Nigeria’s Supreme Court on Friday overturned a lower court ruling dismissing terrorism charges against a popular separatist leader whose trial has been blamed for an outbreak of violence in the country’s southeast region. The Court said Nnamdi Kanu, leader of the Indigenous
A Nigerian military drone strike accidentally killed 85 civilians during a Muslim religious celebration in the country on Sunday, as the country’s president called for an investigation. Kaduna state governor Uba Sani said they had been mistakenly killed in a drone strike
A Nigerian military attack that used drones to target rebels instead killed some civilians, government and military officials said Monday. The misfire during a religious celebration was the latest such errant bombing of local residents in Nigeria’s violence hot spots. Muslims observing
Nigeria’s leader on Wednesday presented a 27.5 trillion naira ($34.8 billion) spending plan for 2024 to federal lawmakers, with a focus on stabilizing Africa’s largest but ailing economy and tackling the nation’s deadly security crisis. The primary objective of the proposed budget
Nigerian President Bola Tinubu’s approval of a supplementary budget earmarking millions of dollars for a presidential yacht and sport utility vehicles for his wife and top government officials has again stoked anger among ordinary Nigerians over what they see as a growing
Gunmen abducted four university students in northern Nigeria during an attack early Tuesday, police said, the latest in a series of school abductions that have raised security concerns under the nation’s new president. The gunmen invaded a lodge for students of the
A Nigerian court has issued a rare death sentence to a police officer who shot and killed a lawyer in Lagos, the country’s commercial hub. The ruling found police officer Drambi Vandi guilty of murder in the case of Bolanle Raheem, who
14 of at least 20 students abducted from a Nigerian university have been rescued by security forces, according to school authorities. The school, located in Zamfara state’s Bungudu district, was the first targeted in a mass abduction since President Bola Tinubu assumed
Gunmen opened fire and killed several members of a patrol of security forces in Nigeria’s southeastern region Tuesday, police said, in the latest in a spate of violent attacks that typically are blamed on separatist militants. A team of various Nigerian security
The boat accident in Nigeria’s Niger State has now claimed the lives of 28 individuals, according to updates from emergency services on Monday. Communities have rallied together to support an intensified search for dozens who are still unaccounted for following the capsizing