January 30, 2023
Nigeria: Nigeria's Central Bank Deploys 30,000 Agents in Final Recall of Old Currency
The Central Bank of Nigeria has mobilized 30,000 agents nationwide to help the vulnerable and those living in remote areas exchange their cash for the nation's new currency. The… Read more »
January 27, 2023
Nigeria: Reprisals Feared After Bombing of 40 Pastoralists
Officials in Nigeria say the death toll from an attack on animal herders has risen to 40. The strike took place Wednesday in Rukubi, a village on the border between Nigeria's… Read more »
Cameroon: 2,000 Nigerian Refugees Leaving Cameroon but Majority to Stay
Hundreds of Nigerian refugees who fled Boko Haram terrorism to northern Cameroon started returning home this week, with about 2,000 expected to leave by Monday. This is the first… Read more »
January 29, 2023
Nigeria: Two Truck Accidents in Nigeria Leave 20 Dead
Nigerian authorities say 20 people were killed over the weekend following two truck-related road accidents. Read more »
January 26, 2023
Nigeria: With New Deep Sea Port, Nigeria's Focus Turns to Better Road, Rail Connections
Nigerian authorities have hailed the launch of a deepwater seaport in Lagos they say will create 300,000 jobs and reduce shipping bottlenecks. While the new port is expected to… Read more »
January 25, 2023
Nigeria: Analysts Question Charges Against Central Bank Chief
Nigeria's secret police are investigating Central Bank Governor Godwin Emefiele for alleged financial crimes, financing terrorism, and graft. But the banker's supporters say the… Read more »
January 20, 2023
Nigeria: Attackers Kill and Behead Villagers Near IDP Camp in Benue State
Nigerian authorities say armed men on Thursday night attacked a village in north central Benue state, near an IDP camp, killing at least eight people, and beheading some of them. Read more »
January 22, 2023
Nigeria: Security Forces Search for Abducted Students
Nigerian authorities say search teams are going after armed men holding four students out of six kidnapped from their school Friday, one of many violent incidents reported in… Read more »
January 18, 2023
Nigeria: Authorities Investigate After Mob Burns Police Station to Protest Priest's Killing
Police in Nigeria's central Niger state say a mob angry at the killing of a Catholic priest torched a police station, other buildings, and cars, and threw stones at officers… Read more »
Cameroon: Cameroon Deploys Troops to Nigerian Border After Separatists, Herders Clash
Cameroon's government deployed at least 100 troops Wednesday to Gayama, a village on the border with Nigeria, after clashes between Cameroonian separatists and Nigerian herders… Read more »
January 11, 2023
Nigeria: Activists Welcome Release of Nine #EndSARS Protesters
Nigerian activists have welcomed the release of nine protesters who took part in 2020 demonstrations against police brutality. Read more »
January 10, 2023
Nigeria: Abducted Train Passengers Rescued, 24 Still Missing
Nigerian officials say security forces have rescued seven people who gunmen abducted from a train Saturday, in the first such attack in southern Edo State. Another 24 passengers… Read more »
January 09, 2023
Nigeria: Authorities in Southern Nigeria Search for Kidnapped Train Passengers
Nigerian security forces are searching for more than 30 train passengers who gunmen abducted over the weekend after attacking a train station in southern Edo state. Read more »
January 16, 2023
Nigeria: Nigeria Christian Group Condemns Gruesome Murder of Priest, Church Attack
The Christian Association of Nigeria has condemned the killing of a Catholic priest in central Niger state Sunday and suggested Christians might need to take up arms to defend… Read more »
December 27, 2022
Nigeria: Police Probe Officer Accused in Pregnant Lawyer Shooting
Nigerian police say they are investigating an officer who shot and killed an unarmed pregnant lawyer after she left a Christmas church service. A spokesman for the Lagos city… Read more »
December 22, 2022
Nigeria: Central Bank Raises Cash Withdrawal Limits After Public Outcry
The Central Bank of Nigeria has raised the maximum weekly limit for cash withdrawals after a public uproar over the caps it announced two weeks ago. The new limit is five times… Read more »
December 19, 2022
Nigeria: Chinese Nationals Get Medical Attention After Rescue From Captivity in Nigeria
Nigerian officials say seven Chinese nationals received medical attention Monday after being rescued from nearly six months in captivity. Nigerian military forces recovered the… Read more »
December 12, 2022
Nigeria: Attacks On Election Facilities Raise Concerns Ahead of February Polls
Police officials in southeast Nigeria say operatives killed three armed men on Monday when a gang attacked the office of the Independent National Electoral Commission, or INEC --… Read more »
December 09, 2022
Nigeria: Nigerian Rights Commission Set to Probe Alleged Secret, Forced Abortion Program By Military
Nigeria's human rights commission said Friday it will probe a report that the Nigerian military has secretly run an abortion program that terminated thousands of pregnancies among… Read more »
December 08, 2022
Nigeria: Nigerians Uneasy About Central Bank's Restrictions On Cash Withdrawals
Nigeria's Central Bank this week announced a new policy that restricts large amounts of cash from being withdrawn from bank accounts. The announcement comes two weeks after… Read more »
December 07, 2022
Nigeria: Police in Northwest Nigeria Probe Killing of 4 Officers, 2 Locals
Police in northwestern Nigeria have launched a manhunt for gunmen who killed six people, including four police officers, at a market near the border with Niger. Read more »
December 05, 2022
Nigeria: Nigerian Police Search for 13 Worshippers Abducted From Mosque
Nigerian police in northwest Katsina state say they have rescued four people abducted by gunmen from a mosque Saturday evening and are searching for at least 13 more still missing. Read more »
November 30, 2022
Chad: Nigerian President - Ukraine War Funneling Arms, Fighters Into Lake Chad Basin
Nigeria's President Muhammadu Buhari says the war between Russia and Ukraine is allowing arms and fighters to stream into the Lake Chad region, bolstering the strength of terrorist… Read more »
November 29, 2022
Nigeria: Funding Gaps, Patriarchy Hinder Family Planning in Nigeria
In 2020, Aisha Ali and her husband decided she would take a birth control injection after having nine children. Read more »
November 25, 2022
Nigeria: Gunmen Disguised As Nigerian Military Kill Three Policemen and Abduct Oil Executive
Police in Nigeria's oil rich Niger Delta say gunmen dressed in military uniforms killed three police escorts and abducted an oil executive. Read more »