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Africa: Nigeria

The kidnapping in Kuriga, Kaduna state on March 7 was one of the biggest such attacks in years.  By Haidar Umar AFP

More than 130 kidnapped Nigerian schoolchildren released

Mar 24, 2024 | Africa: Nigeria

More than 130 schoolchildren seized by gunmen in a mass kidnapping in northwestern Nigeria earlier this month were relea ...

Mar 20, 2024 | Africa: Nigeria

Waking up to a gunman shining a light around his house, Nigerian Yusuf Thomas took his chance to escape when his would-b ...

Mar 18, 2024 | Africa: Nigeria

Kidnappers have abducted over 100 people in two new attacks in northwest Nigeria weeks after more than 250 school pupils ...

Mar 18, 2024 | Africa: Nigeria

President Bola Tinubu has ordered the Nigerian army to bring the perpetrators of the tragic killing of 16 soldiers du ...

Mar 17, 2024 | Africa: Nigeria

Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has urged the Senate President Mr Godswill Akpabio to ldquo;ur ...

Mar 16, 2024 | Africa: Nigeria

Alhaji Yusuf Magaji Bichi stands at the helm of the Department of State Services (DSS) with a reputation for integrity, ...

Mar 15, 2024 | Africa: Nigeria

Ebuka Gbuzue pulled everything he could from his family's small home in Lagos before demolition crews came to destroy it ...

Mar 13, 2024 | Africa: Nigeria

Nigeria's president has ordered security forces not to pay a ransom for the release of more than 250 school pupils seize ...

Mar 13, 2024 | Africa: Nigeria

Gunmen abducted dozens of people from a northwestern Nigerian village on Tuesday, according to two local representatives ...

Mar 11, 2024 | Africa: Nigeria

Families of more than 250 Nigerian students kidnapped from a school last week waited desperately on Monday for news abou ...

Mar 11, 2024 | Africa: Nigeria

Families of more than 250 Nigerian students kidnapped from a school last week waited desperately on Monday for news abou ...

Mar 10, 2024 | Africa: Nigeria

Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has urged Dr. Aminu Maida, the Chief Executive Officer of the N ...

Mar 10, 2024 | Africa: Nigeria

Students were just about to settle into their classes after singing Nigeria's national anthem when the gunshots rang out ...

Mar 9, 2024 | Africa: Nigeria

The holy fasting month of Ramadan begins early next week in Nigeria, with the worst economic crisis in a generation leav ...

Mar 8, 2024 | Africa: Nigeria

The Not Too Young To Perform (NTYTP), a youth-led nongovernmental organization (NGO) advocating for leadership develo ...