Gunmen killed five soldiers and a civilian in southeast Nigeria, police and local media said Thursday, after the latest bloodshed in a region where separatist tensions often flare. Wednesday's attack on troops in Umunze area of Anambra state was condemned by the...
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Nigeria: Campaigning for Nigeria’s 2023 presidential election begins
Campaigning for Nigeria's 2023 presidential election got off to a low-key start on Wednesday, with candidates holding a book launch and rallies or postponing official inaugurations. Five months before the ballot, four top candidates are emerging in a tight battle to...
Nigerian town caught between jihadist war and peace
By Camille Malpat: Once a symbol of the jihadist war in northeast Nigeria, the town of Bama today betrays the grinding nature of a 13-year conflict, caught between reconstruction and fighting that still rages beyond its borders. In September 2014, Boko Haram fighters...
Insurgencies: Boko Haram fighters pouring into Niger’s side of Lake Chad
Hundreds of Boko Haram jihadists have fled a forest enclave in northeast Nigeria, escaping air strikes by the military and floods from torrential rains to seek shelter on Niger's side of Lake Chad, sources told AFP. Northeast Nigeria is facing a 13-year armed...
Nigeria: Gunmen kill five, including Indian national in Ajaokuta, Kogi state
Gunmen have killed five people, including one Indian, in Nigeria's Kogi state, police said Saturday, with the region wracked by jihadist and gang violence. The attackers opened fire on a bus in the industrial town of Ajaokuta late Friday, killing one Indian, two...
Nigeria forces refugees to return to the war zone
By Louise Dewast Usman Mohamed's hometown of Baga on the shores of Lake Chad was once overrun by jihadists, forcing...
Nigeria: Three bodies recovered after last week’s fire on oil vessel
The operator of a Nigerian oil vessel that exploded and sank last week said on Monday three bodies had now been...
Nigeria says oil ship fire extinguished
A blaze caused by an explosion on an oil ship that sparked fears of an environmental disaster off southern Nigeria has...
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