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Armed gangs raided Kasuwan Daji village in Niger State, Nigeria, killing over 30 people, abducting several others, and looting shops. The attack highlights ongoing security challenges and repeated mass kidnappings.
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Washington and Abuja previously said they targeted IS-linked militants, without providing details on which of Nigeria's myriad armed groups were attacked.
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US Christmas Day air strikes on suspected Islamic State-linked targets in northwest Nigeria have raised questions over sovereignty, targeting and timing, as analysts debate the strategy and warn further operations may follow.
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President Trump announced a US strike on ISIS in Nigeria, targeting militants accused of violently persecuting Christians.
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An explosion in a mosque in Maiduguri, northeastern Nigeria, killed at least seven worshippers. The blast, suspected as a bombing, highlights ongoing threats from Boko Haram and ISWAP insurgents.
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Armed gangs abducted 26 people, including a pastor, bride and worshippers, in separate raids in Kogi and Sokoto states, deepening Nigeria’s kidnapping crisis and prompting emergency measures by federal authorities.
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Nigerian President Bola Tinubu declared a nationwide emergency after mass abductions of schoolchildren and rising attacks, pledging 20,000 new police officers and forest guards, while experts warn deeper issues remain unresolved.
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The gunmen who invaded the St. Mary’s School in the Agwara local government’s Papiri community seized 215 pupils and students as well as 12 teachers, according to Daniel Atori, a spokesperson to the Niger state chapter of CAN
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Nigeria has witnessed a series of such attacks in recent years, especially in the country’s northwest, where armed gangs often kidnap students to demand ransom.
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President Donald Trump threatened U.S. military action in Nigeria over Christian killings, while President Bola Tinubu’s government welcomed American assistance only if it respected Nigeria’s sovereignty and complex internal conflict dynamics.
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The couple recognised a business opportunity when they saw women in Nigeria using rags and leaves as menstrual products, and mothers improvising diapers as western brands were prohibitively expensive.
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The conflict, which has spread into Nigeria’s northern neighbors, has claimed about 35,000 civilian lives and displaced more than 2 million people in the country’s northeastern region, according to the U.N.
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Oxfam argued that government policies are skewed against the poor and provide leeway for the continent's super-rich to amass even more wealth.
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Ethiopia’s Kokob Gebrehaweria Tesfay, a SRFTI Kolkata student made ‘A Doll Made Up of Clay’ featuring Nigerian Ibrahim Ahmed, who’d come to Kolkata to play seven-a-side football. The short film was selected at La Cinef competition of 78th Cannes Film Festival. Those behind the film talk about its making and the racism Africans face in India.
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The attack took place from late Friday into the early hours of Saturday in the village of Yelewata, the group said in a post on social media platform X
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Nigerian writer Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie's Covid-era novel about mothers and daughters is also an introduction to West African culture, food and history. Look out for the para about Delhi towards the end of the book!
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Nigeria becomes the ninth BRICS partner country, joining Belarus, Bolivia, Cuba, Kazakhstan, Malaysia, Thailand, Uganda, and Uzbekistan.
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The victims, including at least four children, collapsed during crowd surges as people grew desperate for food items while the country grapples with the worst cost-of-living crisis in a generation.
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The stampede occurred in the early morning hours at the Holy Trinity Catholic Church in Maitama, an upmarket part of Abuja, police spokesman Josephine Adeh said in a statement, adding that more than 1,000 people have been evacuated from the church.
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The stampede occurred at the Islamic High School Basorun in Oyo state.
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The scammers, often posing as medical professionals, lure women with promises of miracle cures. These fraudulent treatments, involving mysterious injections or concoctions, lead to swollen bellies, mimicking the appearance of pregnancy. Women are then convinced that they are carrying a child, despite the lack of any genuine medical evidence.
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Nigeria's 264-run victory over Ivory Coast is now the third-largest margin in T20I history.
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Modi said that India has embarked on a new journey, and the goal is – to build a 'Viksit Bharat' – as he outlined his government's achievements during the last ten years.
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This will be the 17th such international award being conferred to Modi by a country.
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India is currently emerging as a key defence supplier to Africa, with sales to Egypt, Algeria, Morocco, Tanzania and Mozambique, the report stated.
