Torrential rains kill 25 in Nigerian city: rescuers
Kano – Torrential rains devastated the central Nigerian city of Mokwa and killed at least 25 people, emergency services said... Read more
30 May
Torrential rains kill 25 in Nigerian city: rescuers
Kano – Torrential rains devastated the central Nigerian city of Mokwa and killed at least 25 people, emergency services said... Read more
30 May
Suicide bomber behind explosion in Nigeria capital: emergency agency
Lagos – A suicide bomber is responsible for an explosion earlier this week near a military barracks in Nigerian... Read more
28 May
Nigeria drops bill that would have made voting compulsory
Abuja – Nigeria’s National Assembly has scrapped a bill that would have made voting mandatory, a statement from the... Read more
27 May
30 killed in central Nigeria attacks: local govt official
Jos – More than 30 people have been killed in separate attacks in recent days in central Nigeria, a... Read more
27 May
Jihadists kill four Nigerian troops in new base attack: sources
Maiduguri – Jihadists raid Tuesday on an army base in northeast Nigeria left at least four troops dead and others... Read more
14 May
5,000 Nigerians forced to flee by criminal gang leader
Kano – More than 5,000 residents from more than a dozen rural communities in Nigeria’s northwestern Sokoto state have fled... Read more
13 May
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
