Tag: Nigeria
Insurgents raid Nigerian military barracks in Banki, soldiers retreat, residents and sources say
By Ahmed KingimiMAIDUGURI, Nigeria - Suspected insurgents attacked a border town in northeastern Nigeria's Borno state and seized…
Cholera outbreak kills 58 in northeast Nigeria
By Camillus EbohABUJA (Reuters) - A cholera outbreak has killed 58 people and infected more than 250 across…
GOP senators urge redesignation over Nigeria’s Christian persecution
WASHINGTON, D.C. (WNCT) — U.S. Senator Tedd Budd led his Senate Republican colleagues Pete Ricketts, Josh Hawley, James…
Baby gorilla to return to Nigeria after Istanbul airport rescue
Shinning down a lamp-post, the tiny gorilla almost seems to be laughing as he dodges past his keeper…
Cholera outbreak in northwest Nigeria kills eight, infects over 200
By Ahmed KingimiABUJA (Reuters) -A cholera outbreak in Bukkuyum district of Zamfara state, northwest Nigeria, has claimed at…
Gunmen in Nigeria’s Zamfara abduct over 100 in deadly attack
LAGOS (Reuters) -Gunmen killed at least two people and abducted over 100, mostly women and children, in an…
Nigeria Air Force rescues 76 kidnap victims, official says
ABUJA (Reuters) -The Nigerian Air Force has rescued 76 kidnap victims, including women and children, after a precision…
Nigeria says killed over 35 jihadists near Cameroon border
Nigeria's airforce said it had killed more than 35 jihadists in raids Saturday on militant fighters that had…
Doubts over Niger claim that a Boko Haram leader killed
Niger's army said its soldiers killed a leader of the jihadist group Boko Haram in the Lake Chad…
Nigerian judge delays trial over 2022 church massacre
A Nigeria court postponed on Tuesday the beginning of a highly anticipated trial over the killing of dozens…
More than 40 missing after boat capsizes in Nigeria’s Sokoto
Rescuers are searching for more than 40 people who are missing after a boat capsized in Nigeria’s northwestern…
More than 40 missing in Nigeria boat accident, emergency agency says
LAGOS (Reuters) -More than 40 people were missing in a boat accident in Nigeria after a boat conveying…