At least 17 people, including five police officers were killed in the Nigerian state of Katsina, during distinct attacks of armed men, local authorities said. About 300 armed men on motorbikes targeted a police post in Kankara on Wednesday, shooting the officers dead. They also killed at least three people …
Read More »Nigeria: President Buhari condemns killing of priest by captors
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 …
Read More »Nigeria: President warns ministers to end teachers’ strike
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 …
Read More »Nigeria: man kills girlfriend for destroying his iPhone
A 23-year-old man allegedly killed his girlfriend with a machete in Ozoro, Isoko North Local Government Area, Delta State, Nigeria, for destroying his iPhone 11 pro max mobile phone. The man identified as Godspower Adigheti and the deceased, Gift Oloku, had an altercation, which resulted in a fight. Nigeria State …
Read More »Nigeria: outrage as gang leader becomes traditional chief
Nigeria’s north-western Zamfara state government has suspended a Muslim traditional leader (emir) after a suspected kidnapping gang leader was appointed a traditional chief. Adamu Aliero Yankuzo, a wanted suspected gang leader, was appointed and installed as the chief of the Fulani community (Sarkin Fulani) in Yandoton Daji area on Saturday. …
Read More »Nigeria: dozen bodies recovered after a shipwreck
At least 17 bodies have been recovered after a passenger boat capsized on a waterway in Nigerian commercial capital, Lagos, emergency services said. Four bodies were recovered on Saturday and a further thirteen on Sunday. The inland waterways authority said the boat had set sail on Friday later than the …
Read More »Drama: Nigerian army mistakenly bombs civilians
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 …
Read More »Nigeria: Hundreds of militants escape in prison raid
At least 300 suspected Boko Haram militants are on the run after gunmen from the extremist group attacked a prison outside the Nigerian capital, Abuja, a government official has said. “We understand they are Boko Haram – they came specifically for their co-conspirators,” senior interior ministry official Shuaibu Belgore told …
Read More »Nigeria: Armed men attack President Buhari’s convoy
Gunmen attacked President Muhammadu Buhari’s convoy in Daura, his hometown in Katsina state, injuring two, local media reported. According to the president’s spokesman Garba Shehu, two persons sustained injuries in the advance convoy of security guards, protocol and media officers. The President’s convoy came under attack ahead of the his …
Read More »Nigeria: 22-year-old prince marries two women on the same day
Mustapha Ado Bayero, a prince from the Nigerian state of Kano married two women at the same time on Saturday July 02, 2022, a story that shocks the web. Famous young prince of Kano, Mustapha Ado Bayero got married with his two loves Badi’a Tasiu Adam and Fatima Ibrahim Adam. …
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