Nigeria: Kidnappers Free 11 Students ‘Too Small to Walk’
Authorities in the northern Nigerian state of Niger say eleven children who were among the many abducted children from Salihu Tanko Islamic School have been released because they were “too
Authorities in the northern Nigerian state of Niger say eleven children who were among the many abducted children from Salihu Tanko Islamic School have been released because they were “too
Prominent Nigerian activist and publisher of Sahara Reporters, Omoyele Sowore has been shot by the police in the nation’s capital Abuja on Monday. Human Rights lawyer Femi Falana confirmed the
Peter Nkanga, the Nigerian journalist with the BBC who shot the documentary on Ahmed Isah, the Berekete Family show presenter, says he’s received death treats and has been told he’ll
Tension has enveloped the five states in Nigeria’s southeast as secessionist agitators ramped up attacks on security facilities and Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) assets, in a fashion reminiscent of
Mali has been suspended from the West African regional bloc, Economic Community of West Africa States (ECOWAS), until the current military dictators vacate office and return the country to civil
A former political adviser to ex-Nigeria President Goodluck Jonathan, Ahmed Gulak, has been killed by unknown gunmen in Imo State. Mr Gulak was shot dead on his way to the
Leaders of the Southern and Middle Belt Forums in Nigeria are demanding the federal government declares a national emergency on security noting that the 2023 general elections could be jeopardized if
Colonel Assimi Goita, Mali’s coup leader and newly appointed interim president, has been summoned to an emergency meeting of West African leaders in Ghana. At Sunday’s extraordinary summit, the 15-member
The Minister of Industry, Trade and Investment, Mr. Niyi Adebayo and the Governor of Central Bank of Nigeria, Mr. Godwin Emefiele, would lead a delegation of Nigerian ministers, governors and
A former Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan will on Sunday brief at least ten African Presidents of countries in the ECOWAS region on his fact-finding mission to Mali where he had gone to assess the situation and
The Nigerian Army says it’s killed seven members of the Eastern Security Network (ESN), the militant arm of the pro-Biafra group, IPOB. According to the country’s Army, the “clearance/raid operation”
President Muhammadu Buhari has taken the second dose of the Oxford-AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine at the State House, Abuja. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the president’s personal physician,
Mali’s constitutional court has named the colonel who led a military coup this week as the country’s new interim leader. The ruling, issued late on Friday, said Assimi Goita would
Nigeria’s Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Friday revealed that the estimated value in Naira of jewellery seized from former petroleum minister, Diezani Alison-Madueke is N14.4 billion (about $35m).
Nigeria’s federal government on Friday defended its choice of Major General Farouk Yahaya as the new Chief of Army Staff (COAS), while also revealing plans to immortalise the former COAS,
President Muhammadu Buhari on Friday urged disputing parties in the ongoing political crisis in Mali to settle their differences for the peace and unity of the country. He made this
The Nigerian Presidency says the Muhammadu Buhari administration has recorded giant strides – since he assumed office on May 29, 2015 – enough to make Nigerians proud. The presidency however
Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari has called on actors in the political crisis in Mali to come together for the peace and unity of the country. Mr Buhari stated this on
Kenya’s health ministry has advised hospitals to stop giving first doses of the AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccines. Health Minister Mutahi Kagwe says a shipment arriving on Friday from global-sharing scheme Covax
Germany has officially acknowledged that it committed genocide during its colonial-era occupation of Namibia, and announced a financial support gesture. German colonisers killed tens of thousands of Herero and Nama
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