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The governor of Borno state in north-eastern Nigeria has banned food distributions to tens of thousands of people displaced by Islamist extremists, BBC News has reported. Borno State governor, Babagana Umara Zulum told aid agencies that they would not be allowed to distribute food or other items to people who, …

The Nigerian government has announced that a million of doses of coronavirus vaccines in the country expired last month and said they had been withdrawn before then and will be destroyed. The government said in the statement that it “now politely declines all vaccine donations with short shelf life or …

At least 21 passengers, including children, were burned alive when their bus on its way to the town of Isa was ambushed by gunmen in Sokoto state, northwestern Nigeria, police say . The attack happened late on Monday but details are just emerging due to poor communication services in the …

Police in Nigeria say they are investigating the death of eight children, boys and girls found dead in an abandoned car in the country’s biggest city, Lagos, BBC News reported. The bodies of the children, aged between four and six years, had been taken to a mortuary and an autopsy …

Nigeria is now added to the British travel red list as the new coronavirus variant Omicron is wreaking havoc in the west african country. Britain has imposed strict testing and quarantine restrictions on people wishing to enter the country. Southern African countries have already been added to the travel red …

Five officials working for Nigerian Borno state ministry of works have been kidnapped by armed men on Wednesday as they were en route to inspect a road project near Chibok town. Militants linked to the Islamic State West African Province (Iswap) are suspected to be behind the abduction. Borno state’s …

The Nigerian government has announced that all civilian workers should receive their doses of covid vaccine as several cases of the Omicron variant have been detected. In absence of proof of vaccination, officials are invited to submit the results of PCR tests dating from 72 hours before being allowed access …

Some travellers from South Africa who arrived in Nigeria last week have been tested positive to the Omicron variant, the Nigerian Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has announced. In a press release, the body warns that it is a matter of “when, not if” more cases are identified. The NCDC …

A boat carrying more than 50 people capsized in Kano state, northern Nigeria, on Tuesday evening, killing at least 20 people, most of them students, BBC News reports. The boat was carrying dozens of people from the village of Badau to the town of Bagwai, where they were due to …

Twenty-four people, including students and travelers, who had been kidnapped from different parts of Zamfara state were rescued, police said. Commissioner Ayuba Elkanah said that some of the victims spent more than 60 days in captivity before they were freed. He added that they were rescued unconditionally. Zamfara is regarded …