Nigeria

Attack leaves at least 40 people dead in Nigeria, the country's president says

3:46am April 15, 2025

Such attacks have become common in north-central Nigeria, where gunmen exploit security lapses to launch deadly raids on farmers in a fight over land resources.

A Lagos community, destroyed in one day

5:23pm March 07, 2025

At least 9,000 people have been forcefully evicted from a riverside community in Nigeria's most populous city, Lagos. Like many waterfront communities across the city, it has faced multiple threats and been targeted by luxury real estate developers.

Deadly violence in Nigeria tied to United Methodist Church schism over LGBTQ policies

1:13am December 18, 2024

A religious schism has turned deadly in Nigeria, with a church member fatally shot and two young children killed as homes were set ablaze, according to United Methodist News Service.

More than 140 people die and dozens are injured in a Nigeria gasoline tanker explosion

11:20am October 16, 2024

More than 140 people, including children, were killed and dozens were injured after an overturned tanker truck exploded in flames while they were trying to scoop up fuel pouring from the vehicle.

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Meta takes down thousands of Instagram and Facebook accounts linked to sextortion

4:49pm July 24, 2024

by Emmanuel Akinwotu

The social media owner announced it has taken down thousands of accounts in Nigeria that were linked to financial sexual extortion scams.

At 91, Nigerian artist who reimagined the crucifixion is celebrated at Smithsonian

1:25pm June 22, 2024

by Emmanuel Akinwotu

Bruce Onobrakpeya was unafraid to challenge the conventions of the art world — and was celebrated for it. This giant of African art is basking in the joy of his first Smithsonian solo exhibition.

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Daniel Ojukwu is an investigative journalist in Nigeria.

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Nigeria has detained a journalist who reported on corruption in a widening crackdown

12:06pm May 09, 2024

by Emmanuel Akinwotu

Investigative journalist Daniel Ojukwu has been arrested by police and held without charge for over a week, drawing criticism from advocacy groups over a worsening climate for independent journalism.

A shattered father recounts his kidnapping and the struggle to negotiate with the kidnappers for the release of his children.

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For one Nigerian family, freedom after a kidnapping hasn't ended their terror

5:00am April 09, 2024

by Emmanuel Akinwotu

Ten years after the mass abduction of 276 Chibok schoolgirls, kidnapping in Nigeria continues to rise. Nearly 1,000 people were kidnapped in the first three months of 2024. Here is one family's story.

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Parents wait for news about the kidnapped LEA Primary and Secondary School Kuriga students in Kuriga, Kaduna, Nigeria, on March 9, 2024. Nearly 300 schoolchildren abducted from their school in northwest Nigeria's Kaduna state have been released, the state governor said Sunday, March 24, more than two weeks after the children were seized from their school.

Nearly 300 abducted Nigerian schoolchildren freed after over two weeks in captivity

12:14pm March 24, 2024

by The Associated Press

Nearly 300 kidnapped Nigerian schoolchildren have been released, more than two weeks after the children were seized from their school in the northwestern state of Kaduna and marched into the forests.

Gunmen attacked a school in Nigeria's northwest region Thursday morning and abducted between 200 and 300 students, according to authorities, marking the second mass abduction in the West African nation in less than a week.

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10 years after Chibok, Nigeria's mass kidnappings return with a vengeance

5:12pm March 08, 2024

by Kate Bartlett

In just a week there have been two mass kidnappings in Nigeria. Hundreds of women and children have been kidnapped in recent days in Africa's most populous country.