Gunmen killed two policemen manning a checkpoint in northern Nigeria in the latest in a wave of such shootings that have raised alarm over rebels from an Islamist sect, an official said Friday. The attack led authorities to announce that … read more
Nigeria needs to move quickly to establish a new election timetable and get on with registering voters if it is to hold credible polls next year, a group of international observers said on Friday. U.S.-based election watchdog the National Democratic … read more
A feared Islamic sect responsible for a recent federal prison break and targeted killings in northern Nigeria has demanded an amnesty offer from the government to stop the violence. The communication from the Boko Haram sect said the group wanted … read more
Nigerian militant leader Henry Okah was in contact with his bombing conspirators in Nigeria before and after a deadly car blast in the capital of Abuja, according to a South African police investigation. Okah was arrested in Johannesburg shortly after … read more
A third Nigerian runner has failed a doping test at the Commonwealth Games and been stripped of two silver medals. Folashade Abugan tested positive for a steroid and waived her right to have a “B” sample tested, the Commonwealth Games … read more
Diarrhea has killed more than 194, 000 children under five annually in Nigeria, according to the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF). This figure was the second highest in the world, after India, the world body said in a statement. The … read more
Many still do not know it, but Nigeria’s shameful predicament and ultimate destruction has and still is a consequence of the deliberate decisions of leaders external and local whose colonial, personal or sectional selfish interests trumped that of the subjects … read more
More than three-quarters of the nearly 50,000 inmates in Nigerian jails have not been convicted, with some of them awaiting trial for the past 17 years, an official said on Tuesday. “The total number of prisoners in Nigeria as of … read more
Suspected Boko Haram Islamists Monday night attacked the Gamboru police station in Maiduguri, capital of Nigeria’s northern Borno state, injuring four policemen, the local media reported. It was the latest attack by the Islamists, who are believed to be behind … read more
Some kidnappers who were fleeing Abia State, following pressure put on them by the joint military task force, were shot dead as they tried to cross over to Eberi Omuma in Rivers State, Awa Udonsi, Special Adviser to the Abia … read more