mass at St. Francis' church in Owo last Sunday was a rare assault in a region usually considered safer than others in the country.

    65 days ago
  • Nigeria’s vice-president Yemi Osinbanjo speaks during Nigeria’s ruling political party, the All Progressive Congress, national convention in Abuja, Nigeria on 26 March 2022. Picture: AFP

    Nigeria's ruling party picks candidate for 2023 presidential poll

    No clear favourite emerged among the APC frontrunners vying to lead Africa's most populous country, including former Lagos governor Bola Tinubu, Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, former transport minister Rotimi Amaechi and Senate president Ahmad Lawan.

    66 days ago
  • FILE: President Muhammadu Buhari, who steps down next year after reaching his constitutional limit of two terms in office, was expected to attend the convention later Tuesday. Picture: AFP.

    Nigeria's ruling party braces for key primaries

    Frontrunners among the 23 candidates include former Lagos governor Bola Tinubu, Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, former transport minister Rotimi Amaechi and Senate president Ahmad Lawan.

    67 days ago
  • Ondo State governor Rotimi Akeredolu (3rd L) points to blood the stained floor after an attack by gunmen at St. Francis Catholic Church in Owo town, southwest Nigeria on June 5, 2022. Picture: AFP

    Gun attack on church in southwest Nigeria leaves 21 dead

    The bloodshed at St. Francis Catholic Church in Owo town during a Sunday service was a rare assault in Nigeria's usually safer southwest and shocked a country grown used to jihadist attacks and mass kidnappings in the north.

    67 days ago
  • Ondo State governor Rotimi Akeredolu (3rd L) points to blood the stained floor after an attack by gunmen at St. Francis Catholic Church in Owo town, southwest Nigeria on June 5, 2022. Picture: AFP

    Gunmen kill 'many' worshippers in Nigeria Catholic church attack

    The violence at St. Francis Catholic Church in Owo town in Ondo State erupted during the morning service in a rare attack in the southwest of Nigeria, where jihadists and criminal gangs operate in other regions.

    68 days ago
  • Evacuees sit near luggage in the train station hall in Kramatorsk, eastern Ukraine on 8 April 2022 after a rocket attack.

    More than 100 million people forcibly displaced: UN

    UNHCR said the numbers of forcibly displaced people rose towards 90 million by the end of 2021, spurred by violence in Afghanistan, Burkina Faso, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Ethiopia, Myanmar and Nigeria.

    82 days ago
  • FILE: Police arrested two suspects in connection with the killing while a manhunt was ordered for others. Picture: Sodiq Adelakun/AFP

    Nigeria religious leaders demand justice following blasphemy killing

    An angry mob of students stoned Deborah Samuel and burned her body on Thursday in the northwest city of Sokoto after she made a post on social media they deemed offensive towards the Prophet.

    92 days ago
  • FILE: The Lagos State Fire and Rescue Service confirmed the new toll, saying that the survivors sustained "varying degrees of injury." Picture: AFP.

    Death toll in Nigeria building collapse rises to 10

    The three-story building, which was mainly residential, collapsed late Sunday in the Ebute-Metta area of the sprawling city of over 20 million people.

    102 days ago
  • Nigerian lawyers hold up the national flag as they assemble at the secretariat of the Nigerian Bar Association during a protest in Abuja over the suspension of Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN) in Abuja on 28 January 2019. Picture: Sodiq Adelakun/AFP

    Eight dead, 23 rescued in Nigeria building collapse

    The three-storey building collapsed late Sunday at Ebute-Metta area of the sprawling city of over 20 million people, Ibrahim Farinloye of the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) told AFP.

    103 days ago
  • FILE:  Police tape is seen on a blocked off road at a crime scene. Picture: AFP

    Three killed, 19 injured in Nigeria bar attack

    The blast occurred at the popular drinking spot selling moonshine near a cattle market in Iware village, outside the state capital Jalingo.

    115 days ago
  • Nigeria’s vice-president Yemi Osinbanjo speaks during Nigeria’s ruling political party, the All Progressive Congress, national convention in Abuja, Nigeria on 26 March 2022. Picture: AFP

    Nigeria's VP announces run for president in 2023

    He becomes the latest figure from the two main parties to join the race to lead Africa's most populous country and biggest economy.

    124 days ago
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