nigeria

TechCrunch Will Host Startup Competition In Nigeria This December

This December 2018, TechCrunch will host TechCrunch Startup Battlefield Africa 2018. TechCrunch, like many other publishers and businesses, is starting…

6 years ago

Boko Haram Releases 82 Chibok Girls After Negotiations

Boko Haram has released 82 schoolgirls from a group of 276 they abducted in north-eastern Nigeria three years ago, President…

7 years ago

21 Chibok Girls Reunited with Families after 30 Months of Captivity

Twenty-one Nigerian schoolgirls abducted by the Islamist group Boko Haram in Chibok in April 2014 have been reunited with their…

8 years ago

Boko Haram Releases Video of Captive Chibok Girls

Boko Haram has released a second video showing some of the schoolgirls they abducted from Chibok, northern Nigeria. The footage…

8 years ago

Nigeria: Air Chief Marshall Alex Badeh Accused of Stealing $20 Million

Former Nigerian chief of defense Alex Badeh has been accused of stealing $20 million from the air force and buying…

9 years ago

Lake Chad State of Emergency Declared after Boko Haram Attacks

Chad has declared a state of emergency after Boko Haram attacks in the Lake Chad region. At least two people…

9 years ago

Nigeria Corruption: Former Government Minister Stole $60 Billion from Public Money

An ex-Nigerian minister stole $6 billion of public money, the governor of Edo State, Adams Oshiomhole, has alleged. Adams Oshiomhole…

9 years ago

Boko Haram: Niger and Chad launch offensive against Nigeria’s militant group

Niger and Chad forces have launched a ground and air offensive against militant group Boko Haram in north-eastern Nigeria, officials…

10 years ago

Abubakar Shekau announces Boko Haram joins ISIS

According to an audio statement, Boko Haram has pledged allegiance to Islamic State (ISIS). The message, which has not be…

10 years ago

Nigeria: Archbishop Ignatius Kaigama accuses West of ignoring Boko Haram threat

Nigerian Archbishop Ignatius Kaigama has accused the West of ignoring the threat of the militant Islamist group Boko Haram. The…

10 years ago

Nigeria: At least 16 people killed in Maiduguri market explosion

A market explosion in the north-eastern Nigerian city of Maiduguri has killed at least 16 people and injured several others,…

10 years ago

Shell settles Niger Delta oil spill claims for $84 million

Royal Dutch Shell has agreed to an $84 million settlement with residents of the Bodo community in the Niger Delta…

10 years ago

Nigeria: Scores of people killed in three explosions at Kano’s Central Mosque

Scores of people have been killed in three explosions during Friday prayers at one of the biggest mosques in the…

10 years ago

Nigeria: Boko Haram militants seize Chibok

According to new reports, Boko Haram militants have seized the north-eastern Nigerian town of Chibok, the home of more than…

10 years ago

Nigeria: At least 47 students killed in Potiskum school blast

A suicide bombing at a school assembly in the north-eastern Nigerian town of Potiskum has killed at least 47 students,…

10 years ago

Nigeria: Boko Haram abducts dozens of women and girls in Adamawa

Boko Haram militants have reportedly abducted dozens of women and girls from two villages in Nigeria's north-eastern Adamawa state. The…

10 years ago

WHO declares Nigeria free of Ebola after six weeks with no cases

The World Health Organization (WHO) has officially declared Nigeria free of Ebola after six weeks with no new cases. Nigeria,…

10 years ago

Boko Haram agrees to release kidnapped Nigerian girls

Nigerian army has agreed a truce with Islamist militants Boko Haram - and that the schoolgirls the group has abducted…

10 years ago

Nigeria: Kano college attack leaves at least 13 people dead

At least 13 people have been killed after gunmen have attacked a teacher training college in the Nigerian city of…

10 years ago

Boko Haram seizes Nigeria’s key town of Bama

Boko Haram has seized Nigeria’s key north-eastern town of Bama after fierce fighting with government forces, residents say. Thousands of…

10 years ago

Ebola outbreak 2014: Nigerian schools to remain closed until October 13

Nigerian schools have been ordered to remain closed until October 13 as part of measures to prevent the spread of…

10 years ago

Boko Haram proclaims Islamic caliphate in north-eastern Nigeria

Terrorist group Boko Haram has said it has set up an Islamic state in the towns and villages it has…

10 years ago

Ebola outbreak: Nigeria declares state of emergency

Nigeria’s President Goodluck Jonathan has declared the outbreak of Ebola "a national emergency" and approved more than $11 million to…

10 years ago

Ebola outbreak: Sierra Leone escapee Saudatu Koroma dies

Saudatu Koroma, a Sierra Leone woman who fled hospital after testing positive for the Ebola virus, has died after turning…

10 years ago

Ebola outbreak: Nigeria on red alert over Lagos death

Nigeria has put all entries into the country on red alert after confirming the death of a Liberian man who…

10 years ago