Nigerian state bans petrol aiming to curb jihadist attacks
Kano – Nigeria’s northeastern state of Borno, the epicentre of the jihadist insurgency, on Saturday said it was banning... Read more
12 May
Fan violence casts shadow over Nigerian football league
Lagos – Minutes after the final whistle, Vincent Temitope, a forward with Nigerian football club Plateau United, was bleeding... Read more
12 May
African worshippers hope Pope Leo carries on Francis’s work
Abuja – Worshippers in Nigeria and the Democratic Republic of Congo, home to Africa’s biggest Catholic populations, on Friday... Read more
9 May
Nigeria probing graft allegations against former oil execs
Lagos – Nigeria’s anti-corruption agency has launched a probe into the former heads of the west African country’s state... Read more
6 May
Meta fighting Nigerian fines, warns could shut Facebook, Instagram
Lagos – Meta on Saturday vowed to fight Nigerian fines for various consumer data violations, reportedly threatening to cut... Read more
5 May
26 killed in Nigeria as truck hits IED: military source
Kano – At least 26 people were killed Monday when a truck drove over a roadside bomb in northeast... Read more
29 Apr
‘They came in the night’: Entire families killed in Nigeria’s Benue massacre
Abuja – Gunmen killed at least 56 people earlier this week in central Nigeria’s Benue state, the governor’s office... Read more
20 Apr
Nigerian mixed-faith families sense danger as violence flares
Jos – When the news came through of yet another massacre in the countryside in Nigeria’s volatile Plateau state, local... Read more
17 Apr
Attackers kill over 50 in volatile central Nigerian state
Jos – Attackers killed 52 people in Nigeria’s Plateau state, a Red Cross source said Monday, in the latest eruption... Read more
15 Apr
Militant groups claim attacks on Nigerian oil facilities
Lagos – Two militant groups in Nigeria’s oil-rich southern delta region on Sunday claimed responsibility for recent attacks on... Read more
14 Apr
