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Nigeria has launched a hunt for hundreds of people kidnapped from mosques in the north of the country.
News Nigeria » People: What to know about the attacks in Nigeria that killed over 160 people
Gunmen killed scores of people during an attack on two villages in Western Nigeria in one of the deadliest assaults in the West African country in recent months. The attack on Tuesday evening targeted ...
News Nigeria » People: Boat capsizes in northwestern Nigeria, leaving dozens of people dead
SOKOTO, Nigeria (AP) — A boat capsized Thursday in a river in Nigeria’s northwestern Sokoto state, leaving more than 40 people dead, officials and residents said. The boat was carrying people who were ...
News Nigeria » People: ‘Burned to ashes’: More than 140 killed when gasoline tanker explodes in Nigeria
ABUJA, Nigeria — More than 140 people, including children, were killed in Nigeria when an overturned gasoline tanker truck exploded in flames while they tried to scoop up fuel, emergency services said ...
News Nigeria » People: Peace for Nigerian Christians Remains Uncertain After US Intervention
Just days after the United States launched a Christmas Day attack on Islamist terrorist camps in northwestern Nigeria, a band of armed militants rampaged through the neighboring states of Niger and ...
News Nigeria » People: Nigeria resettling people back to homes they fled to escape Boko Haram
When Boko Haram launched an insurgency in northeastern Nigeria in 2010, Abdulhameed Salisu packed his bag and fled from his hometown of Damasak in the country's battered Borno state. The 45-year-old ...
News Nigeria » People: Nigerian LGBTQ+ people struck with grief after death of trans influencer
The gruesome murder of a popular Nigerian trans woman, Chantell, famously known as “Area Mama of Abuja,” has plunged the Nigerian LGBTQ+ and TikTok community into intense grief. In the early hours of ...
News Nigeria » People: Nigeria at 63: four reasons for persistent disunity six decades on
Protesters in Lagos during Nigeria’s 60th Independence Day anniversary on 1 October 2020. Olukayode Jaiyeola/NurPhoto via Getty Images At 63 the story of Nigeria can be anything from the “celebration ...
News Nigeria » People: A mob in southern Nigeria kills 16 people they suspected of being kidnappers
ABUJA, Nigeria — A mob in southern Nigeria killed 16 people — at least some of them when tires were forced over their heads and shoulders and set on fire — because they were believed to be kidnappers, ...
News Nigeria » People: 'God understands us': Inside a Nigerian church where deaf people find faith and community
People interact using sign language during a church service at the Christian Mission for the Deaf in Lagos, Nigeria, Sunday, July 13, 2025. (AP Photo/Sunday Alamba) (ASSOCIATED PRESS) LAGOS, Nigeria ...
News Nigeria » People: Literacy for people, the planet and prosperity: Why literacy matters to Nigeria
By Nkechi ChristopherLITERACY should grow with the individual. A child’s literacy journey does not begin when the child enters school, nor does it end when formal education is completed. From the ...
News Nigeria » People: Nigerian president calls for investigation after army drone strike accident kills 85
LAGOS, Nigeria — Nigeria's president has ordered an investigation after the country's military launched a drone strike at a public gathering this weekend, killing at least 85 people and wounding ...