ABUJA, (CAJ News) – A CIVIL society organisation has denounced allegations that a drug-feud between two Nigerians in South Africa was to blame for the killing of 12 worshippers at a church in Nigeria last week. Some worshippers also suffered life-threatening injuries after gunmen stormed the Saint Philips Catholic Church in the southeastern Anambra State. […]
ABUJA, August 8 — Terror group Boko Haram wreaked havoc in Nigeria’s north-eastern state of Borno, killing at least 31 fishermen in two separate attacks, local officials confirmed on Tuesday. The attacks on Baga, a fishing community in violence-torn Borno State, was carried out between last Saturday and Sunday, Kashim Shettima, governor of the state […]
LAGOS, August 5 — Three suicide bombers were killed in an attempted attack in Nigeria’s northeastern city of Maiduguri on Friday, the police said Saturday. Police spokesperson in restive Borno State Victor Isuzu, who confirmed the killing to Xinhua, said the incident occurred at about 9.49 p.m. local time when three suicide bombers, a male […]
JOHANNESBURG, August 3 – MTN Group on Thursday reported that its subscriber base had declined by 14.3 percent to 53.1 million in Nigeria in six months. This follows a review of subscriber definitions and a decrease in gross connections as a result of new regulations that require all subscriber connections take place in permanent structures. […]
MAIDUGURI, Nigeria, July 26 — Authorities in northern Nigeria say roughly 10 military personnel have been killed and a similar number of university workers are unaccounted for after Boko Haram extremists attacked their convoy. The secretary of the Hunters Association in Borno State, Bunu Bukar, says members of the self-defense group saw the bodies of […]
MAIDUGURI, Nigeria, July 19 — Nobel Peace laureate Malala Yousafzai was greeted with cheers by dozens of young women in north-eastern Nigeria, where she spoke out for the many girls abducted under Boko Haram’s deadly insurgency. The 20-year-old Pakistani activist told The Associated Press on Tuesday she was excited by the courage of the young […]
JOHANNESBURG, July 18 – The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) has called on Nigerian authorities to release a detained journalist accused of false reporting. A judge ordered the journalist to be detained on charges of “breach of public peace” and false reporting over an article he wrote for the daily, Vanguard. “Nigerian authorities should drop all charges […]
LAGOS, Nigeria, July 13 — The United States government is teaming up with Nigerian groups to launch a web-based platform allowing people to report everyday corruption in Africa’s populous nation. Graft is widespread and sometimes spectacular in Nigeria, and President Muhammadu Buhari took office in 2015 vowing to eradicate it. He warned that “if we don’t […]
ABUJA, July 5 – Nigeria needs to designate some courts to train lawyers on how to handle tax-related issues, according to a director in the Nigerian Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS). Ike Odume said with the loss of revenue accruing from Nigeria’s dependence on oil, the only hope for the country presently was tax revenue, […]
ADDIS ABABA, July 4 – Acting Nigerian President Yemi Osinbajo has called for the full implementation of the African Peace and Security Architecture (APSA), especially the operationalisation of the African Standby Force (ASF) and the Peace Fund. Osinbajo made the call in his capacity as the chairperson of the AU Peace and Security Council (PSC) […]