Veteran journalist and civil rights activist Hajiya Bilkisu Yusuf has been confirmed among the 717 people crushed to death in the stampede among pilgrims in Mecca yesterday. Two other Nigerians were also confirmed dead: They were deputy Secretary General of … read more
The Nigerian military has temporarily banned all moving civilian vehicles – including bicycles, horses, donkeys and camels – in the northeastern Borno state to prevent armed groups from stepping up attacks during the Islamic Eid-al-Adha holiday. The ban, which excludes … read more
Some of the women freed from ‘terrorist camps’ could belong to militants’ families, army spokesperson says Nigeria’s military Wednesday said troops had rescued 241 women and children during operations against Boko Haram Islamist militants in the country’s restive northeast. The … read more
Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari, in Paris for talks with President François Hollande, told FRANCE 24 in an exclusive interview that he wants to negotiate with Boko Haram for the release of the 219 kidnapped Chibok schoolgirls. Buhari told FRANCE 24’s … read more
President Muhammadu Buhari said Wednesday he opposed further currency devaluation in the oil-rich West African nation, which has been hit hard by a global oil glut and crashing crude prices. The 72-year-old leader also endorsed the Nigerian central bank’s policy … read more
Six Nigerian pilgrims have been confirmed dead while four have been declared missing in the crane accident which took place in a Mosque in Kaabah, Mecca, Saudi Arabia on Friday. The deceased, it was learnt on Sunday, had been buried … read more
Four children and a teacher were killed when an Islamic primary school collapsed near the central Nigerian city of Jos, the country’s main relief agency said today. The tragedy happened last evening at the Abu Naima school in the Bukuru … read more
Buharimeter, a platform monitoring the implementation of the electoral promises of President Muhammadu Buhari, has reported that about 800 Nigerians were murdered by the extremist Boko Haram sect within the first 100 days of Buhari’s presidency, Premium Times reports. The … read more
The body of a 42-year-old construction-site manager from Kfar Saba, Israel, who was killed in a failed kidnapping attempt earlier this week in Nigeria was returned to Israel for burial today. Nir Rosmarin, a father of five, was a pillar … read more
Nigeria’s president on Friday ordered security to be tightened at camps for people displaced by the Boko Haram conflict after seven people were killed in a bomb blast. The explosion happened at the Malkohi camp near the Adamawa state capital … read more