Nigeria

Nigeria has become the first country in the world to introduce the “revolutionary” new Men5CV vaccine against meningitis, Reuters cited the World Health Organization (WHO) yesterday. Nigeria is one of the hotspots of the deadly disease in Africa. Last year,…

The Nigerian army rescued 17 students and a woman who were kidnapped in Sokoto state two weeks ago, Reuters reported, adding that nearly 300 others were released after 2 weeks in captivity. The rescued students were taken from Tsangaya school…

Armed gangs raided two villages in Nigeria’s northwest over the weekend, seizing at least 100 people from their homes, the Associated Press reported. According to the news agency, the attackers, who were previously herders in conflict with local communities, abducted…

Armed men who abducted 286 students and staff from a school in northern Nigeria last week have demanded a total of 1 billion naira ($620,432) for their release, Reuters reported. The school children, some older students and members of the…

Armed men raided a boarding school in northwestern Nigeria early Saturday, kidnapping 15 children just days after nearly 300 students were abducted in the same region, the Associated Press reported. The recent attack occurred in Gidan Bakuso village, Sokoto state,…

The United Nations condemned the mass abduction of over 200 internally displaced persons (IDPs) in Nigeria’s Borno state, VOA reported yesterday. According to reports, the victims, mostly women and children residing in government-run camps, were abducted while searching for firewood…

The death toll from Lassa fever in Nigeria’s southern state of Ebonyi has increased from 10 to 14 since the start of the year, Xinhua net reported on Wednesday. As of Tuesday, there have been a total of 29 confirmed…

Unknown gunmen attacked a small village in Kaduna State in northwest Nigeria on Sunday, and during their rampage, they set their homes on fire, burning 12 people alive and injuring 15 more with burns. Some gunmen stormed Gindin Dutse Makyali…

Gunmen in Nigeria killed four victims Tuesday, including two policemen, and abducted 40 others in an attack in the northwestern state of Zamfara State, Anadolu Agency reported. According to residents of Kasuwa-Daji, gunmen laid siege to the police station for…

Media reports on Saturday stated that the Islamic State in West Africa Province (ISWAP) terror organization killed at least four police officers in northeastern Nigeria during an attack on a police station. The incident took place in the Nganzai region…