Lagos ex-Governor Tinubu has unassailable lead in Nigeria election
Abuja, NigeriaReuters Nigeria’s ruling party candidate Bola Tinubu has an unassailable lead in a disputed presidential election held over the weekend, a Reuters tally of provisional results from all 36 states and the federal capital Abuja showed on Tuesday. Tinubu of the governing All Progressives Congress of outgoing President Muhammadu Buhari got about 35 per […]
Gunmen kidnap dozens of children from Nigerian farm, police say
Kano, Nigeria Reuters Dozens of children were abducted by gunmen from a farm in northern Katsina state and the kidnappers were demanding a ransom for their release, police and residents said on Wednesday. Katsina is the home state of President Muhammadu Buhari and is among states in northwestern and north central Nigeria where armed gangs […]
Islamic State claims raid on Nigerian prison, 440 inmates on run
Abuja, Nigeria Reuters Islamic State claimed responsibility on Wednesday for a raid on a Nigerian prison in the capital Abuja which freed around 440 inmates, raising fears that insurgents are venturing from their enclaves in the north-east. Inmates who escaped during the attack by suspected Boko haram fighters wait after being captured and returned back […]
More than 50 feared dead in Nigeria church attack, officials say
Abuja, Nigeria AP Gunmen opened fire on worshippers and detonated explosives at a Catholic church in south-western Nigeria on Sunday, leaving dozens feared dead, state lawmakers said. The attackers targeted the St Francis Catholic Church in Ondo state just as the worshippers gathered on Pentecost Sunday, legislator Ogunmolasuyi Oluwole said. Among the dead were many […]
Prelate of Nigeria Methodist church abducted in south-east
Abuja, Nigeria AP Gunmen have kidnapped the prelate of the Methodist Church Nigeria, police said Monday, in an incident that once again mirrors the troubling security challenges in the West African nation. His Eminence Samuel Kanu Uche was kidnapped Sunday along a highway in the Umunneochi area in Nigeria’s southeastern Abia state, police spokesperson Geoffrey […]
Nigeria train kidnappers using victims as human shields, says President
Abuja, NigeriaReuters Armed gangs who kidnapped dozens of passengers in an attack on a train in northern Nigeria are using civilians as human shields, making it difficult for the military to carry out a rescue mission, President Muhammadu Buhari said on Monday. Nigeria’s state railway company said last month that 168 people were missing following […]
About 200 dead in attacks in north-west Nigeria, residents say
Maiduguri, NigeriaReuters An estimated 200 people or more have been killed in villages in Nigeria’s Zamfara state during deadly reprisal attacks by armed bandits following military air strikes on their hideouts this week, residents said on Saturday. Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari speaks during the 75th anniversary celebrations of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural […]
Nigerian Government rejects ‘massacre’ report as error-strewn
Abuja, NigeriaReuters Nigeria’s government on Tuesday rejected a judicial report that described the killing of peaceful protesters in Lagos in October, 2020, as a massacre, saying it was strewn with errors and its conclusions were not backed up by evidence. The leaked report into the incident seen by Reuters said the Nigerian Army fired live […]
Nigerian state to shut camps for people displaced by insurgency
Maiduguri, Nigeria Reuters Nigeria’s Borno State, the epicentre of an ongoing Islamist insurgency, will shut all camps that are holding thousands of internally displaced persons by the end of the year, its governor said on Friday, citing improved security in the state. The conflict between the insurgents and Nigeria’s armed forces has also spread to […]
Desperate Nigerians sell homes and land to free kidnapped children
Tegina, NigeriaReuters After armed men snatched seven of Abubakar Adam’s 11 children in northwestern Nigeria, he sold his car and a parcel of land and cleaned out his savings to raise a ransom to free them. He sent his three million naira ($US7,300) into the bush, together with payments from other families in his town […]