Nigeria

Nigeria struggles to contain dramatic spread of deadly Lassa fever

Mar 13, 2018 02:43

Nigeria is battling on two fronts against an unprecedented outbreak of Lassa fever, a cousin of Ebola, that has already killed 110 people this year.
Violence in central Nigeria leaves at least 5 dead: Police

Mar 10, 2018 14:17

At least five people have been killed in central Nigeria by gunmen suspected to be herdsmen, police say, in the latest flare-up linked to tensions over grazing rights.
Violence leaves 16 dead in central Nigeria

Mar 06, 2018 14:15

At least 16 people, mostly women and children, were killed in clashes between youths and cattle herders in central Nigeria, police said Tuesday.
At least 10 die in Nigeria farmer-herder clashes

Mar 05, 2018 13:56

At least 10 people were killed in several days of violence between herdsmen and farmers in eastern Nigeria, police said on Monday, but the cattle drivers gave a higher toll.
Brief History of Shi’a Muslims in Nigeria

Mar 02, 2018 06:05

The continued detention of Sheikh Ibraheem az-Zakzaki, the Leader of the Islamic Movement of Nigeria, and the government’s persecution of Shi’a Muslims who number almost ten million in Nigeria, warrants a glance at the political and religious developments in Africa’s most populated country.
Nigerian army rescues 76 girls after Boko Haram terror attack

Feb 22, 2018 10:52

The Nigerian military has managed to rescue 76 schoolgirls and recovered the bodies of two others out of an estimated 90 girls who had gone missing following an attack by the Takfiri Boko Haram terrorist group on a school in the country’s northeast.
Nigerians stage rally to call for release of Zakzaky

Feb 22, 2018 03:18

Supporters of the Islamic Movement in Nigeria have staged yet another protest to demand the release of their Leader Sheikh Ibrahim Zakzaky.
Boko Haram attacks village in Nigeria, fails to abduct girls

Feb 20, 2018 05:12

Takfiri Boko Haram militants have attacked a village in northeast Nigeria, unsuccessfully attempting to kidnap girls at a boarding school there.
Blasts claim 19 lives in Nigeria’s Borno State in attack blamed on Boko Haram

Feb 17, 2018 09:37

Some 19 people have been killed and dozens more wounded when three bombers blew themselves up in Nigeria’s northeastern Borno State, the hardest hit by Daesh-inspired Boko Haram militancy.
Nigeria army to dispatch troops to central states

Feb 07, 2018 14:42

Nigeria's army on Wednesday said it would send troops into the country's volatile central states to quell violence between farmers and herders that has killed hundreds in recent weeks.