Nigeria Premier League defender Izu Joseph has been shot dead in his hometown of Okaki. It is being reported that the 24-year-old Shooting Stars player was accidentally killed by troops battling Niger delta militants on Sunday. It is understood the … read more
A farmers organisation in northwest Nigeria says 40 people were killed in attacks believed to have been carried out by Fulani herdsmen over the weekend. Solomon Musa, president of the Southern Kaduna People’s Union, said on Monday that some of … read more
A faction of Boko Haram is ready to negotiate the release of 83 more of the girls kidnapped from their school in Chibok, northeast Nigeria, in April 2014, according to a presidential spokesman. Boko Haram militants abducted 276 girls from … read more
Nigeria’s first lady has openly questioned her husband’s work and said she may not support him if he runs again – comments that President Muhammadu Buhari laughed off, saying, “I don’t know which party my wife belongs to, but she … read more
Authorities in Nigeria’s Lagos State must immediately abandon plans to demolish all irregular structures in waterfront communities across the state within the next three days, which would leave tens of thousands of people homeless and destitute, Amnesty International said today. … read more
Nigeria’s first lady has openly questioned whether her husband, President Muhammadu Buhari, is in control of his government and says she may not campaign for him if he seeks a second term. In an interview with the BBC published Friday, … read more
Romania’s foreign ministry says a Romanian engineer abducted in southern Nigeria has been freed. The ministry did not provide details of the man’s release in its statement late Wednesday. It thanked Nigerian authorities and the crisis team the ministry set … read more
Twenty-one of the Chibok schoolgirls kidnapped by Boko Haram have been freed, a senior Nigerian government official has told the BBC. The official wanted to remain anonymous and the government has not issued a statement. Previous reports of the girls’ … read more
Nigeria’s Kaduna state has outlawed the Shia Islamic Movement of Nigeria (IMN), in a step the government said was necessary to keep public peace. Samuel Aruwan, spokesman to governor Nasir el-Rufai of the northwestern state, said in a statement Friday … read more
James Ibori, a former Nigerian state governor jailed in Britain for corruption, is very likely to appeal against his conviction on the grounds that British police and lawyers involved in his case were themselves corrupt, a London court heard on … read more