Nine die after car plunges into dam in northern Nigeria
Kano – Nine people drowned and three others were rescued when their overloaded car plunged into a dam in... Read more
21 Nov, 2022
Gunmen kill three policemen in southeast Nigeria
Lagos – Gunmen have attacked a police checkpoint in southeast Nigeria, killing three officers, police and residents said on... Read more
21 Nov, 2022
Nigeria’s largest pool of voters divided before election
Maiduguri – Abacha Muyam and Babakura Alhaji Isa, friends from Bama in the northern Nigerian state of Borno, both... Read more
19 Nov, 2022
Nigeria soldier kills aid worker, wounds UN pilot
Lagos – A Nigerian soldier shot and killed a humanitarian worker, another soldier and wounded a UN pilot in... Read more
19 Nov, 2022
Climate change fuelled rains behind deadly Nigeria floods: study
Paris – Heavy rains behind floods that killed over 600 people in Nigeria this year were about 80 times... Read more
17 Nov, 2022
Absent Nigerians confront World Cup ‘bad dream’
Abuja – Nigerians are facing up to the reality of not qualifying for the World Cup, which kicks off... Read more
17 Nov, 2022
Nigeria court arraigns foreign tanker crew over suspected oil theft
Port Harcourt – A court in Nigeria’s oil hub city Port Harcourt has arraigned 16 foreign crew from an... Read more
16 Nov, 2022
Nigeria’s ancient Benin Bronze treasures go digital
Lagos – Nigeria’s famed Benin bronzes – artefacts stolen during British colonial rule and scattered across the globe –... Read more
16 Nov, 2022
Nigeria jihadists kill women over witchcraft charges: families, residents
Maiduguri – Boko Haram jihadists killed a group of women in Nigeria after accusing them of witchcraft following the... Read more
15 Nov, 2022
Lagos shelter brings rare respite for Nigeria’s LGBT+
Lagos – When Muna and Mary moved in together in Nigeria’s Anambra state, they thought they were starting a... Read more
14 Nov, 2022
