Gunmen free inmates during attack on Nigeria prison
Lagos – Heavily armed men have stormed a prison in southwestern Nigeria using grenades, the facility said on Saturday, with... Read more
24 Oct, 2021
Criminal gang frees at least 30 kidnapped Nigerian students after four months
Abuja – Thirty students who were kidnapped by a criminal gang more than four months ago in northwest Nigeria... Read more
22 Oct, 2021
Nigeria insists troops “did not shoot at protesters” last year
Abuja – Nigeria’s government said on Wednesday that security forces “did not shoot” at peaceful protesters in Lagos last... Read more
20 Oct, 2021
Nigerian youths protest a year after bloody crackdown
Lagos – Nigerian youths held memorial protests in Lagos and Abuja on Wednesday, one year after security forces violently... Read more
20 Oct, 2021
A year after mass protests, Nigerian police brutality has ‘resumed’
Lagos – Monsurat Ojuade had just turned 18 when she was killed by a police officer, her sister Omolara... Read more
19 Oct, 2021
Gunmen kill at least 43 in Nigeria’s troubled north
Abuja – Gunmen from a suspected criminal gang attacked a village market in northwest Nigeria’s Sokoto state, killing 43... Read more
19 Oct, 2021
Nigeria tax spat reignites federalism debate
Lagos – A legal battle between Nigeria’s government and states over sales tax is fueling fierce debate about federalism... Read more
13 Oct, 2021
Nigeria Senate amends law on electronic vote transfer
Abuja – Nigeria’s Senate on Tuesday voted to amend a law to allow the country’s electoral commission to decide on... Read more
13 Oct, 2021
Kidnapped 6 women, 9 children escape jihadist captors in Nigeria
Kano – Six women and nine children kidnapped by jihadists from Christian communities in Nigeria’s northeast have escaped their captors,... Read more
12 Oct, 2021
Gunmen kill at least 19 traders in Nigeria market raid
Kano – Gunmen from gangs of cattle thieves and kidnappers have opened fire on a market in northwest Nigeria, killing... Read more
11 Oct, 2021
