Nigeria plans to repatriate nationals willing to leave South Africa after attacks
Nigeria is planning to repatriate its nationals in South Africa willing to return home voluntarily, amid growing fears that recent ...
Tag: Nigeria
Nigeria charges six people with treason over Independence Day coup plot
Six people in Nigeria, including a retired major general and a serving police inspector, have been charged with treason for ...
Nearly 400 sentenced in Nigeria for links to militant Islamists
Nearly 400 people have been sentenced in Nigeria for links with militant Islamic groups following mass trials. The convicts were ...
Nigerian Army rescues 31 held after Easter church attack
Thirty-one civilians held hostage following a Sunday morning church attack in north-west Nigeria have been rescued, the army has said. ...
48-hour curfew imposed after attack on bar in Nigerian city
A 48-hour curfew has been imposed in parts of the central Nigerian city of Jos, after gunmen opened fire at ...
US deploys 100 soldiers to Nigeria as armed groups attack surges
About 100 US soldiers have arrived in Nigeria to train the West African nation’s armed forces and help them with ...
Terrorists kill dozens in North-Western Nigeria
Gunmen on motorcycles have killed dozens of people in dawn raids across three villages in north-western Nigeria. Armed men shot ...
Gunmen kill 3 people, abduct Catholic priest and several others in northern Nigeria
Gunmen killed three people and abducted a Catholic priest during an early morning attack on the clergyman’s residence in northern ...
Nigeria sends troops to villages after jihadists attack
Nigeria will deploy an army battalion to a district in the west of the country where suspected jihadist fighters killed ...
Gunmen kill nearly 200 people in Nigeria
At least 200 people have been killed in a series of violent attacks on remote communities in central and northern ...
