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 ...
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 ...
In recent years, kidnapping for ransom has become rife in north-western Nigeria. Armed gangs, referred to locally as bandits, ...
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.
The Rev. Joshua Amako Maraya of an ECWA church in Damakasuwa, Kaduna state, Nigeria, was killed on Nov. 17, 2023. (Facebook) ABUJA, Nigeria (Morning Star News) – Armed assailants in Kaduna state, ...
MAIDUGURI, Nigeria -- Extremists in northeastern Nigeria killed at least 37 villagers in two different attacks, residents said Wednesday, highlighting once again how deadly islamic extremist ...
More than a dozen people are dead following a bus bombing in Syria's capital city of Damascus. Two explosive devices detonated on board a military bus during rush hour Wednesday, killing at least ...
ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — A truck overloaded with food items and more than 200 people crashed in north-central Nigeria’s Niger state, killing 25 passengers and injuring dozens of others, authorities said ...
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 ...
