Campaigning has officially commenced in Nigeria for the January 16 presidential election. Incumbent President Bola Tinubu seeks a second term against rivals Atiku Abubakar and Peter Obi, while voters grapple with severe inflation and widespread insecurity.
At least 25 people, mostly women and children, were killed by armed men in Bin-Per village, Plateau state, Nigeria. The attack follows a cycle of reprisals between herders and farmers in the region, drawing criticism over the government's failure to ensure security.
Promise Okoro, a Nigerian pharmaceutical technology graduate, receives an unexpected gift - a goat - from his mother, Chinyere, to celebrate his graduation, symbolizing cultural significance and their strong bond.
Foluso Omole, a dual Australian-Nigerian citizen, was refused bail in the Adelaide Magistrates Court after being charged over an alleged $5 million NDIS fraud plot.
While vulture populations across Africa face near extinction due to traditional medicine, poisoning, and habitat loss, residents in the Nigerian town of Awka-Etiti are successfully protecting the birds through sacred traditions and community action.
A journey along West Africa's Lagos-Abidjan corridor reveals systemic economic and infrastructural hurdles, including rampant checkpoint corruption, restrictive borders, and political frustration.
Nigeria's Kano state government sponsors mass wedding for 1,500 low-income couples, providing dowries, furniture, and startup capital, amidst challenges of fraud and economic desperation
Nigeria's army safely rescued 33 people kidnapped by armed men in north-western Zamfara state after troops and police intercepted the captors.
Near Nigeria's capital Abuja, Chinese firm Green Agriculture West Africa Limited is transforming local subsistence farming with high-yielding rice strains, boosting farmer incomes.
Governor Abba Kabir Yusuf of Kano State, Nigeria, has organized a two-day mass wedding for 1,500 financially struggling couples, providing dowries, business support, and household items.
Freed Nigerian captives, mostly women and children rescued by security forces after six months in jihadi captivity following the Woro village attack, have recounted severe suffering, hunger, and trauma.
Nigeria advances a regulatory framework for cryptocurrency to boost transparency and innovation. Meanwhile, African leaders discuss leveraging diaspora remittances as investment capital, and Bukavu enterprise Joella turns organic waste into livestock feed.
Nigerian security forces rescued over 300 abducted people in a joint operation in the Kainji Lake national park, marking the country's largest single-day hostage recovery.
Depuis les États-Unis, deux prêtres nigérians dressent un constat alarmante de l'insécurité au Nigeria, marquée par l'expansion du djihadisme, la multiplication des enlèvements et la défaillance des autorités.
Un detenuto nigeriano di 32 anni è stato trovato ucciso in una cella del carcere di Prato. La causa della morte è un trauma cranico. La procura indaga per omicidio preterintenzionale.
Un detenuto nigeriano di 32 anni è stato trovato morto in una camera di sicurezza del carcere di Prato dopo una lite con altri reclusi. L'autopsia ha rilevato un trauma cranico. La procura ha aperto un'inchiesta per omicidio preterintenzionale.
More than 300 people abducted in separate attacks in Nigeria have been rescued by joint security forces in Niger State, according to the country's presidency.
Nigeria Revenue Service issued guidelines requiring crypto platforms and P2P marketplaces to collect, report, and remit taxes, with specific withholding rates for disposals, staking, and transfers.
Anti-migrant protests in South Africa have forced legal foreign nationals, including Nigerians and Ghanaians, to flee the country, straining diplomatic relations across the continent amid high unemployment.
Daniel, a 15-year-old Nigerian, was trafficked to the UK in 2022 under false pretenses to donate a kidney to Sonia Ekweremadu, daughter of Nigerian Senator Ike Ekweremadu. Daniel was coerced and deceived, with his exploitation facilitated by Obinna Obeta, a Nigerian radiologist in London, who had previously used a similar scheme for his own kidney transplant.
Gunmen on motorcycles attacked Kasuwar Daji village and a military base in Zamfara, Nigeria, kidnapping 52 people, including children. The attackers seized rifles, burned a vehicle, and abducted residents after overpowering the base, killing a soldier and a policeman.
Global efforts to reduce maternal and early infant mortality are reversing, with the Central African Republic and Nigeria experiencing severe increases in deaths due to unprecedented aid cuts and escalating conflicts. Healthcare facilities are closing, staff are losing jobs, and essential services are becoming inaccessible, forcing women to give birth without medical assistance.
Decades of progress in reducing maternal and infant mortality are reversing globally due to unprecedented aid cuts, initially by the US and later European countries, coupled with increased conflict. The Central African Republic and Nigeria exemplify this crisis, facing severe healthcare facility closures, staff layoffs, and rising deaths.
Un accord a été signé à Freetown par la Cédéao pour le gazoduc Nigeria-Maroc, une infrastructure de plus de 6 000 km reliant 13 pays atlantiques et 3 sahéliens. Le projet, lancé il y a une décennie, entre désormais dans sa phase opérationnelle.
