Dozens kidnapped in northwest Nigeria after bandits invite them to talks
Armed bandits in northwest Nigeria abducted dozens of villagers whom they invited to a meeting about potential peace negotiations, authorities ...
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Nigeria’s military rescues 360 hostages in Borno state
Nigeria's security forces have freed 360 men, women and children from a mountain hideout where they were being held by ...
The Zarma people of West Africa
The Zarma (or Djerma) people are one of the most prominent settled ethnic groups in West Africa, specifically in the ...
Nigeria’s Obi to run for president again after opposition split
Nigerian politician Peter Obi said he would run for president again in January after winning his party's nomination, setting up ...
Nigeria’s Tinubu says reforms stabilising economy despite hardship
Nigerian President Bola Ahmed Tinubu said on Friday his economic reforms stabilised the country and revived investor confidence, despite a ...
Nigeria busts meth cartel in largest seizure, arrests kingpin
Nigeria's anti-drug agency said it had dismantled a methamphetamine syndicate in the largest seizure of its kind in the country, ...
Sierra Leone receives first group of West African deportees from US
A plane transporting nine West Africans deported by the Trump administration arrived in Sierra Leone on Wednesday, part of Washington's ...
Nigeria arrests ex-power minister Mamman after 75-year graft sentence
Nigeria's anti-graft agency has arrested former power minister Saleh Mamman, days after a court sentenced him in absentia to 75 years in ...
ISIS second-in-command Abu-Bilal al-Minuki killed by US and Nigerian forces, presidents say
Abu-Bilal al-Minuki, the second in command of ISIS globally, has been killed in an operation conducted by U.S. and Nigerian ...
Nigeria’s Tinubu urges global finance overhaul as debt costs crowd out spending
Nigeria will spend about $11.6 billion servicing its debt in 2026, nearly half of its projected government revenue, President Bola ...