Gunmen stormed into a Mosque in Nigeria’s Katsina State and kidnapped 19 men who were observing the Islamic evening prayer inside the Mosque. 19 of the 44 people were Muslim worshippers abducted by the bandits while they were observing the Islamic evening prayer inside their Mosque at Maigamji community, a local Nigerian […]
Nigeria mulls buying Russia’s Sputnik V vaccine, getting shot as donation
Nigeria is considering the procurement of Russia’s coronavirus vaccine Sputnik V, but does not exclude the option of receiving it from Russia as a donation, Nigerian Ambassador in Moscow Abdullahi Shehu told Sputnik in his first interview since taking office. “You see there are two ways, either Nigeria will make a budget to acquire or maybe the Russian government can […]
22 killed, 14 injured in armed attack in Nigeria
At least 22 persons were killed and 14 more injured in an armed attack in central Nigeria’s Plateau state Saturday morning, according to the state police. Ubah Ogaba, the police spokesperson in Plateau, said in a statement Saturday that a convoy of five buses with Muslim followers were attacked by terrorists along Rukuba road of Jos North […]
Nigeria says Twitter seeking dialogue over ban
The Nigerian government on Wednesday said Twitter has made an approach for dialogue in a bid to resolve the issues leading to the suspension of its activities in the West African country. Information and Culture Minister Lai Mohammed told reporters at a press conference in Abuja that he got a message from the micro-blogging platform on Wednesday […]
11 killed in gunmen attack in southwest Nigeria
A total of 11 residents and attackers were killed in a gunmen attack in the southwestern state of Oyo on Saturday, Nigerian police said Sunday night. A group of gunmen on motorcycles launched the attack in Igangan, a town in the Ibarapa North area of the state, killing residents and burning houses, the police in Oyo said in a statement. Some of the suspected attackers were among […]
Gunmen kidnap 300 schoolgirls in increasingly lawless northwest Nigeria
An operation to rescue more than 300 girls kidnapped in Nigeria had failed to pinpoint their location by late yesterday, almost 24 hours after gunmen seized them in a raid on their school. The raid in Zamfara state, where the governor ordered all boarding schools to close immediately, was the […]