Nigeria on Monday resumed the trial of a prominent separatist leader who was brought back to the country in controversial circumstances, but the case was quickly adjourned after he was not present in court. Heavy security was deployed outside the federal high court in the capital Abuja for the case of Nnamdi Kanu of the […]
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13 policemen killed in northwest Nigeria
Thirteen policemen were killed in an ambush by cattle thieves in northwest Nigeria’s Zamfara state, in the latest spate of violence in the region, police said late on Sunday. A police unit was ambushed in Kurara Mota village in Bungudu district while “responding to a distress call” from residents of nearby villages about an impending […]
Nigeria puts six states on ‘red alert’ over virus fears
Nigeria has put six states and its capital on “red alert” over rising coronavirus cases, the government said late on Saturday, urging caution ahead of the Muslim festival of Eid al-Adha. Africa’s most populous country, with some 210 million residents, has officially recorded around 169,000 cases and 2,126 deaths from Covid-19, but the real figures […]
Emir, 12 family members kidnapped in Nigeria’s north
Gunmen kidnapped an emir with 12 members of his family in northwest Nigeria’s Kaduna state early on Sunday, family members said, in the highest-profile abduction to rock the volatile region. The attackers, known locally as bandits, stormed the palace of 83-year-old Alhassan Adamu, the emir of Kajuru outside the state capital of Kaduna, and seized […]
Nigeria shock US in pre-Olympic basketball friendly
Nigeria shocked the United States 90-87 in a pre-Olympic basketball friendly in Las Vegas, Nevada, on Saturday. Nigeria, with six NBA players and former NBA head coach Mike Brown at the helm, became the first African nation to beat the USA, who were playing the first of a five of tune-up games before the Tokyo […]
Bandits kill 35 villagers in northwest Nigeria: police
Armed cattle thieves have killed at least 35 people in five villages in northwest Nigeria’s Zamfara state, police said Saturday, in the latest violence in the restive region. Local residents however said up to 43 villagers were killed in the attack late Thursday. “Thirty-five people were killed by the bandits in the five villages,” state […]
Bandits kill 18 in northwest Nigeria raid
Armed attackers known as bandits have killed 18 people in a raid on a village in northwest Nigeria’s Katsina state, police told AFP Wednesday. State police spokesman Gambo Isah said that a large group of assailants arrived in the village of Tsauwa on motorbikes late Monday, gunning down villagers and looting homes before burning them. […]
Gunmen abduct 140 school students in northwest Nigeria
Gunmen kidnapped 140 students from a boarding school in northwestern Nigeria on Monday, a school official and police said, the latest in a wave of mass abductions targeting schoolchildren. Heavily armed gangs have long plagued northwest and central Nigeria by looting, stealing cattle and abducting for ransom, but since the start of the year they […]
Gunmen kidnap 140 school students in northwest Nigeria
Gunmen have kidnapped 140 students from a boarding school in northwestern Nigeria, a school official said on Monday, the latest in a wave of mass abductions targetting schoolchildren and students. Heavily-armed criminal gangs often attack villages to loot, steal cattle and abduct for ransom in northwest and central Nigeria, but since the start of the […]
At least 8 employees kidnapped from medical centre in Nigeria
Eight medical centre employees were kidnapped in northwest Nigeria on Sunday, police said, although local sources said more people had been taken. A large number of unidentified armed men attacked Kaduna state’s Saye Tuberculosis and Leprosy Health Centre at around 1500 GMT, after a “heavy exchange of fire” with officers, local police spokesman Mohammed Jalige […]