Nigeria

Nigerian official says over 300 abducted schoolboys freed

By CARLEY PETESCH and HARUNA UMAR , The Associated Press December 17, 2020 MAIDUGURI, Nigeria (AP) — More than 300 schoolboys abducted last week by armed men in northwestern Nigeria Read More

Nigeria’s Boko Haram rebels release video of abducted boys (VIDEO)

By LEKAN OYEKANMI and CARLEY PETESCH, The Associated Press KANKARA, Nigeria (AP) — Nigeria’s Boko Haram jihadist rebels have released a video purportedly showing some of the more than 300 Read More

More than 300 boys missing after gunmen raid school in northwest Nigeria

By Ismail Alfa and Danielle Paquette, THE WASHINGTON POST Dec. 14, 2020 MAIDUGURI, Nigeria — More than 300 boys remain missing after gunmen raided a secondary school in northwestern Nigeria,Read More

Gunmen kidnap hundreds of students in Nigeria

By REUTERS12 Dec 2020 Nigerian military battling group who kidnapped schoolchildren Army exchange fire with gunmen who may have kidnapped hundreds of school students in northwestern Katsina state. The Nigerian Read More

ICC prosecutor: Criteria met to open Nigeria investigation

By MIKE CORDER, The Associated Press THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — The International Criminal Court’s chief prosecutor says a decade-long probe has found enough evidence to merit opening a full-scale Read More

Nigerian Still in Line to Lead World Trade Organization (WTO), Despite US Opposition

By Timothy Obiezu, VOA NEWS November 01, 2020 09:11 AM ABUJA – Nigerians have expressed confidence that the country’s former finance minister, Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, will still become the first African Read More

How Facebook derailed Nigeria’s #EndSARS movement

By GLOBAL VOICES Facebook and Instagram falsely labeled content as ‘fake news’Posted 27 October 2020 16:39 GMT As Nigerian security forces gunned down youth protesters on October 20, during #EndSARS rallies to Read More

UGANDA: Scam Alert by a Nigerian involving FOREX

By MARTHA LEAH NANGALAMA There is a Nigerian woman who is running a scam in Ugandan WhatsApp groups and people who get her scam share with others. This is a Read More

Nigeria’s police order massive mobilization after unrest, Nigerians in London rally

By ASSOCIATED PRESS LAGOS, Nigeria (AP) — Nigeria’s top police official on Saturday ordered the immediate mobilization of all officers to “reclaim the public space from criminal elements masquerading as Read More

Nigeria says 51 civilians, 18 security forces killed in unrest (VIDEOS)

By AL JAZEERA AND NEWS AGENCIESOctober 23, 2020 Nigeria’s president blames ‘hooliganism’ for violence and says security forces used ‘extreme restraint’ after soldiers shot and killed demonstrators. Nigeria’s president Read More