Gunmen kill 2 senior police officers in NW Nigeria attack
Sep 18, 2020, at 01:53 pm
Abuja/Xinhua: Two senior police officers were shot dead on Friday and another seriously wounded as gunmen invaded a town in Nigeria's northwestern state of Sokoto, police said.
Gunmen kill police officer in SW Nigeria
Aug 22, 2020, at 10:35 pm
Lagos/Xinhua: A group of unidentified gunmen on Friday night attacked a police station at a residential area of Ibadan, the capital of Oyo state in southwest Nigeria, an official said on Saturday.
Nigeria says kills 3 gunmen in restive northwest
Aug 21, 2020, at 10:48 pm
Abuja/Xinhua: The Nigerian military on Friday confirmed the killing of three gunmen and the arrest of 10 others in recent clearance operations in the country's restive northwest region.
Nigerian police kill eight gunmen in crossfire
Aug 10, 2020, at 03:01 am
Lagos/Xinhua: At least eight gunmen have been killed in a combat operation by police in Nigeria's northwestern state of Katsina, a police spokesman said on Sunday.
Boko Haram attack in Cameroon leaves 18 dead, 11 injured
Aug 03, 2020, at 01:10 am
Yaounda/Sputnik: Eighteen people are killed and 11 others are seriously injured in an attack by the Boko Haram group in northern Cameroon, L'Oeil du Sahel reported on Sunday.
Nigeria to resume train services after months of shutdown
Jul 26, 2020, at 02:02 pm
Abuja/Xinhua: Nigeria will resume its train services after months of shutdown due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Minister of Transportation Rotimi Amaechi said.
Children in Nigeria and surrounding countries, continuing to endure ‘horrendous violations’
Jul 25, 2020, at 06:00 pm
New York: Girls and boys in northeast Nigeria are continuing to endure brutal abuse at the hands of Boko Haram, and are also being deeply affected by military operations taking place to counter the terrorist group, despite noteworthy efforts, according the UN chief’s latest report on children and armed conflict.
Rights experts urge Nigeria to free humanist detained for blasphemy
Jul 25, 2020, at 05:50 pm
New York: Nigerian authorities must immediately release prominent humanist and rights defender Mubarak Bala, who has been detained for more than two months without charge on accusations of blasphemy, a group of independent UN human rights experts said on Friday.
Three troops, 17 gunmen killed in clashes in northern Nigeria
Jul 20, 2020, at 10:11 pm
Lagos/Xinhua: Three government troops and 17 gunmen were killed in an encounter in Jibia, Katsina state, in northern Nigeria over the weekend, military spokesman Bernard Onyeuko has confirmed.
Explosion in Nigeria kills 5 children
Jul 19, 2020, at 01:58 pm
Abuja/Xinhua: An explosion on Saturday killed five children and injured six others at a local village in Nigeria's northwestern state of Katsina, said the police.
Boko Haram attack leaves 82 dead in NE Nigeria
Jun 14, 2020, at 10:26 pm
Abuja/Xinhua: About 82 bodies had been recovered so far from four attacks in three different locations by suspected Boko Haram militants in a state in Nigeria's northeast region, local sources said on Sunday.
69 killed in Boko Haram attack in Nigeria: military source
Jun 10, 2020, at 03:43 pm
Lagos/Xinhua/uUNI: At least 69 people, mostly women and children, were killed Tuesday night, when Boko Haram attacked Zowo ward in Gubio area of Nigeria's restive northeastern Borno state, a military source said on Wednesday.
Conflict-hit Nigerian families living under COVID-19 lockdowns, on ‘life-support’
Jun 10, 2020, at 08:50 am
New York/IBNS: Help and funding are needed urgently for millions of people in Nigeria who have been hit severely by the effects of the coronavirus pandemic, including conflict-hit communities “on life-support” in the north-east, UN humanitarians said on Tuesday.
UN prepares for potentially devastating COVID-19 outbreak in conflict-ravaged northeast Nigeria
May 01, 2020, at 03:03 pm
New York/IBNS: In northeast Nigeria, where armed conflict has forced millions from their homes, the UN’s migration agency, IOM, is supporting the construction of quarantine shelters, as the region braces for an outbreak of COVID-19 which, it warns, would have ‘devastating consequences’ for those who have been displaced.
Nigerian troops free 15 hostages from pirates in delta region
Apr 29, 2020, at 01:08 pm
Abuja/Xinhua/UNI: A total of 15 hostages held by pirates in Nigeria's delta region were rescued by troops operating in the oil-producing state of Bayelsa, said a military spokesman.
Nigeria confirms key Boko Haram leaders killed in military airstrikes
Apr 21, 2020, at 01:57 pm
Abuja/Xinhua/UNI: Key leaders of the Boko Haram group were recently killed following multiple airstrikes by the Nigerian military in the country's northeast region, said the defense headquarters in Abuja on Monday.
Nigeria reports first COVID-19 death
Mar 23, 2020, at 05:10 pm
Lagos/Xinhua/UNI: Health authorities in Nigeria on Monday said the first COVID-19 death has been recorded in the west African nation.
Gunmen kill about 50 villagers in Nigeria
Mar 02, 2020, at 05:38 pm
Lagos/Xinhua/UNI: Gunmen operating in Nigeria's northern state of Kaduna on Sunday reportedly killed about 50 villagers, including infants in three local government areas of the state, a police source said on Monday.
Gunmen kill 21 people in Nigeria village
Feb 13, 2020, at 03:17 pm
Moscow/Sputnik: A village in the central Nigerian state of Kaduna has been attacked by gunmen, which resulted in the death of 21 people, media reported on Thursday.
Nigeria air force says kills Boko Haram leaders in airstrike
Feb 10, 2020, at 05:42 pm
Lagos/Xinhua/UNI: The Nigerian Air Force on Monday said it carried out an airstrike and killed several Boko Haram leaders in the restive northeast state of Borno.
Major humanitarian hub in north-east Nigeria burned in attack
Jan 21, 2020, at 09:24 am
New York/IBNS: The top UN aid official in Nigeria has condemned a weekend attack against a major humanitarian facility in the north-east of the country.
Pipeline explosion kills at least 2 in Nigeria's economic hub
Jan 20, 2020, at 05:53 pm
Lagos/Xinhua/UNI: At least two bodies had been recovered from the explosion site of a Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation pipeline in Lagos, Nigeria's economic hub, an official with the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) said on Monday.
Scores of Boko Haram fighters killed in NE Nigeria: Military
Jan 05, 2020, at 08:36 am
Lagos/Xinhua: Scores of Boko Haram terrorists have been killed in an airstrike in the Sambisa forest in Nigeria's northeastern state of Borno, said an Air Force spokesman Saturday.
Gunmen kill 19 in central Nigeria attack
Jan 04, 2020, at 07:59 am
Abuja/Xinhua/UNI: Up to 19 local residents were killed following an overnight attack by unidentified gunmen on a community in central Nigeria, the police confirmed on Friday.
UN chief urges action following execution, abduction of civilians in Nigeria
Dec 25, 2019, at 09:58 am
New York/IBNS: Those responsible for the recent execution and abduction of civilians in northeastern Nigeria must be held accountable, the UN Secretary-General has said, according to a statement issued on Tuesday by his spokesperson.
Fourteen killed in NW Nigeria village attack
Nov 19, 2019, at 05:24 pm
Abuja/Xinhua/UNI: Fourteen people were killed and 10 others wounded in an attack by suspected gunmen at a village in northwest Nigeria, local police said on Tuesday.
Four killed in Nigerian building collapse: official
Oct 13, 2019, at 07:17 pm
Lagos, Oct 13 (Xinhua/UNI) A building collapse in Lagos, Nigeria's economic hub has recorded four deaths and at least six injured, according to the emergency management agency.
Nigeria must act to stop housing crisis and forced evictions: UN rights expert
Sep 25, 2019, at 09:36 am
New York: In Nigeria, homeless and other vulnerable people are being “rounded up” by police, “persecuted” and evicted, amid a massive housing crisis, a UN-appointed independent rights expert said on Tuesday.
Sep 04, 2019, at 05:41 pm
New York: Nigeria is a pressure cooker of internal conflicts and generalized violence that must be addressed urgently, an independent United Nations expert said on Tuesday, following a fact-finding visit to the country.
Gunmen abduct 5 in NW Nigeria village attack: police
Aug 25, 2019, at 06:26 pm
Abuja, Aug 25 (Xinhua/UNI) Nigerian police said on Sunday that a group of gunmen raided a village and took away five persons in Nigeria's northern state of Kaduna.