Nigeria’s president under pressure as insecurity spirals
Lagos – Mounting attacks from jihadists and criminal gangs, including a brazen assault close to the capital, are creating... Read more
12 Aug, 2022
Nigeria brings home 12 000 displaced people despite instability
Kano – Nigeria has brought home around 12 000 people who fled violence in the northwest of the country... Read more
11 Aug, 2022
Nigeria arrests suspects behind deadly church attack
Abuja – Nigerian security forces have arrested suspected attackers of a church in the southwestern city of Owo that... Read more
10 Aug, 2022
Gunmen kill six in central Nigeria, police say
Kano – Gunmen have killed six people, including two Indians, in Nigeria’s Kogi state, police said Saturday, with the... Read more
6 Aug, 2022
Nigeria fines broadcasters over BBC bandit documentary
Abuja – Nigerian regulators have fined three broadcasters the equivalent of $12 000 each for airing a BBC documentary... Read more
4 Aug, 2022
Persecution of Christians in Nigeria is more complicated than it seems
Jideofor Adibe, Nasarawa State University, Keffi Nigeria has a long history of religious tensions against which the current spate... Read more
3 Aug, 2022
Eight security personnel killed in central Nigeria ambush
Kano – Gunmen killed eight Nigerian security personnel, including three policemen and five vigilantes, in an ambush in a... Read more
1 Aug, 2022
Hustling in Lagos to ‘survive in hell’
Lagos – It’s midnight. Luxury cars arrive outside Cocoon, a nightclub in Lagos, Nigeria’s largest and most vibrant city.... Read more
31 Jul, 2022
Nigeria finds two Chibok girls eight years after kidnap
Kano – Nigeria said on Friday that it had found two former “Chibok girls”, eight years after their abduction... Read more
30 Jul, 2022
Nigeria’s army orders reshuffle as insecurity grows
Lagos – Nigeria’s military command has ordered a major reshuffle of senior officers, an army statement said on Friday,... Read more
29 Jul, 2022
