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The police in Nigeria say they have arrested 14 people who allegedly raided the residence of one of Nigeria’s Supreme Court judges, Justice Mary Odili. The arrest followed an investigation that found that the suspects included a journalist, an lslamic scholar and people pretending to be police officers, a police …

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken will make his first official trip to Africa next week, visiting Kenya, Nigeria and Senegal. Mr Blinken would meet the presidents of all three countries, and deliver a speech on US-Africa policy, the State Department said. On the first leg of his visit to …

Police in Nigeria said they were investigating an incident that took place in Alkali village in Yobe state where two cousins, all 25, amputated each other the hand. Police spokesman in Yobe State, Dungus Abdulkari said the two young men engaged in a fight in which they used machetes to …

Security forces in Nigeria have rescued six people abducted by armed men from a university in Abuja this week, in what was a rare kidnapping at a higher education institution in the country’s capital, police said on Friday. Gunmen abducted four members of staff and two of their children from …

Nigerian Borno state Governor Babagana Zulum has reopened a major road that was closed nine years ago over insecurity. The Bama-Banki road, in the north-east, connects the country to neighbouring Cameroon and extends to the Central African Republic. It was closed when insurgents attacked and destroyed the historical town of …

Two survivors have been rescued from a collapsed building in Nigeria’s commercial city of Lagos, news agency AFP reports. The partially built 22-storey block of luxury apartments came down on Monday in the wealthy Ikoyi neighbourhood. At least five people have died and dozens are missing, the authorities say. Despite …

Six people including four lecturers have been kidnapped by armed men in the University of Abuja in Nigeria’s capital, the local police has announced. The attackers invaded the living quarters of the university and abducted the victims in the early hours of Tuesday, the police said. The armed men have …

The Islamic police in Kano state known as Hisbah have arrested 26-year-old Aliyu Na Idris who was trending on social media last weekend for putting himself up for sale due to “poverty”. Hisbah Commander Harun Ibn Sina confirmed the arrest, adding that Aliyu Na Idris’ actions were forbidden. “Yes we …

At least 18 people were killed and others wounded on Monday in Nigeria after gunmen on motorbikes attacked a mosque in Maza-Kuka community in Niger state, reports say. According to eyewitnesses, a large group of assailants stormed the mosque and opened fire as the victims offered morning prayers. Local police …

The new leader of a jihadist group in Nigeria linked to Islamic State in West africa has been killed by security forces, Babagana Monguno the Nigerian national security adviser said on Friday. Babagana Monguno has announced that Malam Bako, who recently succeeded Abu Musab al-Barnawi as leader of the Islamic …