Eight young men suspected of being ex-militia members from two rival groups were killed early Sunday in a shootout in Lorbia community in Nigeria’s southern oil-rich...
Gunmen killed 18 people in two separate attacks in Nigeria at the weekend. In Bayelsa state, eight former militants were gunned down in a clash between...
• C’Wealth scribe links Boko Haram’s crisis to ‘challenges of diversity’ • CPC decries Jonathan’s failure to visit Baga GUNMEN, again, were on the prowl in...
At least 20 people were killed in violent clashes between Christian and Muslim mobs in central Nigeria’s Taraba state on Friday, prompting a round-the-clock curfew, an...
Nearly 260,000 people died during the famine that hit Somalia from 2010 to 2012, a study shows. Half of them were children under the age of...
A fresh orgy of religious violence was on Friday recorded in Wukari, Taraba state with no fewer than 130 persons killed and over 60 injured. At least...
More than 270,000 pedestrians are killed on the world’s roads each year, the World Health Organisation said Thursday, slamming decades of neglect in favour of vehicle...
MADUABUCHI NMERIBEH/Kano A Kano-based businessman, Abdullahi Abdulkadir was reportedly killed by gunmen Sunday night in Kano, northwest Nigeria, according to security sources. The victim, a prominent...
MADUABUCHI NMERIBEH/Ringim No fewer than five people died during Sunday night attack on Ringim town, Jigawa state, northwest Nigeria. Sources close to government and security agencies...
The gunbattle between security forces and Boko Haram insurgents in Nigeria a week ago in Baga killed 228 people, Senator Maina Maaji Lawan has said. His...
The Joint Task Force (JTF) on Operation Restore Order (ORO) on Saturday confirmed the killing of a suspected Boko Haram commander, Mohammed Chad, during a special...
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