Boat capsizes in Nigeria's Niger state and at least 25 people feared dead, authorities say
A boat carrying passengers to a market in north-central Nigeria has capsized, killing at least 25 people
A boat carrying passengers to a market in north-central Nigeria has capsized, killing at least 25 people
At least 20 people have been killed in a gun attack on a village in central Nigeria
Nigerian security forces have killed at least 30 gunmen in the country’s northwest
Islamic extremists have killed nine people and injured four in northeastern Nigeria's Borno state, authorities report
Nigeria’s President Bola Tinubu has directed security agencies to hunt down the perpetrators of a weekend attack that killed at least 150 people in the country’s northcentral
At least 100 people have been killed in a gun attack on a village in Nigeria’s north-central Benue state, Amnesty International Nigeria said
Nigeria’s President Bola Tinubu posthumously pardoned nine environmental activists executed 30 years ago by the military junta ruling the country at the time
At least 20 people have been killed during attacks by gunmen on several communities in Nigeria’s north-central Benue state, the police said
A bus has veered off a bridge in Nigeria’s northern state of Kano, killing at least 22 athletes who were returning home from a sports festival
Gunmen killed at least 20 people during an attack on a village in Nigeria’s north-central Benue state over the weekend, a local official said
At least 30 people were killed when gunmen attacked travelers on a major highway in the southeastern part of Nigeria, according to rights group Amnesty International
A 15-year-old Nigerian has set a Guinness World Record for the world’s largest art canvas in a bid to raise awareness for autism
Amnesty International Nigeria says armed men have killed at least 20 people and injured dozens in a mining village in Nigeria’s northwestern Zamfara state
Nigeria’s president says that at least 40 people were killed when Muslim gunmen, believed to be herders, attacked a Christian farming community in the north-central part of the country, the latest in a spate of increasing violence in the West African country
Authorities in Nigeria have barred radio stations from playing a song critical of President Bola Tinubu and his administration’s policies
Nigeria has received more than 1 million vaccines from the Gavi-funded global stockpile to combat a meningitis outbreak in the northern part of the country
A mob in southern Nigeria has killed 16 people, at least some them when tires were forced over their heads and shoulders and set on fire, because they were believed to be kidnappers
Nigerian authorities confirmed that a meningitis outbreak in the northwest was behind the death of at least 26 people over several weeks
The Nigerian Senate has suspended a female senator after she accused its presiding officer of sexual assault
Nigerian lawmakers have approved an additional $200 million for the health sector as part of its 2025 spending plan to offset the shortfall from U.S. aid cuts
The army says Nigerian soldiers have killed 79 militants and suspected kidnappers over the past week in an operation targeting a decades-long insurgency by Islamic militants in the northeast and attacks by various armed groups in the northwest
The death toll from a gasoline tanker explosion in north-central Nigeria has risen to 86, the country’s emergency response agency said
Authorities in northern Nigeria say female suicide bombers have targeted a wedding, a funeral and a hospital in coordinated attacks that killed at least 18 people
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