Nigeria
Nigerian police ordered to free 5 anti-Buhari activists
The men were arrested early this month by the Department of State Service (DSS) during a church service led by a well-known evangelical pastor in the Nigerian...
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Nigeria receives six warplanes from US to fight insurgency
The planes are part of a deal that includes supplying the Nigerian armed forces with ammunition, training, and aircraft maintenance, according to a US official.
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Nigerian kidnappers free three students abducted in restive northwest
Heavily-armed gangs, known locally as bandits, have long plagued northwest and central Nigeria by looting, stealing cattle and abducting for ransom, but they have lately targeted schools and colleges.
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One hundred kidnapped villagers freed in Nigeria
Heavily-armed gangs known locally as bandits have long plagued northwest and central Nigeria by looting, stealing cattle and abducting for ransom.
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Being Nigerian 101: Social media group debates identity
Hosted on the platform Clubhouse, the group's 45,000 members can join chatrooms on languages and culture, politics and citizenship, pop culture, technology and well-being.
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Gunmen kidnap 140 school students in northwest Nigeria
The attackers opened fire and overpowered security guards after storming the Bethel Baptist High School in Kaduna state in the early hours of Monday, abducting most of the 165 pupils boarding there overnight.
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At least 8 employees kidnapped from medical centre in Nigeria
A large number of unidentified armed men attacked Kaduna state's Saye Tuberculosis and Leprosy Health Centre at around 1500 GMT, after a 'heavy exchange of fire' with officers, local police spokesman Mohammed Jalige said.
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In Lagos, families struggle to survive as food prices soar
Battered by the double economic impact of low global oil prices and the pandemic, the World Bank estimates Nigeria's soaring inflation and food prices pushed another seven million people into poverty in 2020.
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Separatist leader arrested, will face trial in Nigeria: govt
Justice Minister Abubakar Malami, who is also attorney general, said Nnamdi Kanu was arrested on Sunday but gave no details about the location.
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Nigeria restricts passengers from South Africa over virus spread
The virus has infected 167,532 people and claimed 2,119 lives in Nigeria, Africa's most populous nation, since the first recorded case in February last year.
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Nigeria to get nearly 4 million vaccine doses by August
Nigeria -- home to some 200 million people -- got some four million doses of the AstraZeneca vaccine in March with which it started a nationwide coronavirus vaccination programme.
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Nigerian artists and entrepreneurs bank on crypto-art
The digital painting was sold in April for $80,000 worth of virtual money on the crypto-art market, a growing business in Africa's most populous country.
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Northeast Nigeria conflict has caused deaths of 324,000 children: UN
Of nearly 350,000 deaths, it estimated 314,000 to have resulted from indirect causes.
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Nigerian school kidnap victims escape sleeping guards
On May 30 around 200 motorcycle-riding gunmen from one of the gangs known locally as bandits stormed Tegina town in Niger state, abducting 136 pupils and some teachers, according to authorities.
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In Nigeria, broadcasters get to grips with Twitter ban
President Muhammadu Buhari's government defended the decision to ban Twitter, saying that it had become a platform for activities threatening the country's stability, particularly for an outlawed separatist group in the southeast.
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TB Joshua’s death a setback for families of 2014 church collapse victims
He ran the Nigerian church that suffered a catastrophic partial collapse seven years ago.
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MSF warns of humanitarian crisis in northwest Nigeria
In a statement, MSF said it had already treated 10,300 children in Zamfara between January and April for severe acute malnutrition, measles, malaria and other conditions.
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Gunmen kidnapped 136 from Islamic school in Nigeria on Sunday, officials confirm
Armed gangs are terrorising inhabitants in northwest and central Nigeria by looting villages, stealing cattle, and taking people hostage.
