Gunmen kidnapped 19 bus passengers near Nigeria’s southern oil hub, Port Harcourt, police said on Friday, in the latest of a series of abductions in recent weeks. Rivers state police spokesman Nnamdi Omoni said the attack happened on Thursday and … read more
Nineteen people were killed and five others injured in an attack suspected to have been launched by armed herdsmen in a village in Nigeria’s central state of Plateau, according to local police on Friday. An investigation into the killing at … read more
At least one person has been killed after heavy rains caused rivers to burst their banks in southeast Nigeria, forcing tens of thousands of people to flee their homes, an NGO said Friday. “We were able to speak to a … read more
Despite attacks on soft targets by Boko Haram militants in the restive northeast region, the Nigerian military has said its main thrust now is the decapitation of all the remaining terrorists’ factions. In a statement made available to Xinhua in Lagos Friday, the nation’s economic … read more
Fighters, suspected to be from the Islamist militant group Boko Haram, killed 11 people in an attack on a camp for internally displaced persons in the northern Nigerian border town of Banki near the border with Cameroon, a vigilante group … read more
More than 100 000 people have had to flee their homes after heavy rains and flooding in Nigeria’s southeastern Benue state, President Muhammadu Buhari said late on Thursday. “I have received with great concern reports of the flooding in Benue … read more
The United Kingdom (UK) is considering a request to sell military equipment to Nigeria to help it fight Boko Haram Islamist militants, British Foreign Secretary, Boris Johnson, said on Thursday. British soldiers were already training 28,000 Nigerian troops confronting the … read more
Following an indefinite strike embarked upon by a contractor of the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN), flight operations at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA), Lagos have been grounded since early morning Monday, August 28. According to Sahara Reporters, … read more
The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) said about 57 million Nigerians lack access to safe water supply, and more than half of these people live in the rural community. The UNICEF WASH Specialist, Mr Moustapha Niang, who revealed this yesterday, … read more
A grandmother-of-six has vowed to continue fighting for a visa for her new husband, who is 45 years her junior, lives 4,000 miles away, and who she met face-to-face on their wedding day. Angela Nwachukwu, 72, married her husband CJ … read more