Nigeria’s All Progressives Congress (APC) delegates vote in party primary election. Ex-Lagos governor Bola Tinubu among frontrunners for nomination to succeed. Atiku Abubakar, 75, of the opposition PDP is expected to be his main rival. Nigerian All Progressives Congress (APC) tallied ballots on Wednesday following a pivotal primary to select a candidate to succeed President … Read more
Nigeria’s ruling APC party begins primaries to select a candidate for election. The opposition PDP chose veteran Atiku Abubakar for next year’s election. Muslim presidential candidates to chose a Christian vice president. Nigeria’s ruling APC party began primaries On Monday, to select a candidate for the 2023 election, with President Muhammadu Buhari pushing to overcome … Read more
The violence broke out during a morning service at St. Francis Catholic Church in Owo, Ondo State, on Sunday. President Muhammadu Buhari decried the “heinous massacre of worshippers”. The Pope said he prays for the victims and for the country. Gunmen assaulted a Catholic church in southwest Nigeria with explosives on Sunday, killing 21 people … Read more
gunmen attacked a Catholic church in southwest Nigeria during mass on Sunday, killing at least 50 people, including women and children. She did not indicate how many people were murdered or injured at St Francis Catholic Church in Owo, but she did state that police were looking into the attack’s cause. The attack was condemned … Read more
Gunmen with explosives attack a Catholic church in Nigeria’s Ondo state. No group has claimed responsibility for the attack. President Muhammadu Buhari condemned the “heinous killing of worshippers”. According to the government and police, gunmen with explosives invaded a Catholic church in southwest Nigeria’s Ondo state on Sunday, killing “many” worshippers and wounded others. The … Read more
Gunmen slaughtered worshippers at a Catholic church in Nigeria. Nigeria experienced an increase in violence, with kidnappings and attacks recorded around the country. Several worshippers in Ondo were seized by the militants. According to the governor of Ondo state in south-west Nigeria, gunmen slaughtered worshippers at a Catholic church. It was a “vile and diabolical … Read more
The All Progressives Congress (APC) will hold its convention this week to pick a flagbearer. Atiku Abubakar of the People’s Democratic Party is the main opposition challenger. Buhari, 79, will step down next year after two terms in office. President Muhammadu Buhari of Nigeria has asked aspirants for the governing party’s presidential ticket to choose … Read more
Nigeria recalls Victor Osimhen to their Africa Cup of Nations qualifiers squad. The striker was absent from the squad for the recent trip to the United States. Adebayo Adeleye and Sani Faisal are the only two players from local leagues named. Nigeria has recalled called back striker Victor Osimhen from Napoli for 2023 Africa Cup … Read more
Lagos, one of the most populous cities in Africa, has started enforcing its ban on motorbike taxis. Nigeria’s economic powerhouse announced the ban two weeks ago that covers major districts in the city. The clampdown follows the gruesome murder of a 38-year-old man, suspected to have been killed by some taxi riders during a disagreement … Read more
, ABUJA, May 31 – Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari invited state governors from the governing All Progressives Congress (APC) party on Tuesday to back him in selecting a successor to run for president in a presidential election in February 2023. Nigerians will go to the polls to elect a new president, as Buhari will step … Read more
Twenty-four civilians were killed and around 60 were injured in an attack by separatist gunmen in Cameroon’s troubled anglophone region, The local mayor said on Tuesday that The death toll is among the highest in a nearly five-year conflict that pits armed militants against government forces in the breakaway region. Separatists on Sunday attacked the … Read more
Samuel Kanu: Abducted Church Leader of Nigeria released Samuel Kanu, The top of the Methodist Church in Nigeria, has been liberated subsequent to being abducted on Sunday. He was going with two different ministers on a parkway in the south-eastern province of Abia when they were hijacked, police told. It is hazy the way that … Read more
Eat’n’Go, the Nigerian franchisee of popular pizza producer Domino’s, debuted a tiny version of the market’s familiar pizza boxes in February 2019, for 550 naira. This new version was created to be more affordable for everyone, being smaller in size and significantly less expensive than the medium-sized pizza, which costs N3,900. StarTimes, a Chinese satellite … Read more
In two operations, a multinational group police the turbulent Lake Chad basin announced it had killed more than 30 ‘jihadists.’ The Multinational Joint Task Force (MNJTF) said ground and air attacks in the Tumbun Rago area in the northeastern Nigerian state of Borno had “neutralized more than 25 terrorists”. Five more were killed in Kirta Wulgo, also … Read more
Kunle Adeyanju was greeted with applause as he switched off his motorcycle engine after a 41-day journey to raise donations to battle polio in his country Nigeria. The 44-year-old departed London on April 19 and arrived in Nigeria’s commercial hub Lagos on Sunday after slogging through more than 13,000 kilometers (8,000 miles) across 13 countries. … Read more
Nigeria’s ruling party postponed a primary vote to determine its candidate to succeed President Muhammadu Buhari in next year’s presidential race by a week on Saturday. Buhari’s All Progressives Congress party (APC) and the main opposition People’s Democratic Party (PDP) were both scheduled this weekend to select their candidates to govern Africa’s most populous country. … Read more
According to authorities, a stampede in south Nigeria killed at least 31 people on Saturday during a church charity event where food was being distributed. The disaster happened in Port Harcourt city in Nigeria’s Rivers state, local police spokeswoman Grace Iringe-Koko said, confirming a death toll of 31 people. Local Nigerian media reported the event … Read more
Russia accuses a US-controlled lab in Nigeria of spreading Monkeypox The Russian military’s head of radiation, synthetic, and biological security has guaranteed that monkeypox started in four US-controlled Biolabs in Nigeria. “As per the accessible data, there are somewhere around four natural research facilities. Constrained by Washington in Nigeria,”. Igor Kirillov expressed, as per the … Read more
A Berlin museum will On Friday, loan 23 ancient pieces of jewellery, tools, and objects to Namibia, a former German colony, on an indefinite basis as part of a project to promote reconciliation between the two countries. The artefacts will be given to Namibia’s National Museum and made available for research to local artists and academics, … Read more
Turkey is ready for energy cooperation with Israel,After years of hostility, reviving a project to pipe Israeli gas to Europe as Ankara seeks to reduce its reliance on Russia. The plan, however, faces Israeli scepticism due to previous diplomatic tensions and appears to be a pipe dream in the eyes of experts due to its logistical … Read more
Britain is seeing day by day infections of the rare monkeypox virus which might be unconnected to any journey to West Africa, in which the ailment is endemic, a fitness professional started on Sunday. The UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) said new figures could be released on Monday after it registered 20 instances on Friday. … Read more
Police claimed Saturday that an irate mob went on the rampage in Bauchi, northern Nigeria, over alleged blasphemy by a Christian resident, the third such incident in days in the largely Muslim portion of the country. Blasphemy is highly sensitive in Africa’s most populous country, which is almost equally divided between the mostly Christian south … Read more
Sokoto, Nigeria’s northwestern city, lifted a 24-hour curfew imposed after the killing of a Christian student accused of blasphemy sparked unrest. Deborah Samuel, a student at Shehu Shagari College of Education, was stoned to death and her body was burned last week by a group of Muslim students who claimed she insulted Prophet Muhammad in … Read more
Two suspects have been arrested by Nigerian police in connection with the kidnapping of students from a Nigerian college last year, one of the most high-profile cases in a recent run of pupil abductions. Gunmen killed a member of staff as they stormed Greenfield University in northwestern state of Kaduna on April 20, 2021, before seizing around … Read more
Nigeria is keeping an eye on Meta Platforms Inc’s (FB.O) Facebook and other platforms to see if they are complying with demands to limit hate speech on their platforms, as part of a larger drive to promote responsible social media use, Information Minister Lai Mohammed said on Tuesday. Mohammed made his remarks after meeting with … Read more
Spain and Qatar deepened their economic ties Wednesday throughout a visit by way of Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al-Thani as Madrid seeks to diversify its gas materials following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. During the two-day go to — the Qatari emir’s first considering that he took power in 2013 — the two countries signed 12 … Read more
In Sokoto, Nigeria, a 24-hour curfew has been imposed after demonstrators took to the streets demanding the release of two suspects in the death of a Christian student last week. Deborah Samuel was attacked and burnt by Muslim students on Thursday after they accused her of making “blasphemous” insults about Islam in a WhatsApp group. … Read more
Hundreds of people protested Saturday in Nigeria’s northwestern city of Sokoto over the arrest of two students in connection with the murder of a Christian student accused of blasphemy, Residents said. The continent’s most populous country is roughly divided between Muslims and Christians, but religious tensions and deadly clashes are common, especially in the north. … Read more
