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Gunmen kidnap lecturers from Nigerian university of Abuja

Gunmen have kidnapped six people including four lecturers from the University of Abuja in Nigeria’s capital. The attackers invaded the living quarters of the university and abducted the victims in the early hours of Tuesday, the police said. They reportedly overpowered guards

November 2, 2021

Nigeria

Gunmen kill 16 worshippers in Nigeria mosque attack

Gunmen have killed 16 worshippers at a mosque in central Nigeria, a government official said on Tuesday, in the latest violence in the restive region. Scores of gunmen on motorcycles stormed Maza-Kuka village in Mashegu district of Niger state on Monday and

October 26, 2021

Africa

Nigeria’s ex-justice minister arrested in Dubai over oil deal

The international police agency Interpol has arrested Nigeria’s former attorney general and justice minister, in connection with a corruption scandal over an oil deal worth more than $1bn (£770m). Mohammed Adoke’s lawyer confirmed the arrest in Dubai but said it was based

November 21, 2019

Nigeria

Court dismisses rape case against Nigerian pastor

A Nigerian court has thrown out a case brought by a celebrity photographer who accused a flamboyant pastor of raping her. In September Busola Dakolo accused Pastor Biodun Fatoyinbo from the Commonwealth of Zion Assembly of raping her twice. She said that

November 14, 2019

Nigeria

Latest Nigeria police raid ‘frees 500 students from Islamic school’

Nigeria police have freed 500 students from an Islamic school in the north of the country, some of whom were in chained up, in the third such incident in less than a month, Report Focus News news agency reports quoting police sources.

October 16, 2019

Nigeria

Nigeria activist Omoyele Sowore charged with insulting president

The Nigerian authorities have charged a political activist with money laundering and insulting the president. Omoyele Sowore was arrested last month after organising street protests against the government. A few hours ago, a court in the capital Abuja ordered his immediate release.

September 24, 2019

Africa·Nigeria

Death toll at collapsed Nigerian school rises to 20, mostly children

The official number of people who have died since a building collapsed in Nigeria’s commercial capital Lagos earlier this week has risen to 20. Lagos state health commissioner Jide Idris released the number in a statement but did not disclose how many

March 15, 2019

Nigeria

Nigerian Emergency Services Call Off Search at Collapsed School

With the death toll at 11 people and hours after the tragic collapse of a building that housed a school in Lagos, Nigeria, the emergency services have called off the search for survivors. Rescue workers managed to pull out 50 people at

March 14, 2019

Breaking News·Nigeria

10 Children die after school building collapsed in Nigeria

10 people have died and many more are feared trapped after a building containing a school collapsed in the Nigerian city of Lagos. The school, which was on the top floor of the four-storey building in Ita Faji on Lagos Island, had

March 13, 2019

Breaking News·Nigeria

Nigerians Vote for Powerful Governor Posts Amid Some Unrest

Nigerians went to the polls on Saturday to choose governors in 29 of 36 states in Africa’s largest democracy amid reports of heavy military deployment and attacks against electoral facilities in a few areas. The election comes two weeks after the presidential

March 9, 2019

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