Nigeria oil production hits 1.8 million barrels/day
- 15-Apr-2026
Nigeria’s oil production has risen to 1.8 million barrels a day, Finance Minister Wale Edun told Reuters, generating fiscal breathing space that will allow the government to support vulnerable households as it ploughs ahead with reforms. Speaking in an interview on Wednesday on the sidelines of the International Monetary Fund and World Bank Group spring […]
Nigerian airstrike hits market, 200 feared dead in northeast Yobe state
- 12-Apr-2026
At least 200 people are feared dead after Nigerian military jets struck a village market while pursuing Islamist militants in the northeast of the country on Saturday night, a councillor for the area and residents said on Sunday. Nigeria’s Air Force said it had killed Boko Haram militants in the Jilli axis in Borno state, […]
Assailants kill at least 30 in northwest Nigeria villages, residents say
- 15-Feb-2026
Armed assailants on motorbikes killed at least 30 people and burned houses and shops during raids on three villages in northwest Nigeria’s Niger State early on Saturday, residents who escaped the violence told Reuters. The attacks on villages in the Borgu Local Government Area, near the border with Benin Republic, are part of a surge […]
Nigeria charges nine with 2025 massacre that killed 150
- 02-Feb-2026
Nigerian prosecutors filed 57 terrorism-related charges on Monday against nine men accused of carrying out a deadly attack on Yelwata community in Nigeria’s central Benue state in June 2025 that killed about 150 people. Benue sits in Nigeria’s volatile Middle Belt, the fault line between the Muslim north and Christian south. Years of violence over […]
Holders Nigeria drawn in group with Egypt at Women’s Africa Cup of Nations
- 15-Jan-2026
RABAT- Nigeria were drawn with Egypt, Zambia and newcomers Malawi for the defence of their Women’s’ Africa Cup of Nations title in March when the draw was conducted in Rabat on Thursday. The 2026 finals will be played in Morocco from March 17-April 3, eight months after the last tournament which was also hosted in […]
Suicide bomber kills five soldiers in northeast Nigeria: sources
- 16-Dec-2025
MAIDUGURI, Nigeria: A suicide bomber struck a military position in northeastern Nigeria near the border with Cameroon, killing at least five soldiers, security and local defence sources said. The attacker targeted a military position in Firgi near Pulka, a remote town in Borno state, on Sunday, sources told AFP on Monday night and Tuesday morning. […]
Turf war kills around 200 in Nigeria: sources
- 10-Nov-2025
KANO, Nigeria: Clashes between rival militant factions in northeast Nigeria have claimed some 200 lives in the restive Lake Chad area, intelligence, militia and militant sources told AFP Monday. Fighting between Boko Haram and rival militants from the Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP) group broke out in Dogon Chiku on the shores of Lake […]
Over 600 malnourished children die in six months in Nigeria: MSF
- 26-Jul-2025
LAGOS, Nigeria: More than 600 malnourished children have died in northern Nigeria in six months after failing to receive proper care as foreign aid dries up, a medical charity has said. Doctors Without Borders (MSF) said northern Nigeria, which already is struggling with an insurgency, is “currently facing an alarming malnutrition crisis”. Cases of the […]
Nigeria’s former President Muhammadu Buhari dies in London
- 13-Jul-2025
Nigeria’s former President Muhammadu Buhari, who led Africa’s most populous country from 2015-23 and was the first Nigerian president to oust an incumbent through the ballot box, died in London on Sunday, a presidential spokesperson said. “President Buhari died today in London at about 4:30 p.m. (1530 GMT), following a prolonged illness,” President Bola Tinubu’s […]
Nigeria appoints new commander after renewed militant attack
- 30-Apr-2025
ABUJA, April 30, 2025: Nigeria has appointed a new commander for its fight against insurgency in the northeast after renewed attacks in the last four months that have killed several civilians and soldiers in the region. The military appointed Major General Abdulsalam Abubakar as its 15th commander in the fight against Boko Haram/ISWAP insurgency in […]