Tag: Nigeria
Nigeria: Official toll of 22 dead in the attack on a Catholic church
Published on 06/07/2022 at 11:32 OWO, Nigeria, June 7 (Reuters) – Twenty-two people were killed and 50 others were injured in an attack…
Nigeria: Official toll of 22 dead in the attack on a Catholic church
Published on 06/07/2022 at 1:00 p.m. Photo credit © Reuters OWO, Nigeria…
Pope ‘deeply saddened’ by ‘horrific attack’ on church in Nigeria
Pope Francis is “deeply saddened” by the “horrible attack” on a church carried out on Sunday by armed men against a Catholic church in Nigeria. Pope Francis is “deeply saddened”…
In Nigeria, former vice-president Atiku Abubakar named opposition presidential candidate
Former Nigerian Vice President Atiku Abubakar, the opposition candidate for the 2023 presidential election, addresses delegates from the People’s Democratic Party (PDP), in Abuja on May 28, 2022. AFOLABI SOTUNDE…
Nigeria: Christian student killed after being accused of blasphemy
Muslim students in northwestern Nigeria stoned a Christian student to death and then burned her body. The young woman was accused of blasphemy against the Prophet Muhammad, police said Thursday,…
The French spend an average of 1h46 per day on social networks, far behind Nigeria
A new study by Global Web Index reveals that the French spend “only” 1 hour 46 minutes a day on social networks. This is much less than Nigeria, for example,…
West Africa In Nigeria, attacks on three villages leave 48 dead
At least 48 people have been killed in attacks by gunmen on three villages in Zamfara state in northwestern Nigeria, according to a local official and a resident. This violence…
Nigeria: Victims of illegal refinery explosion buried in mass graves
The remains of more than a hundred people who died in an explosion at an illegal refinery in southern Nigeria were buried on Tuesday evening April 26 in three mass…
Nigeria: at least 80 dead in an explosion in an illegal refinery
An explosion at an illegal oil refinery has killed at least 80 people in southern Nigeria, emergency services said on Sunday. Read alsoNigeria: new explosion in a bar, 11 injured…
The Islamic State group claims responsibility for an attack in Nigeria
LAGOS, April 23 (Reuters) – The Islamic State group claimed responsibility for an explosion that injured 11 people in the capital of Taraba state in eastern Nigeria on Friday. The…
In Nigeria, the long ordeal of an atheist activist sentenced for blasphemy
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Central Nigeria: dozens dead in attacks
Dozens of people were killed by gunmen in attacks on villages in central Nigeria, the latest violence blamed on criminal gangs, several local sources said on Tuesday (April 12th). Read…