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November 6, 2024 at 11:23 AM

Nigeria’s army chief, who led country through one of Africa's longest conflicts, dies

Nigeria’s army chief, Lt. Gen. Taoreed Abiodun Lagbaja, who led soldiers through a critical period in the fight against Islamic extremists in the West African nation’s hard-hit northeast, has died after an illness
November 6, 2024 at 11:23 AM
FILE - Nigeria Chief of Army Staff Lt. Gen. Taoreed Lagbaja salutes during a funeral ceremony for officers in Abuja, Nigeria, Wednesday, March 27, 2024. (AP Photo/Olamikan Gbemiga, File)
November 3, 2024 at 10:06 AM

Nigerian children may be sentenced to death for protest against cost-of-living crisis

Twenty-nine minors in Nigeria could be facing the death penalty
November 3, 2024 at 10:06 AM
FILE - People run away from tear gas during a protest on the street in Kano, Nigeria, Aug. 1, 2024. (AP Photo/Sani Maikatanga, File)
4 months ago

At least 30 dead, more than 100 injured after multiple suicide bombings in Nigeria

At least 30 people are dead and more than 100 were left injured after multiple suicide bombings were carried out in Nigeria, sources said.
4 months ago
Injured men lay in a van as they arrive for treatment after a wave of suicide attacks in the northeast of Nigeria, in Maiduguri on June 29, 2024. (Photo by Audu MARTE / AFP)
8 months ago

Bandits kidnap dozens of school children in Nigeria

Armed bandits in Nigeria have kidnapped over 100 school children in Kuriga, north-western Nigeria.
8 months ago
This video grab taken from an AFPTV video on March 7, 2024 shows a general view of the school in Kuriga.
1 year ago

Accidental drone strikes kill 88 people in Nigeria

The Nigerian Army said it “wrongly analysed and misinterpreted” activities before launching the attacks.
1 year ago
The Nigerian Army said it “wrongly analysed and misinterpreted” activities before launching the attacks.
1 year ago

Boat carrying wedding guests capsizes, killing at least 103

More than 100 people died after a boat carrying wedding guests capsized in Nigeria on Monday, authorities said.
1 year ago
Niger River as it passes through Jebba.
1 year ago

2 US Consulate staff members killed in Nigeria

Two staff members of the U.S. Consulate in Nigeria were among the four people killed by armed assailants when an American convoy was attacked on Tuesday.
1 year ago
The Harry S. Truman Building, headquarters for the State Department, is seen in Washington, in this March 9, 2009 file photo.
2 years ago

Ruling party candidate declared winner of Nigeria's presidential election

Ruling party candidate Bola Tinubu was declared the winner of Nigeria's presidential election early Wednesday amid calls from the opposition for a rerun.
2 years ago
Bola Tinubu of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) party, center, celebrates with supporters at his campaign headquarters after being declared the winner of Nigeria's presidential election in Abuja on March 1, 2023.
2 years ago

Nigeria presidential election 2023: Why this vote is 'consequential'

Nigeria's 2023 presidential election is widely seen as a potential turning point for Africa's most populous country, largest democracy and biggest economy.
2 years ago
Officials of Nigeria's Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) prepare documents ahead of the presidential election at the commission's headquarters in Awka, Anambra state, southeastern Nigeria, on Feb. 16, 2023.
2 years ago

Shell to pay $15.9 million settlement to Nigerian communities impacted by oil spills

Shell has agreed to pay $15.9 million to communities in Nigeria impacted by four oil spills that occurred from its pipelines in the Niger Delta between 2004 and 2007.
2 years ago
Signage is seen at a Shell petrol station in London, May 5, 2022.
2 years ago

Over 80 feared dead in church attack, sources say

More than 80 people are feared to have died in Sunday's attack on a church in southwestern Nigeria, sources told ABC News on Wednesday.
2 years ago
Nigerian police stand guard outside of the St. Francis Catholic Church in Owo, Nigeria, June 6, 2022, a day after an attack that targeted worshipers.
2 years ago

Gunmen disguised as congregants carried out attack on Catholic church, police say

Some of the gunmen who attacked a church full of worshippers in southwestern Nigeria on Sunday were "disguised as congregants," police said.
2 years ago
Nigerian police stand guard outside of the St. Francis Catholic Church in Owo, Nigeria, June 6, 2022, a day after an attack that targeted worshipers.
2 years ago

'Satanic' shooting at Catholic church leaves dozens dead, officials say

Dozens of people, including women and children, were killed in southwestern Nigeria on Sunday when gunmen attacked a church, officials said.
2 years ago
St. Francis Catholic Church following an attack in Owo, Nigeria, June 5, 2022.
2 years ago

Dozens feared dead after gunmen attack Nigerian church, officials say

Dozens of people are feared to have died after gunmen attacked a church in Nigeria, a U.S. official briefed on the massacre told ABC News.
2 years ago
4 years ago

Gunmen free nearly 2,000 inmates in attack on Nigerian prison

Almost 2,000 inmates have escaped from a prison in southeastern Nigeria after heavily armed gunmen attacked the facility, authorities said.
4 years ago
The main gate of the Nigerian Correctional Services facility that was attacked by gunmen, with large numbers of inmates set freed afterwards in Imo State, Nigeria April 5, 2021.
4 years ago

279 schoolgirls freed days after being kidnapped

The girls were taken from a boarding school in northwestern Nigeria last week.
4 years ago
The girls were taken from a boarding school in northwestern Nigeria last week.
4 years ago

279 Nigerian schoolgirls freed days after being kidnapped, official says

Hundreds of students who were abducted from an all-girls boarding school in northwestern Nigeria last week have been released, authorities said Tuesday.
4 years ago
Girls who were kidnapped from a boarding school in the northwest Nigerian state of Zamfara, walk in line after their release in Zamfara, Nigeria, March 2, 2021.
4 years ago

344 Nigerian schoolboys freed days after being abducted, official says

Hundreds of schoolboys who were abducted by gunmen in northwestern Nigeria last week have been freed, officials said.
4 years ago
Released students sit together at the Government House with other students from the Government Science Secondary school, in Kankara, Katsina State, Nigeria, Dec. 18, 2020.
4 years ago

Nigerian schoolboys free at last

The more than 300 schoolboys who were kidnapped in Nigeria are welcomed home after a week-long ordeal.
4 years ago
The more than 300 schoolboys who were kidnapped in Nigeria are welcomed home after a week-long ordeal.
4 years ago

Hundreds of students missing after Nigerian school attack

Hundreds of students remain missing after gunmen attacked an all-boys boarding school in northwestern Nigeria, authorities said.
4 years ago
The mother of Muhammad Bello, one the students who was abducted by gunmen, cries in Kankara, in northwestern Katsina state, Nigeria on Dec. 14, 2020.
4 years ago

US official meets with Nigeria's vice president, after killing of #EndSARS protesters

For weeks, Nigeria has been gripped by widespread protests over a now-disbanded police unit known as SARS, which has been accused of human rights abuses.
4 years ago
Protesters chant and sing solidarity songs as they barricade barricade the Lagos-Ibadan expressway to protest against police brutality and the killing of protesters by the military, at Magboro, Ogun State, on Oct. 21, 2020.
6 years ago

At least 8 killed, 37 rescued alive in Nigeria school building collapse: Reports

Cameras captured children, dazed and covered in dust, being carried on the shoulders of rescuers to waiting ambulances as crowds cheered.
6 years ago
A child is rescued from the rubble of a collapsed building in Lagos, Nigeria, March 13, 2019.
7 years ago

Nigerian schoolgirl who 'refused to denounce Christ' remains captive after dozens freed, father says

Suspected Boko Haram militants allegedly stormed the town of Dapchi in northeast Nigeria on the night of Feb. 19 and kidnapped 110 students.
7 years ago
Some of the Dapchi schoolgirls are seen after being released by the Boko Harama in Jumbam village, Yobe State, Nigeria  on March 21, 2018.
8 years ago

82 Nigerian schoolgirls freed by Boko Haram arrive in nation's capital

#BringBackOurGirls group said the freeing of 82 girls is "heartwarming."
8 years ago
This handout image provided by the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) on May 7, 2017 at a military base in Borno State shows some of the 82 rescued Chibok girls heading towards a Nigerian Army helicopter.
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