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Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari has condemned the killing of a traditional ruler in the south-eastern state of Imo. Gunmen in cars and motorbikes attacked the palace of Eze Ignitius Asor, the traditional ruler of the Obudi-Agwa community on Monday, shooting him dead. They also killed two aides of the monarch …

Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari said on Tuesday sexual harassment had reached alarming levels at the country’s universities, with “sex for grades” also part of corrupt practices that are being investigated by authorities. In 2019, the BBC used an undercover reporter to expose sexual harassment at two universities in Nigeria and …

South African President Cyril Ramaphosa and his Nigerian counterpart Muhammadu Buhari paid tribute to Mikhail Gorbachev, the last leader of the USSR who died at the age of 91. They both hailed Gorbachev’s contribution to achieve peace in the world and efforts in trying to implement political reforms after the …

Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari has condemned the killing of one of two Catholic priests by kidnappers in the northern state of Kaduna. Rev Father John Mark Cheitnum’s decomposing body was found on Tuesday – four days after he was seized by gunmen. The other priest was freed after a ransom …

Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari issued a warning to the country’s education and labor ministers to end the protracted teachers’ strike. The president has given the ministers two weeks to find out a solution to teacher’s strike. The country’s Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) asked its members to skip work …

At least one person died and more than a dozen injured in Nigeria after a military plane fired a missile at civilians it mistook for armed gangs, the BBC reported, citing local authorities. “One person died and more than a dozen others are in a hospital,” local MP Abduljalal Haruna …

Nigeria’s ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) party has begun the process of selecting a candidate for next year’s presidential election. President Muhammadu Buhari, who cannot run again because he has served two terms, did not publicly endorse any of the 23 potential candidates present at a party meeting in Abuja. …

Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari says he is in shock after learning of the death of a military officer and his partner, shot dead and then beheaded in the south-east of the country. Mr Buhari has ordered that the “perpetrators of the barbaric crime be brought to justice.” Authorities accused a …

UN Secretary General António Guterres is expected in north-east Nigeria, to meet families affected by the Islamist insurgency, local media reported. Mr Guterres is travelling from neighbouring Niger, another country that has been under sustained attacks from jihadist militants, the BBC reports. He is pushing for robust African peace initiatives …

Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari has warned diplomats against any possible interference in the upcoming elections scheduled for February 2023. He issued the warning on Thursday, during an Iftar dinner with the diplomatic corps at the president’s residence in the capital, Abuja. “As Nigeria goes through this trajectory, I urge our …