Nigeria

Armed Attackers Abduct 13 Women and Infant in Sokoto, Nigeria ———————————– Armed attackers abducted 13 women, including a bride, 10 bridesmaids, a baby, and two other women, during an overnight raid in Chacho village, Sokoto State, marking the latest in…

UN: Northern Nigeria to experience hunger at unprecedented level in 2026 ———————————- A rise in attacks by militants across northern Nigeria is “driving hunger to levels never seen before” and is expected to result in the worst levels of food…

24 Kidnapped Schoolgirls Freed in Northwestern Nigeria ……….. Twenty-four girls abducted from a government boarding school in northwestern Nigeria last week have been released, Reuters reported. The students were taken on November 17 after armed attackers stormed their school in…

Pope Calls for Release of Hundreds Kidnapped From Nigerian School ………….. Pope Leo on Sunday urged the swift release of students and staff abducted from a Catholic school in Nigeria, Reuters reported. The mass kidnapping took place on Friday when…

Nigeria Sees One of Its Worst Mass Kidnappings as Toll Rises to 315 …………. More than 300 students and staff are believed to have been abducted from a Catholic school in Nigeria, one of the country’s largest mass kidnappings to…

Armed Attack on Church in Nigeria: Two Dead and Several Abducted ———————————– Armed individuals attacked a church in the town of Oroku in Kwara State, central Nigeria, killing at least two people and abducting the priest along with a number…

Senior Nigerian Army Officer Killed by ISIS-Affiliated Sunni Extremists ———————————— A Nigerian Army brigadier general was killed in a coordinated ambush carried out by ISIS-affiliated Sunni extremist militants in the country’s north, Shia Waves Agency reported. President Bola Ahmed Tinubu…

Gunmen Kill Two in Nigeria Church Attack as Security Concerns Deepen …………. Gunmen attacked a church in the town of Eruku in Nigeria’s Kwara state on Tuesday evening, killing at least two people and abducting the pastor along with several…

Gunmen Abduct 25 Students in Predawn Raid on Nigerian Girls’ School ………… Armed men from a criminal gang kidnapped 25 students and killed a staff member during an early morning attack on a girls’ secondary school in northwestern Nigeria on…

Daesh-Linked Ambush Kills Four Security Personnel in Northeast Nigeria ………….. Militants affiliated with the Daesh group ambushed Nigerian security forces in northeastern Borno state, killing two soldiers and two members of an anti-militant militia, security sources said Saturday, as reported…