Scottish university hands over looted Benin Bronze to Nigeria
A Scottish university will on Thursday hand over to a Nigerian delegation a Benin Bronze that was
Nigerian gunmen attack jail, 575 detainees missing
Gunmen attacked a jail in Nigeria’s Oyo State late on Friday and freed over 800 inmates by force,
Nigerian state to shut camps for people displaced by insurgency
Nigeria’s Borno state, the epicentre of an ongoing Islamist insurgency, will shut all camps that are
Nigerian general says leader of Islamic State West Africa is dead
Nigeria’s top general said on Thursday that Abu Musab al-Barnawi, leader of the insurgent group
Banned Nigerian sprinter Okagbare facing three anti-doping charges
Nigerian sprinter Blessing Okagbare, who was provisionally banned after testing positive for human
Nigerians offer artworks to British Museum in new take on looted bronzes
A new guild of artists from Nigeria’s Benin City has offered to donate artworks to the British
Banyana Banyana win inaugural Aisha Buhari Cup
Banyana Banyana are the champions of the inaugural Aisha Buhari Invitational tournament. South
Bandits release 10 students kidnapped two months ago from Nigerian school
Bandits have released 10 more students kidnapped two months ago from a Baptist school in northwest
Nigeria says 75 abducted children released after army crackdown
Seventy-five children who were kidnapped from their school in Nigeria’s northwestern state of
Sunday marks seventh anniversary of SCOAN building collapse
Sunday marks the seventh anniversary of the tragic collapse of a building at the Synagogue Church of
School term delayed in Nigerian capital zone amid kidnapping crisis
The start of the school term has been pushed back to an unusually late date in Nigeria’s Federal
African countries receive COVID-19 vaccines from Canada, US
Canada has donated more than 1.3 million doses of AstraZeneca’s COVID-19 vaccine to three African
Gunmen kill two, abduct one in raid on Nigerian army training base
Gunmen killed two Nigerian military personnel and abducted another in an attack on an army training
Bandits in northwest Nigeria release 15 students after parents raise ransom
Bandits have released 15 more students kidnapped last month from a Baptist school in northwest
Gunmen kidnap more than 75 people in northwest Nigeria
Armed gunmen kidnapped at least 75 people from a village in northwest Nigeria, residents said on
Nigeria says killing of Muslim travellers was ‘prearranged’
The killing of 23 people returning from a Muslim festival in Nigeria was a premeditated ambush for
Attackers kill 22 Nigerian commuters on road near Plateau state capital
Attackers killed 22 commuters on a road near the capital of Nigeria’s Plateau state, a morgue
Nigeria to resume COVID-19 vaccinations on August 16
Nigeria will restart COVID-19 inoculations on August 16 after taking delivery of 4 million doses of
Chibok schoolgirl freed in Nigeria seven years after abduction, governor says
One abducted girl from the Nigerian town of Chibok has been freed and reunited with her parents
Millions of children go hungry in insurgency-hit northeast Nigeria
At least 2.3 million children and youth are going hungry in northeast Nigeria where an Islamist