MAIDUGURI, Nigeria (Reuters) -Gunmen in Nigeria killed eight people on Sunday and abducted at least 60 others in two communities of northwest Zamfara state, residents and a local traditional ...
A local village head said that the leader of the gunmen had demanded $119,000 from the villages as retribution after Nigerian ...
Gunmen kidnapped at least eight people in an attack on the Dan Honu community in Nigeria's northern Kaduna state, residents ...
The Rev. David Musa of the ECWA in Obajana, Kogi state, Nigeria was killed on Nov. 14, 2023. (Facebook) ABUJA, Nigeria (Morning Star News) – A pastor kidnapped on Saturday (Nov. 11) in Nigeria’s ...
Some of the victims were taken to the State Orthopaedic Hospital for emergency treatment. Residents of Rugar Kusa, a community in Musawa Local Government of Katsina State said 14 people were ...
In recent years, kidnapping for ransom has become rife in north-western Nigeria. Armed gangs, referred to locally as bandits, ...
At least 30 police officers in Nigeria have been killed in an ambush by a local militia in the central Nasarawa state, officials have said. They were on their way to arrest the leader of the ...
Having paid a ransom three times to secure the freedom of his loved ones, Nigerian businessman Lawal Ado is not impressed by moves to outlaw payments to kidnappers. A controversial bill to ...
Abuja: Extremists in northeastern Nigeria killed at least 37 villagers in two different attacks, residents said Wednesday, highlighting once again how deadly islamic extremist rebels have remained ...
Gunmen from criminal gangs have killed 13 Islamic seminary pupils during a ceremony celebrating the birth of Prophet Mohammed in northwest Nigeria's Katsina state, a local official said Tuesday.
“What pains us the most is that there are several children among the dead,” German news agency (dpa) quoted Boris Chamorro, the mayor of the Pacific harbor town of Coronel, as telling the TV ...
The first attack occurred in the remote Gurokayeya village in Geidam when gunmen opened fire on some villagers late Monday. Extremists in northeastern Nigeria killed at least 37 villagers in two ...
