Nine teenage girls died and three were listed missing after a passenger boat capsized on a river in northern Nigeria, an emergency services official said on Wednesday. “We have recovered nine bodies of the girls and we are still searching … read more
Fifty-nine Nigerian soldiers appeared before a military tribunal on Wednesday charged with mutiny and conspiracy to commit mutiny over claims that they refused to fight Boko Haram militants. The soldiers, all members of the 111th Special Forces Battalion, all pleaded … read more
Seven Nigerian ministers quit office on Wednesday to pursue political ambitions in their respective states, the government of the West African country said in a statement. The ministers, who formally announced their resignation at the weekly Federal Executive Council (FEC) … read more
On her son’s fourth birthday, Alicia Keys and 30 others protested outside of the consulate general of Nigeria raising awareness surrounding the 200 girls abducted by the Boko Haram. Keys–who is pregnant with her second child–stood outside and demanded answers … read more
Nigeria will be officially declared Ebola-free in less than a week after containing the disease that has killed more than 4,000 people. Eight of the 20 people infected in the country died and there have been no new cases confirmed … read more
Nigeria has denied reports about burying slain soldiers in mass graves in the restive northeastern region, which has been ravaged by a five-year insurgency by Boko Haram. “There are insinuations that we bury people in mass graves which are not … read more
THE World Health Organisation (WHO) expressed skepticism Nigeria has eliminated the deadly Ebola virus. The United Nations agency also queried similar “success” in Senegal regarding the eradication of what has been the worst outbreak of the disease in years. “Are … read more
As Ebola continues to claim lives in West Africa, reports have emerged that it could also affect one of the region’s major exports: cocoa. And a break in supply of cocoa will affect one of the most popular and beloved … read more
At least two students from Nigeria who applied to a Texas college were told they wouldn’t be admitted because of Ebola. Kamorudeen Abidogun, a Texas man originally from Nigeria, said he received two letters from Navarro College, a two-year community … read more
At a shipping conference in Copenhagen last Tuesday, intelligence experts voiced a curious hypothesis about pirate attacks in West Africa’s Gulf of Guinea: The attacks, they said, will increase as Nigeria gears up for general elections scheduled for February. “The … read more