Death toll in Nigeria's Plateau state rises to 154 -community leaders At least 154 people were killed in Sunday's attack by gunmen on villages in Nigeria's northern Plateau state, more than three times the initial count, two community leaders said. World 13 Apr, 2022
Nigeria says found Omicron variant from October samples Nigeria said on Wednesday it had confirmed its first cases of the Omicron COVID-19 variant, among them a sample from travellers who came to Nigeria in October, suggesting it had turned up weeks before it was reported in southern Africa. World 01 Dec, 2021
World reacts to death of Britain's Prince Philip Prince Philip, husband of Queen Elizabeth and a leading figure in the British royal family for almost seven decades, has died aged 99, Buckingham Palace said on Friday. Here are reactions from major public figures in Britain and around the world. World 10 Apr, 2021
Nigerian governor says 279 kidnapped schoolgirls are freed Hundreds of Nigerian schoolgirls abducted last week from a boarding school in the northwestern Zamfara state have been released, the state’s governor said Tuesday. World 02 Mar, 2021
42 abducted from Nigerian school 2 weeks ago freed: official An official says 42 people including 27 students who were abducted two weeks ago from a school in northern Nigeria have been freed. World 27 Feb, 2021
Hundreds of Nigerian schoolgirls taken in mass abduction Gunmen abducted 317 girls from a boarding school in northern Nigeria on Friday, police said, the latest in a series of mass kidnappings of students in the West African nation. World 27 Feb, 2021
Boko Haram claims abduction of students in northern Nigeria LAGOS: Rebels from the Boko Haram extremist group claimed responsibility Tuesday for abducting hundreds of boys from a school in Nigeria's northern Katsina State last week in one of the largest such attacks in years, raising fears of a growing wave of... Women 16 Dec, 2020
Suspected extremists kill at least 40 farmers in Nigeria MAIDGURI: Suspected members of the Islamic militant group Boko Haram killed at least 40 rice farmers and fishermen in Nigeria as they were harvesting crops in the country's northern state of Borno, officials said. One said the death toll could rise to... Women 30 Nov, 2020
Nigeria's president urges end to protests but remains silent on demonstration shooting Amnesty says 12 protesters killed in Lagos on Tuesday President did not refer to protest shooting in speech Buhari is a former military ruler voted into office in 2015 ABUJA/LAGOS: Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday called for... Women 23 Oct, 2020
119,168 people die from coronavirus infection around the world More than 1.88 million people have been reported to be infected by the novel coronavirus globally and 119,168 have died, according to a Reuters tally, on Tuesday. DEATHS AND INFECTIONS AMERICAS Total confirmed cases rose to more than... Women 14 Apr, 2020
Nigerian police rescue 67 from "inhuman" conditions at Islamic "school" MAIDUGURI: Police in northern Nigeria rescued nearly 70 men and boys from a second purported Islamic school where they were shackled and subjected to "inhuman and degrading treatments." The raid in Katsina, the northwestern home state of... Women 15 Oct, 2019
Suspected Islamists kill at least 65 in northeast Nigeria MAIDUGURI: At least 65 people died in an attack by suspected Islamists on a group returning from a funeral in Nigeria's northeastern Borno region, state television reported on Sunday, one of the deadliest attacks on civilians in recent years. There... Women 29 Jul, 2019
