Nigeria: Lagos building collapse leaves 8 people dead
May 03, 2022, at 01:03 am
Lagos: At least eight people have died as a three-storey building collapsed in Nigeria's southwest Lagos state, media reports said on Monday.
Nigeria: Over 100 killed in explosion at illegal oil refinery
Apr 24, 2022, at 07:45 am
Abuja/UNI/Xinhua: Over 100 people have been killed following an explosion at an illegal oil refinery in Nigeria's southern state of Imo, official and local sources said on Saturday.
Nigeria road accident kills at least five
Mar 06, 2022, at 02:29 pm
Lagos/UNI/Xinhua: At least five members of a family died and two others were injured in an accident in Nigeria's northwest state of Jigawa, confirmed a local police officer.
Nigeria: Gunmen attack in Kaduna leaves 11 people killed
Jan 31, 2022, at 03:29 pm
Lagos: Unidentified gunmen killed at least 11 people in Nigeria's Kaduna state on Sunday, media reports said.
UN relief chief pledges support for Nigeria
Jan 22, 2022, at 11:51 pm
New York: Emergency Relief Coordinator Martin Griffiths, has ended a four-day visit to Nigeria, pledging support and promising the United Nations will do everything it can to help rebuild the lives of vulnerable families who have been impacted by violence and extremism there.
Scores of civilians dead, UN chief condemns 'appalling' attacks in Nigeria
Jan 11, 2022, at 11:39 pm
New York: The Secretary-General, António Guterres, strongly condemned on Monday the “appalling” attacks perpetrated over the weekend in Nigeria’s Zamfara State in which scores of civilians were killed.
Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari orders conditional lifting of the ban on Twitter
Oct 01, 2021, at 11:14 pm
Abuja/UNI/Sputnik/IBNS: Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari on Friday directed the government to lift the suspension of Twitter if the social media networking giant complies with national regulations.
6,000 Boko Haram militants surrender to Nigerian forces
Sep 03, 2021, at 03:11 pm
Abuja/UNI/Sputnik: About 6,000 Boko Haram militants have recently surrendered to the Nigerian government forces, a defense ministry spokesman said on Thursday.
Prevention, only ‘sustainable solution’ to conflict, deputy UN chief tells Nigerian law students
Jun 26, 2021, at 02:47 pm
New York: Speaking in Nigeria, the UN Deputy Secretary-General Amina Mohammed has emphasized the importance of prevention as “the only real, sustainable solution” to resolving the challenges thrown up by conflict.
More than 50 people killed by gunmen in northwestern Nigeria: Reports
Jun 13, 2021, at 01:49 pm
Moscow/Sputnik: At least 53 people were killed by armed cattle thieves in Nigeria’s northwestern state of Zamfara, The Kuwait Times reports citing police.
Nigerian troops thwart police station attack, 5 gunmen killed
Jun 07, 2021, at 02:48 pm
Abuja/Xinhua: Five gunmen were killed on Sunday as Nigerian troops and police special forces thwarted an attack on a police station in the southern state of Imo, said a spokesperson for the army.
Nigeria suspends Twitter ops 'indefinitely' for removing President's tweet
Jun 05, 2021, at 05:36 am
Abuja/IBNS: Nigeria on Friday suspended Twitter operations in the country for activities "capable of undermining Nigeria's corporate existence", media reports said.
Experts raise red flags over Nigeria's $3.3 billion debts to China
Apr 29, 2021, at 05:47 pm
Flagging the economic managers of the African nation, experts have expressed concern over Nigeria’s increasing indebtedness to China, media reports said.
Gunmen kill 2 more kidnapped students in Nigeria: official
Apr 27, 2021, at 05:19 pm
Lagos/Xinhua: Gunmen killed two more students abducted from a university in the northwest Nigerian state of Kaduna, local authorities said Monday.
Abducted girls released in northwest Nigeria, as fresh attacks rock country’s northeast
Mar 03, 2021, at 09:27 pm
New York: While the release of more than 200 girls abducted from their school on Friday in northwest Nigeria is a welcome development said senior UN officials there on Tuesday, civilians and aid facilities have come under attack in the country’s northeast, highlighting the plight of civilians who have suffered years of conflict and insecurity.
Nigeria: Almost 300 abducted girls freed
Mar 02, 2021, at 10:44 pm
Abuja: As many as 300 Nigerian girls, who were abducted recently, have been freed, media reports said.
Condemnation over new attack on Nigeria school, ‘more than 300’ girls missing
Feb 27, 2021, at 07:07 pm
New York: An attack on a secondary school in northwest Nigeria on Friday in which several hundred girls are still missing, has been strongly condemned by the UN Secretary-General, and UN Children’s Fund, UNICEF.
UN chief condemns attack on school in Nigeria
Feb 19, 2021, at 04:48 pm
New York: The United Nations Secretary-General has strongly condemned Wednesday’s attack on a boarding school in north-central Nigeria in which one student was killed and several students, as well as relatives and staff, abducted.
Armed bandits kill over 20 people in Nigeria : Reports
Jan 18, 2021, at 10:36 pm
Moscow/Sputnik: At least 24 people were killed across Nigeria over the weekend in attacks carried out by bandits and cultists, Nigeria’s Vanguard newspaper reported on Monday.
Dec 19, 2020, at 09:58 pm
New York: The UN chief on Friday welcomed the release of more than 300 schoolboys forcibly taken from their school in northwest Nigeria a week ago, although others reportedly remain missing.
Nigeria: Hundreds of boys rescued, confirms officials
Dec 18, 2020, at 03:24 pm
Abuja: The Nigerian schools students, who were abducted recently, have been released, officials said.
UN chief calls for immediate release of abducted children in Nigeria
Dec 15, 2020, at 03:02 pm
New York: The United Nations Secretary-General has called for the “immediate and unconditional” release of hundreds of boys, believed abducted by suspected bandits, after an attack on their school in northwest Nigeria.
Nigerian authorities fear 400 children kidnapped after school attack in Katsina: Reports
Dec 13, 2020, at 09:22 pm
Moscow/Sputnik: Up to 400 boys could have been kidnapped in the northern Nigerian state of Katsina as their school got attacked by a group of unknown armed men, Nigeria's Vanguard newspaper reported, citing authorities.
Nigerians need justice, UN rights experts say, in call for inquiry into protestor killings
Nov 04, 2020, at 03:41 pm
New York: The Nigerian Government must establish a credible, independent inquiry into the recent killing of at least 12 peaceful protestors by soldiers, a group of independent UN human rights experts said on Tuesday, as demonstrations against a discredited police unit continue across the country.
Nigeria: At least 13 people dead, 6 abducted in Islamist attack
Nov 02, 2020, at 09:30 pm
Abuja/Sputnik: At least 13 people died and another six were abducted in an attack by the Boko Haram Islamist group in northeastern Nigeria, the local Daily Trust newspaper reported on Monday, citing its sources.
UN chief calls for end to reported police brutality in Nigeria
Oct 22, 2020, at 03:27 pm
New York: The UN Secretary-General on Wednesday said he was closely following recent developments across Nigeria, in the wake of reports that protesters had been shot dead and wounded, and called for “an end to reported police brutality and abuses.”
Gunmen kill 12 villagers in north Nigeria
Oct 12, 2020, at 03:54 am
Lagos/Xinhua: A group of unidentified gunmen have attacked two villages in the Giwa area of Kaduna state in northern Nigeria, killing 12 people and injuring scores others, a police source told Xinhua on Sunday.
Rights experts denounce death sentence against Nigerian singer who posted on WhatsApp
Sep 29, 2020, at 03:30 pm
New York: Independent UN human rights experts have called on the Government of Nigeria to immediately release a singer sentenced to death over an allegedly blasphemous song he performed and shared on social media.
Death toll from Boko Haram ambush on Nigerian gov't convoy rises to 18
Sep 28, 2020, at 01:35 am
Abuja/Xinhua: Nigerian military confirmed on Sunday the death toll from the extremist group Boko Haram's ambush on a government officials' convoy in Borno state on Friday has risen to 18.
Gunmen kill at least 5 in central Nigeria attack
Sep 26, 2020, at 03:29 pm
Lagos/Xinhua: Nigerian police on Friday confirmed an attack in which at least five people were killed by gunmen in the Vwang district of Plateau state.