
Nigeria's Tinubu gets his turn as president, familiar problems await
Bola Tinubu to be sworn in as Nigeria's president under the pressure to quickly improve economic and security conditions.
Mon May 29 2023

Nigerian gunmen kidnap 60 in latest attack in the northwest
They took mostly women who were observing Mawlid, a celebration of Prophet Muhammad's birthday, residents said.
Fri Nov 25 2022

Death toll rises to 40 in church attack in Nigeria
Sixty-one others wounded in the brutal attack are being treated in local hospitals
Thu Jun 09 2022

About 200 dead in attacks in northwest Nigeria, residents say
The people were killed during deadly reprisal attacks by armed bandits following military air strikes on their hideouts this week.
Sun Jan 09 2022

Factbox: The violence and insecurity affecting Nigeria
Armed gangs that rob and kidnap for ransom, commonly described as "bandits", are active across the northwest.
Sat Mar 13 2021

Gunmen in Nigeria's northwestern Kaduna state kidnap students: Police
President Muhammadu Buhari said the practice of paying ransoms had encouraged kidnappers.
Fri Mar 12 2021

Boko Haram massacre: What we know so far
Death toll from the Boko Haram insurgency continues to rise. Here's what you need to know.
Thu Dec 03 2020

Nigeria's president urges end to protests but remains silent on demonstration shooting
Violence in Lagos, Africa's biggest city and the commercial hub of the continent's largest economy, has escalated since Wednesday.
Fri Oct 23 2020

Some schoolgirls are now free - but hundreds more abducted by Boko Haram are still missing
Residents say more than 500 have been kidnapped. They've submitted the names of the missing to local authorities, but families have yet to receive a response.
Mon May 08 2017

Nigeria exchanges 82 Chibok girls kidnapped by Boko Haram for prisoners
Switzerland and the International Committee of the Red Cross helped secure the 82 girls in "lengthy negotiations", the presidency said on its Twitter account.
Sun May 07 2017

The growing horror in a city where 500 children were kidnapped by Boko Haram
The militants had carried off 276 schoolgirls from the town of Chibok, a kidnapping that became the subject of a global campaign known by the hashtag #BringBackOurGirls.
Wed Apr 26 2017

Chibok girl recalls "miracle" release by Boko Haram as reunited with family
During their time in captivity the girls were encouraged to convert to Islam and to marry their kidnappers, with some whipped for not doing so.
Sun Dec 25 2016

Nigeria's Buhari says army has captured key Boko Haram camp
Boko Haram has killed 15,000 people and displaced more than two million during a seven-year insurgency to create an Islamic state governed by a strict interpretation of sharia law.
Sun Dec 25 2016

Nigerians look east to China for business, opportunity
Iyayi isn't alone in being able to reap the benefits of knowing a language that few of his compatriots speak, given Nigeria's historic preference for learning European tongues such as French.
Wed Jun 22 2016

58 die in Nigeria suicide bomb attacks
Two female suicide bombers killed at least 58 at a camp for people made homeless by Boko Haram's Islamist insurgency in northeast Nigeria.
Wed Feb 10 2016

Public flips car involved in road accident to rescue child
According to JBPM, members of the public at the scene took initial action to rescue the victim before the fire brigade arrived.
Fri Feb 21 2025

Ramsay reveals hundreds of lucky cat statues stolen from new restaurant
Gordon Ramsay says about 477 Japanese cat models called maneki-neko were stolen from his Lucky Cat 22 Bishopsgate restaurant.
Fri Feb 21 2025

Zayn Rayyan case: Two child witnesses complete testimony today
So far, 20 prosecution witnesses, including the two children, have been called for this trial, according to the Deputy Public Prosecutor.
Fri Feb 21 2025

Macron says he will tell Trump not to be weak with Putin in Washington visit
Emmanuel Macron says showing any weakness to Russia's Vladimir Putin would make it harder to deal with China and Iran.
Fri Feb 21 2025

Israeli PM Netanyahu says Hamas will pay for not returning Shiri Bibas
Netanyahu accuse Hamas of acting "in an unspeakably cynical manner" by placing body of a Gaza woman in the coffin instead of Shiri Bibas.
Fri Feb 21 2025

Trump pulls US out of key global climate assessment, sources say
The US is a co-chair along with Malaysia of a working group on climate mitigation, or ways to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.
Fri Feb 21 2025

Japan to court Tesla on Nissan investment, FT reports
The group hopes Tesla will invest strategically, believing it's interested in acquiring Nissan's US plants, the report says.
Fri Feb 21 2025

185 children linked to GISB handed over to families - Exco
The children have been handed over to their families on bond with conditions by the court.
Fri Feb 21 2025

IRS fires 6,000 employees as Trump slashes US government
The move will eliminate roughly 6% of the agency's workforce in the midst of the busy tax-filing season.
Fri Feb 21 2025

Elon Musk wields chainsaw at conservative gathering, a gift from Argentina's Milei
This is the chainsaw for bureaucracy, says Elon Musk.
Fri Feb 21 2025