Tag: Nigeria
Nigeria court orders separatist Kanu to face trial, rejects bid to dismiss charges
By Camillus EbohABUJA (Reuters) -A Nigerian court on Friday rejected a bid by separatist leader Nnamdi Kanu to…
Nigeria’s Supreme Court allows late appeal in Kano blasphemy case
By Camillus EbohABUJA (Reuters) -Nigeria’s Supreme Court on Thursday granted lawyers representing Yahaya Sharif-Aminu, a musician sentenced to…
A US-funded nutrition program was helping to keep this woman’s baby alive. Days after the program was cut, he died
Weeds cover the grave of Yagana Usman’s baby – a painful reminder of the months that have passed…
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…