Nigerian military authorities say two military personnel will face a court martial over the killing of 85 villagers in a drone attack in the West African nation’s conflict-battered north four months earlier
May 03, 2024
Nigeria's army says soldiers rescued a pregnant woman who was abducted by extremists a decade ago while she was a schoolgirl in the village of Chibok
April 18, 2024
The mass abduction of 276 schoolgirls a decade ago in Nigeria marked a new era of fear in Africa's most populous country
April 11, 2024
A new film in Nigeria is being screened to remember the nearly 100 schoolgirls who are still in captivity 10 years after they were seized from their school in the country’s northeast
April 05, 2024
Nigerian authorities has asked in court for cryptocurrency exchange Binance and two of its executives to be tried for alleged money laundering and tax evasion, the first legal step following weeks of a criminal investigation into the trading platform
April 04, 2024
Parents of more than 130 Nigerian schoolchildren who were rescued after more than two weeks in captivity say they saw them and that they couldn't hold back tears of joy during the reunion
March 27, 2024
A state official in northwest Nigeria says nearly 300 schoolchildren abducted from their school in have been released more than two weeks after the children were seized from their school
March 24, 2024
Nigeria’s president has urged security agencies not to pay ransoms to rescue nearly 300 schoolchildren abducted from their school in the conflict-hit north a week ago
March 14, 2024
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March 10, 2024
Police in Nigeria say armed men have invaded a school in northwestern Nigeria and abducted 15 children
March 09, 2024
Security forces are searching large forests in Nigeria’s northwest region for nearly 300 children who were abducted from their school a day earlier
March 08, 2024
Authorities and locals in Nigeria say gunmen attacked a primary school in the northwest of the country on Thursday morning and abducted at least 100 pupils as they were about to start classes
March 07, 2024
West Africa’s regional bloc known as ECOWAS has lifted travel, commercial and economic sanctions imposed on Niger which were aimed at reversing the coup staged in the country last year
February 24, 2024
West Africa’s regional bloc says the coup-hit nations of Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger are in haste to withdraw their membership of the association without following its rules of exit
February 08, 2024
Nigeria’s authorities have called for caution over what they described as “veiled threats” against their citizens living in South Africa before both countries meet in an Africa Cup of Nations semifinal
February 06, 2024
Monthslong tension between three coup-hit countries in West Africa and the regional bloc known as ECOWAS boiled over when the nations announced their immediate withdrawal from the bloc, accusing it of a lack of support and “inhumane” coup-related sanctions
January 29, 2024
Three West African nations of Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger have quit the regional economic bloc known as ECOWAS
January 28, 2024
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken is pitching the United States as a better security partner for Africa in place of Russia’s Wagner mercenary group, which he accuses of exploiting coup-hit and conflict-hit nations turning to it for help in the continent’s Sahel region
January 23, 2024
Nigerian authorities say two people have died and 77 others have been injured in a massive blast that rocked more than a dozen buildings in one of the country's largest cities
January 17, 2024
Africa’s biggest oil refinery has begun production in Nigeria after a yearslong wait
January 15, 2024
Nigerian officials and survivors say at least 140 people were killed by gunmen in weekend attacks on remote villages in north-central Nigeria’s Plateau state
December 26, 2023
France has completed the withdrawal of its troops from Niger after they were asked to leave by the country’s new military rulers, ending years of on-the-ground support
December 22, 2023
Nigeria’s Supreme Court has overturned a lower court ruling dismissing terrorism charges against a popular separatist leader whose trial has been blamed for an outbreak of violence in the country’s southeast region
December 15, 2023
Leaders from across West Africa say they now recognize the junta in power in Niger and are seeking a short transition period to civilian rule
December 10, 2023
Officials in Nigeria say at least 85 civilians were killed when a military drone mistakenly targeted a religious gathering in the country's northwest
December 05, 2023
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