Bandits have killed 16 people in separate attacks on remote villages in northern Nigeria’s Katsina state, an area wracked by cattle-rustling and kidnappings, officials said on Tuesday. Gunmen on motorcycles separately stormed the Dantakuri, Tsayau, Barza and Zakka villages late … read more
Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari asked the Federal Inland Revenue Service to explain its failure to meet tax-collection targets since 2015, after persistent shortfalls. Nigerian presidential spokesman Garba Shehu confirmed in an emailed statement that the government has sought explanations for … read more
Thirty-seven aid personnel were confirmed killed following the decade-long activities of terror group Boko Haram in Nigeria, the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (UNOCHA) said, calling for the protection of people engaged in humanitarian services in … read more
The United Nations yesterday disclosed that Boko Haram conflict had claimed at least 35,000 lives and displaced 1.8 million persons internally between 2009 and 2019, in the North-eastern states of Adamawa, Borno and Yobe. Among the dead, the global institution … read more
Some Chinese companies in Nigeria have been blacklisted by the World Bank for fraud and corruption. The companies include China Railway Construction (International) Nigeria Company Limited, China Railway 18th Bureau Nigeria Engineering Company Limited, CCECC Nigeria Lekki (FTA) Company Limited, … read more
Doctors Without Borders (MSF) denounced that after 10 years of conflict in northeastern Nigeria, living conditions and humanitarian needs remain very serious. Ten years have passed since an insurgency began in northeast Nigeria between armed opposition groups and the Nigerian … read more
Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari has told his country’s central bank to stop providing funding for food imports, his spokesman said in a statement on Tuesday – a move that has raised questions about the central bank’s independence. Nigeria, which has … read more
The Nigerian police hierarchy is demanding answers from the Army over a clash which led to the death of three police officers and a civilian in the north eastern Taraba State. The police maintain that the action of the soldiers … read more
The Nigerian Army late Wednesday said the police officers who were fired at in Taraba State on Tuesday were mistaken for kidnappers by soldiers. Three police and one civilian fatalities were recorded after soldiers opened fire on a police team … read more
The Nigerian government has rolled out an action plan for the total deradicalization and rehabilitation of former Boko Haram militants in a bid to find a lasting solution to the Islamic extremism problem in the country. The initiative was first … read more