OKITIPUPA, Nigeria (AP) — It was the dead of night when the ship caught fire, Patrick Aganyebi remembers, but the flames made it seem as bright as day. The...
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FHI 360, a nongovernmental healthcare organisation operating in North East Nigeria, has reported a significant rise in cases of severe wasting among very...
Nigerians in the border regions with Niger are calling on West African bloc ECOWAS to rethink sanctions on the country following last month’s coup. Residents...
The boat was carrying traders returning from a fish market in Taraba state’s Ardo-Kola district late Saturday when it capsized on the Benue River, which...
Abuja ‒ When his seven-year-old brother Jubrin was diagnosed with diphtheria in July 2023, Aminu Dayyabu Alharini had never heard of the disease, the...
This was contained in an emergency information for American citizens dated November 3. The advisory said the Nigerian security agencies are working...
NNPC Ltd, Nigeria’s state oil company, is set to supply Dangote’s new 650,000-barrel-per-day oil refinery with up to six crude oil shipments in...
Nigeria is ranked sixth in the world for organised crime, according to the 2023 Global Organized Crime Index. The report stated that Nigeria continues to...
An attack by jihadists affiliated with the Islamic State group killed 17 people in a village in north-eastern Nigeria after residents refused to pay them a...
The Acting Comptroller General of the Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS), Caroline Adepoju, has said that Nigeria could make N2.5 trillion from the ocean. ...
