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Nigeria’s North-east crisis killed 4,000 civilians last year, UN reports

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Children remain the most affected. Together with women, they account for 83% of those in need of humanitarian assistance.
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Tinubu’s $9m Washington lobbying contract “largest” by an African state

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Nigeria has launched what appears to be the most expensive lobbying campaign ever undertaken...
Security

Makinde confirms bandits killed five National Park officers in Oyo attack

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Oyo State Governor Seyi Makinde has confirmed that the deadly attack on the National...
Wildlife

Suspected bandits attack National Park Office in Oyo, kill several personnel

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IBADAN — Suspected bandits on Tuesday night attacked the old National Park Service (NPS)...
Security

Terrorists massacre 35 in Niger state village raid

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KASUWAN DAJI, Niger State – A brutal assault by terrorists has left at least...
Security

Resign if you can’t secure Nigeria, top civil groups tell Tinubu after U.S. airstrikes

Eric Ojo -
A coalition of 88 Nigerian civil society organizations has accused President Bola Tinubu of...
Security

UN condemns Maiduguri mosque bombing

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The United Nations has condemned a deadly bombing at a mosque in Maiduguri, Borno...
Security

U.S. carries out airstrikes on ISIS targets in Nigeria

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The United States has carried out airstrikes against Islamic State militants in northwest Nigeria,...
Security

Kidnappers get N2.57bn ransom as Nigeria’s abduction economy booms

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Nigeria’s kidnap-for-ransom crisis has hardened into a profitable criminal enterprise, generating at least N2.57...
Africa

Burkina Faso frees Nigerian air force personnel after landing dispute

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Burkina Faso has released 11 Nigerian military personnel who were briefly detained after a...
Security

Nigerian Senators amend terrorism law to include mandatory death sentence

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Nigeria lawmakers are pushing for a sweeping set of security reforms as the nation...
Security

US to impose visa bans over attacks on Christians in Nigeria

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The United States says it will begin imposing visa restrictions on individuals responsible for...
Security

Nigeria’s Defence Minister Abubakar resigns amid rising insecurity

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Nigeria’s Minister of Defence, Mohammed Badaru Abubakar, has resigned from office with immediate effect,...
Security

Obasanjo: If Tinubu govt can’t protect Nigerians, the world should step in

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Former President Olusegun Obasanjo delivered one of his most forceful public interventions in years...
Security

What Tinubu’s nationwide security emergency means – what you need to know

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President Bola Ahmed Tinubu on Wednesday declared a nationwide security emergency, announcing sweeping measures...
Food

UN issues stark warning to Nigeria over rising insecurity

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The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) has issued its starkest warning yet on...
Security

Trump doubles down: “I’m really angry about killings in Nigeria. It’s a genocide”

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Former U.S. President Donald Trump on Friday intensified his criticism of Nigeria’s handling of...
Security

₦3.8bn ransom demanded in Kwara Church kidnapping as terrorists raid Niger school

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Terrorists who abducted about 35 worshippers from the Christ Apostolic Church (CAC), Oke-Igan, Eruku,...
Security

Biafra campaigner Nnamdi Kanu sentenced to life in jail

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The Federal High Court in Abuja on Thursday convicted Nnamdi Kanu, the leader of...
Security

Tinubu faces fierce backlash over wave of deadly attacks

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Public anger is boiling over in Nigeria after a string of deadly attacks across...
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