A popular Nigerian preacher and televangelist was under mounting pressure on Wednesday to co-operate with the authorities after a fatal building collapse in Lagos that claimed at least 67 lives. TB Joshua and staff at his Synagogue Church of All Nations (SCOAN) have so far failed to disclose information to[…]
The death toll in a building collapse in Nigeria is still uncertain, South Africa’s high commissioner to Nigeria said on Wednesday. “The numbers can still either go up or down,” Lulu Mnguni told eNCA from Nigeria. He said there was a lack of access to information on the ground. “We[…]
The leader of Boko Haram has claimed that the Nigerian armed group has created an “Islamic caliphate” in a northeastern town, a claim quickly rejected by the military. “Thanks be to Allah who gave victory to our brethren in [the town of] Gwoza and made it part of the Islamic[…]
A doctor in the Nigerian city of Lagos who treated a Liberian victim of Ebola has contracted the virus, the second confirmed case in sub-Saharan Africa’s largest city, authorities said. Health Minister Onyebuchi Chukwu, who confirmed the positive test, said on Monday that 70 other people believed to have come[…]
A massive assault by Boko Haram in the northeast Nigerian town of Damboa has displaced more than 15,000 people, according to an official. Monday’s statement came as security forces sent reinforcements to flush out the fighters. The attack on Damboa began late on Thursday but continued through the weekend, with[…]
At least 38 people were killed following a raid by suspected Boko Haram gunmen on a village in northeast Nigeria and a military aerial bombardment of fleeing residents mistaken for insurgents, villagers said Monday. The attack on the Christian farming village of Dille in Askira Uba district, 200 kilometres (125[…]
Villagers from a northeast Nigerian town where Boko Haram rebels abducted more than 200 schoolgirls on Friday appealed to the United Nations to intervene because of worsening violence in the region. The community, which originates from the Chibok district of restive Borno state, claimed rebels were running amok in their[…]
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