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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. …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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. …

Authorities in Nigeria’s central state of Niger have suspended all mining activities in the region amid mounting cases of kidnappings. It comes days after gunmen launched a devastating attack on a mining site, kidnapping at least four Chinese miners and killing over 20 members of the Nigerian security forces, the …

A haul of heroin hidden inside packs of baby food has been intercepted at Lagos’ main airport, according to police. Three suspects have been arrested in connection with smuggling 23kg (50lb) of the drug on a South African Airways from Johannesburg, said National Drug Law Enforcement Agency spokesman Femi Babafemi …

Six people have been sentenced to death in the Nigerian Muslim state of Bauchi and neighboring Plateau state, in two separate cases. In the mainly Muslim state of Bauchi, an upper Sharia court sentenced three men to death by stoning after they were found guilty of homosexual acts against children. …

Police in southern Nigeria say they detained a number of suspects linked to the kidnapping and murder of a Roman Catholic priest, the BBC reports. The priest, Christopher Odia, 41, was abducted on Sunday morning as he left his home in Edo state to conduct Mass. His body was later …