UN relief chief pledges support for Nigeria
New York: Emergency Relief Coordinator Martin Griffiths, has ended a four-day visit to Nigeria, pledging support and promising the United Nations will do everything it can to help rebuild the lives of vulnerable families who have been impacted by violence and extremism there.
Scores of civilians dead, UN chief condemns 'appalling' attacks in Nigeria
New York: The Secretary-General, António Guterres, strongly condemned on Monday the “appalling” attacks perpetrated over the weekend in Nigeria’s Zamfara State in which scores of civilians were killed.
Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari orders conditional lifting of the ban on Twitter
Abuja/UNI/Sputnik/IBNS: Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari on Friday directed the government to lift the suspension of Twitter if the social media networking giant complies with national regulations.
6,000 Boko Haram militants surrender to Nigerian forces
Abuja/UNI/Sputnik: About 6,000 Boko Haram militants have recently surrendered to the Nigerian government forces, a defense ministry spokesman said on Thursday.
Prevention, only ‘sustainable solution’ to conflict, deputy UN chief tells Nigerian law students
New York: Speaking in Nigeria, the UN Deputy Secretary-General Amina Mohammed has emphasized the importance of prevention as “the only real, sustainable solution” to resolving the challenges thrown up by conflict.
More than 50 people killed by gunmen in northwestern Nigeria: Reports
Moscow/Sputnik: At least 53 people were killed by armed cattle thieves in Nigeria’s northwestern state of Zamfara, The Kuwait Times reports citing police.
Nigerian troops thwart police station attack, 5 gunmen killed
Abuja/Xinhua: Five gunmen were killed on Sunday as Nigerian troops and police special forces thwarted an attack on a police station in the southern state of Imo, said a spokesperson for the army.
Nigeria suspends Twitter ops 'indefinitely' for removing President's tweet
Abuja/IBNS: Nigeria on Friday suspended Twitter operations in the country for activities "capable of undermining Nigeria's corporate existence", media reports said.
Experts raise red flags over Nigeria's $3.3 billion debts to China
Flagging the economic managers of the African nation, experts have expressed concern over Nigeria’s increasing indebtedness to China, media reports said.
Gunmen kill 2 more kidnapped students in Nigeria: official
Lagos/Xinhua: Gunmen killed two more students abducted from a university in the northwest Nigerian state of Kaduna, local authorities said Monday.
Abducted girls released in northwest Nigeria, as fresh attacks rock country’s northeast
New York: While the release of more than 200 girls abducted from their school on Friday in northwest Nigeria is a welcome development said senior UN officials there on Tuesday, civilians and aid facilities have come under attack in the country’s northeast, highlighting the plight of civilians who have suffered years of conflict and insecurity.
Nigeria: Almost 300 abducted girls freed
Abuja: As many as 300 Nigerian girls, who were abducted recently, have been freed, media reports said.
Condemnation over new attack on Nigeria school, ‘more than 300’ girls missing
New York: An attack on a secondary school in northwest Nigeria on Friday in which several hundred girls are still missing, has been strongly condemned by the UN Secretary-General, and UN Children’s Fund, UNICEF.
UN chief condemns attack on school in Nigeria
New York: The United Nations Secretary-General has strongly condemned Wednesday’s attack on a boarding school in north-central Nigeria in which one student was killed and several students, as well as relatives and staff, abducted.
Armed bandits kill over 20 people in Nigeria : Reports
Moscow/Sputnik: At least 24 people were killed across Nigeria over the weekend in attacks carried out by bandits and cultists, Nigeria’s Vanguard newspaper reported on Monday.