By Camille Malpat with Aminu Abubakar in Kano, Nigeria: Political leaders in Nigeria are urging President Bola Tinubu to reconsider a threatened military intervention against junta leaders in neighbouring Niger, ahead of a Sunday deadline to reinstate the country's...
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Nigeria grapples with end of fuel subsidy
By Alexandre Martins Lopes: Nigerians are struggling with surging fuel prices after newly elected President Bola Tinubu declared an end to popular subsidies, a move analysts and experts said was long overdue. On his first day in office, Tinubu kept to his campaign...
Nigeria: Bandits raid six villages in north, kill 30 civilians
Armed men killed 30 people in weekend raids on six villages in Nigeria's north, a region regularly hit by criminal violence and clashes between communities, local police have said. The bloodshed is the latest outbreak of inter-communal violence which the country's...
Nigeria: ISWAP ambushes army unit, kills several soldiers
Several Nigerian soldiers died in an attack on a military convoy in the Lake Chad region by jihadist fighters aligned with the Islamic State group, security forces said Tuesday. The convoy was hit by militants from the Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP)...
Nigeria: Human Rights Watch accuses Nigeria army over civilian drone strike victims
A leading rights group urged Nigeria's army on Tuesday to take responsibility for a drone strike that killed 39 civilians in January, calling for compensation for the victims and their families. The army eventually admitted ordering the strike near the town of Rukubi,...
Nigeria: Cash-strapped Boko Haram kidnaps herders for ransom
Boko Haram jihadists have kidnapped 30 ethnic Fulani herders near northeast Nigeria's Lake Chad, demanding ransom for their release, fishermen and the head of an anti-jihadist militia told AFP Tuesday. The militants in eight boats stormed the fishing and herding...
Nigeria: Bandits raid six villages in north, kill 30 civilians
Armed men killed 30 people in weekend raids on six villages in Nigeria's north, a region regularly hit by criminal...
Nigeria: Human Rights Watch accuses Nigeria army over civilian drone strike victims
A leading rights group urged Nigeria's army on Tuesday to take responsibility for a drone strike that killed 39...
Nigeria: Cash-strapped Boko Haram kidnaps herders for ransom
Boko Haram jihadists have kidnapped 30 ethnic Fulani herders near northeast Nigeria's Lake Chad, demanding ransom for...
Covid-19 wrecking havoc in Kano state
Lagos, June 9, 2020 - Nigerian authorities have linked the deaths of up to 600 people in the country's second largest...
Nigeria: Bandits attack villages in Maru LGA, 21 killed
Kano, Nigeria, June 5, 2020 - Armed gangs have killed 21 people in the latest bloody assaults on villages in restive...
Nigeria’s Buhari backs Africa bank head despite US demands
Abuja, June 2, 2020 - Nigeria's President Muhammadu Buhari backed the head of the African Development Bank (AfDB) for...
Nigeria: Anger over growing violence against women
Lagos, June 2, 2020 (By Sophie Bouillon with Aminu Abubakar in Kano)- Nigerians angered over a series of high-profile...
Nigeria: Dozen civilian militiamen killed by bandits in Katsina
Thirteen people died when villagers fought back against armed cattle thieves in northern Nigeria where rustling has...
Nigeria eases restrictions on houses of warship
Nigeria's government on Monday said it was easing restrictions on places of worship as it cautiously rolled back more...
Nigerian town of Dapchi attacked by ISWAP
Kano, Nigeria, May 19, 2020 - Jihadists have carried out a rare attack on the northeast Nigerian town of Dapchi, where...
Africa: Covid-19 is not alone, other diseases intensify health crisis in Africa
Lagos, May 19, 2020 (By Sophie Bouillon) - African nations grappling to contain coronavirus are scrambling to stop the...
Nigeria seizes British plane for flouting virus flight ban
Lagos, May 17, 2020 - Nigeria has seized a British plane for flouting a travel ban imposed as part of measures to curb...
Nigeria: Insurgency risks expanding beyond the northeast
Lagos, May 17, 2020 - Nigerian jihadist groups are gaining sway in the restive northwest and the region could become a...
Nigeria: Boko Haram raids Gajiganna, kills 20
Kano, Nigeria, May 18, 2020 - Boko Haram jihadists killed 20 civilians in an attack on a village in restive...
Nigeria concerned about Covid-19 infections in Kano state
Abuja, May 18, 2020 - Nigeria's government on Monday extended a coronavirus lockdown on the northern region of Kano...
Madagascar sends artemisia drink to Nigeria to fight Covid-19
Abuja, May 16, 2020 - Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari on Saturday received samples of a herbal concoction that...
Nigeria: Communal crisis claims six lives in Adamawa
Kano, Nigeria, May 16, 2020 - Six people were killed in ethnic violence in northern Nigeria's Adamawa state, police...
Economy: Nigeria’s collapsing revenues
Abuja, May 5, 2020 - Oil-rich Nigeria is losing more than 80 percent of its revenue due to plummeting oil prices and...
Nigeria: Covid-19 patients protest over treatment in Gombe
Kano, Nigeria, May 6, 2020 - A group of coronavirus patients staged a protest outside an isolation centre in northern...
Late in the game, Nigeria starts repatriating citizens stranded abroad
Abuja, May 6, 2020 - Nigeria on Wednesday was to start repatriating nationals stranded overseas by coronavirus travel...
Nigeria: Lagos ends lockdown despite expanding virus
Lagos, May 4, 2020 - Africa's biggest city, Lagos, got back to work on Monday at the end of a five-week coronavirus...
Nigeria: First man to be hanged in ‘virtual’ trial
Lagos, May 5, 2020 - A Nigerian court sentenced a man to death in the country's first ever virtual ruling during a...
Nigeria: Mass deaths in Kano possibly tied to Covid-19
Kano, Nigeria, May 4, 2020 - Mass deaths in a northern Nigerian state were caused by coronavirus, the authorities said...