Nigeria

Nigeria's disasters agency says 100 people killed in floods across 10 states

Sep 18, 2018 09:09

Floods across 10 states of Nigeria have killed 100 people, a spokesman for the country's emergency and disasters agency said on Monday, September 17.
Nigerian gas tanker explosion kills at least 35

Sep 11, 2018 09:06

At least 35 people were killed on Monday and hundreds injured when a gas tanker exploded in northern Nigerian State of Nasarawa and started a blaze, the state emergency agency said.
About 30 soldiers killed in militant ambush in Nigeria

Sep 02, 2018 11:32

Suspected militants have ambushed a military base in northeastern Nigeria, and killed as many as 30 soldiers.
Amnesty calls on Nigeria to account for missing Shias

Aug 31, 2018 07:01

Amnesty International has accused Nigeria’s government of carrying out unlawful arrests and practicing “enforced disappearance,” calling on Abuja to clarify the fate of hundreds of Shia activists taken into custody.
19 dead in Boko Haram raid on Nigerian village: Locals

Aug 20, 2018 05:50

At least 19 people have been killed in a raid by Takfiri Boko Haram militants on a village in northwestern Nigeria, locals say.
From Nigeria to Iran, nations begin ditching dollar

Aug 15, 2018 09:26

The number of countries switching to national currencies to settle bilateral trade deals is growing in the face of the US weaponization of the dollar.
Nigeria court acquits 80 Zakzaky supporters

Aug 01, 2018 11:23

A top Nigerian court has cleared dozens of the followers of prominent religious scholar Ibrahim al-Zakzaky of criminal charges, raising hopes for the release of the religious scholar himself, who has been held captive for almost three years by the Abuja government.
Eight killed as Boko Haram bomber detonates explosives at mosque in NE Nigeria

Jul 23, 2018 16:42

At least eight Nigerian civilians have been killed after a bomber from the Boko Haram Takfiri terrorist group detonated his explosives at a mosque in the country's troubled northeast, a local militia and residents say.
Niger army ‘kills 10 Boko Haram terrorists’

Jul 22, 2018 10:51

The Nigerien army says it has killed at least 10 members of the Takfiri Boko Haram terrorist group, who attacked one of its military positions in the southeast of the African country.
About 17 Boko Haram members get jail terms in Niger

Jul 09, 2018 18:17

A court in Niger has sentenced 17 members of the violent extremist movement Boko Haram to between two and seven years in jail, a senior state prosecutor said Monday.