WASHINGTON — US President Donald Trump has warned of possible military action against Nigeria, accusing its government of allowing the “killing of Christians,” and announced that all US aid and assistance to the country would be suspended. In a post on Truth Social on Saturday, Trump said he had instructed the Defence Department to prepare […]
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Nigeria flood disaster: Death toll surpasses 200 in mokwa tragedy
The death toll from devastating flash floods in Mokwa, Niger State, Nigeria, has risen to over 200, officials confirmed Tuesday. The flooding, caused by torrential overnight rains last Thursday, destroyed more than 250 homes and left hundreds missing, prompting fears that the final death count could climb even higher. Ahmad Suleiman, the state’s humanitarian commissioner, […]
76 people killed in Nigeria boat accident
Lagos: Almost everyone on board a boat died when it capsized in a flood-swollen river in Nigeria’s Anambra state, President Muhammadu Buhari said on Sunday. An estimated 85 people were taking the overloaded boat on Friday when flooding of the Niger River caused it to tip over. “The boat reportedly carrying 85 persons capsized following […]
London museum to return looted Benin Bronzes to Nigeria
London museum has agreed to return 72 objects looted from Benin City in 1897 to the Nigerian government. “Ownership of 72 objects, which were forcibly removed from Benin City during the British military incursion in February 1897, will be transferred to the Nigerian government,” the museum said in a statement. “The collection includes 12 brass plaques, known […]
Gun attack on church in southwest Nigeria leaves 21 dead
LAGOS: Gunmen killed at least 21 people, including children, in an attack on a Catholic church in southwest Nigeria on Sunday, local officials said, in violence that drew widespread international condemnation. The bloodshed at St. Francis Catholic Church in Owo town during a service was a rare assault in Nigeria’s usually safer southwest and shocked […]
Nigerian police raid bomb factory in restive southeast
LAGOS: Nigerian police have raided a bomb factory in the southeast where separatist violence is on the rise and arrested a suspect, a spokesman said Saturday. The raid happened on Wednesday at Uba Umuaka in southeastern Imo state following a tip-off, state police spokesman Michael Abattam said in a statement. He said police were informed […]
Gunmen kill 16 worshippers in Nigeria mosque attack
NIGERIA: Gunmen have killed 16 worshippers at a mosque in central Nigeria, a government official said Tuesday, in the latest violence in the restive region. Scores of gunmen on motorcycles stormed Maza-Kuka village in Mashegu district of Niger state on Monday and opened fire during morning prayers, said Ahmed Ibrahim Matane, the secretary to […]
115 killed in military crackdown in Nigeria: Amnesty
Amnesty International on Thursday accused Nigerian security forces of using excessive force and killing at least 115 people in a crackdown on separatist agitators in the country’s restive southeast. Violence has flared in Nigeria’s southeastern states this year, claiming the lives of at least 127 police or members of the security services, according to the […]
Nigerian doctors begin strike over pay, inadequate facilities
Doctors in Nigeria’s state-run hospitals on Monday began a strike over pay, insurance benefits and poor facilities, union leaders said, as the country faces a third wave of coronavirus. The strike by the National Association of Resident Doctors (NARD), which represents around 40 percent of doctors in Africa’s most populous country, is the latest in […]
Nigeria receives four million vaccine doses from US
Nigeria received four million doses of the Moderna Covid-19 vaccine from the United States on Sunday as the West African nation steps up efforts to battle a third wave of infections. The doses, which came on two planes, were received by officials from the UN children agency UNICEF on behalf of Nigeria at the airport […]