Tafi Mhaka: Trump’s rhetoric could break Nigeria
In early November, United States President Donald Trump declared that “Christianity is facing an existential threat in Nigeria”. In a...
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Nigeria: Worshippers kidnapped during church service
BBC News reported that on December 14th at least 13 people were kidnapped from a church in Nigeria's central Kogi...
Nigeria: kidnapped child reveals captors threatened to shoot him
A child released from a school abduction in Papiri, Nigeria has revealed his captors threatened to shoot him and others...
Nigerian student speaks out about school abduction
Onyeka Chieme, an elementary school student from St. Mary’s catholic school in the Nigerian community of Papiri, spoke of his...
Nigeria: Soldiers open fire at protest, killing 9 women
Nigerian soldiers shot and killed nine women at a protest against the army's handling of communal clashes in the state...
Nigeria: 9 killed after army reportedly opens fire on protesters
Nine women were killed and dozens more injured in Adamawa state, northeast Nigeria, after the army reportedly opened fire on...
100 Nigerian schoolchildren rescued after being kidnapped
It was reported on December 9 that the 100 children who were kidnapped in Nigeria have been brought to safety...
Sahel states accuse Nigeria of violating Burkina Faso airspace
A dispute over an unexpected military landing has sharpened the already fraught relations between Nigeria and the Confederation of Sahel...
Nigeria reduces solar panel imports as local production grows
Nigeria’s Rural Electrification Agency (REA) has revealed that the nation imported more solar cells than finished solar panels in October...
Nigeria: Former military chief returns to government
Nigerian President Bola Tinubu appointed his former military chief as defence minister on 2nd December, only weeks after forcing him...
Nigerian Defence Minister resigns in midst of mass kidnapping
Nigerian Defence Minister Mohammed Badaru Abubakar has resigned due to "health reasons", in the midst of the kidnapping crisis, reports...
West African bloc visits Guinea-Bissau, threatens sanctions
During a meeting in Guinea-Bissau, senior ECOWAS (Economic Community of West African States) officials threatened to impose sanctions and deploy...
Nigeria blames jihadists for kidnappings but experts disagree
The Nigerian government claims that jihadist groups, Boko Haram and Iswap (Islamic State in Western Provence), are behind the...
Parents of abducted children in Nigeria are left with no updates
In the small Nigerian community of Papiri, the worried and terrified parents of 300 children who were abducted from a...
Nigerian girls kidnapped from boarding school released
A group of 24 girls who were abducted on November 17th from a boarding school in Kebbi, Nigeria, have been...
