Tag: nigeria

Abuja, Oct 23 : Gunfire has erupted and jailbreaks have been reported in Nigeria, as unrest over the shooting of protesters in the country’s...

Abuja, Oct 22 : Nigerias security forces fired upon two large gatherings of peaceful demonstrators, killing 12 people protesting against police brutality in Lagos,...

Abuja: Nigeria on Friday rejected the findings of a UN report on violence in the country accusing it of simply blaming the government of...

Johannesburg: Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari on Friday denounced recent xenophobic violence in South Africa as an “embarrassment” for the continent, as he wrapped up...

Cotonou: Dozens of baskets brimming with newly-picked tomatoes gently rot in the sticky heat, becoming the latest casualty in a bout of trade tension...

Kano: Armed “bandits” killed nine soldiers in an attack last week in an area of northwest Nigeria wracked by cattle rustling and kidnappings, military...

Lagos: A Nigerian court has condemned as “illegal and unconstitutional” the arrest and deportation of Cameroonian separatists who had applied for asylum in Nigeria,...