Authorities in northeast Nigeria are blaming a radical Muslim sect for a drive-by shooting that left five civilians dead. Lt. Col. Hassan Mohammed said Saturday that the gunmen had attacked people gathered outside a shop in the city of Maiduguri … read more
A Nigerian Islamic scholar this week called for the death penalty for the gay community, sparking massive outrage from local and international groups. The statement, during his weekly prayer session of the Nasrul-lahi-L-Fatih Society of Nigeria (NASFAT), came after the … read more
Gunmen have attacked a military-run school in northern Nigeria, killing at least three air force personnel in an incident whose motives remained unclear, an official said on Friday. The attack late Thursday outside Kano, the largest city in northern Nigeria, … read more
A militant Islamic sect in Nigeria increased serial killings in its northeastern stronghold, with 20 people shot dead in the past month as a security crackdown caused a drop in bomb attacks, police said. “Though explosions have been managed and … read more
Nigeria’s federal government has been paying unidentified police pensioners a whopping 1 billion Naira monthly, according to Finance Minister Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala (US$155 Naira=US$1). The minister, who was giving a breakdown of the country’s 2012 federal budget in the capital city … read more
The tractor-trailer lay alongside the busy Nigeria expressway like a child’s forgotten toy, its cargo of cosmetics smashed on the hot, uneven strip of asphalt road and its driver left bleeding with a head wound. Burned-out metal carcasses of crashed … read more
Gunmen bombed a military checkpoint in the northeastern Nigerian city of Maiduguri, where an Islamist sect has been blamed for scores of attacks, the army said on Thursday, reporting no casualties. A military spokesman for a special force deployed in … read more
Governor Babangida Aliyu, a Muslim, has debunked the teaching which inspires Islamic suicide bombers worldwide. The Governor of Niger state, Nigeria, said there is no special place in the Muslim heaven for suicide bombers. Militant Muslim clerics quote certain passages … read more
The U.S. Consulate General Lagos advises U.S. citizens to avoid the toll plazas this weekend. U.S. citizens should note recent public reports that a protest march is being planned to go to the Admiralty Circle and Chevron Toll Plazas on … read more
Nigeria’s State Security Services (SSS) in oil rich Bayelsa State has arrested four suspected kidnappers of an Italian working with Moreno Construction Company. State director for the service Andrew Iorkyar disclosed this to reporters in Yenagoa, the state capital on … read more