Nigeria

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…

Armed gang members have killed at least 17 people in attacks in northwestern Nigeria’s Kaduna state, TRTWorld reported. The gang members carried out attacks on three villages in Kauru district, killing at least 17 people and kidnapping 58 people, reports…

Suspected insurgents in Nigeria killed 14 people in a rampage that began in a nightclub and proceeded into the surrounding neighborhood in northeastern Yobe state, Reuters reported today. The incident, which started around 1 a.m. local time and left the…

Armed groups have killed at least 160 people in central Nigeria in a series of attacks on villages, local government officials said on Monday. The toll marked a sharp rise from the initial figure reported by the army on Sunday evening of…

Religious, social figures and Shia activists in Nigeria have called on the new president to bring to justice the perpetrators of the atrocities and bloody crimes against Shia in the country, most notably the massacre of Zaria, which took place…

The Nigerian Air Force launched deadly strikes in the northeastern state of Borno that killed at least 100 suspected terrorists on Friday. Nigerian Air Force spokesperson Edward Gabkwet said there were indications that Abu Asad, a key leader of Boko…