Nigeria, March 19 -- A Sokoto-based Islamic cleric, Musa Lukuwa, held Eid al-Fitr prayers on Thursday, diverging from the official date announced by the Sultan of Sokoto, Sa'ad Abubakar, who had fixed... Read More
Nigeria, March 17 -- At least 15 people have been killed after suspected bandits launched a reprisal attack on communities in Jibia Local Government Area of Katsina State on Tuesday, in what appears t... Read More
Nigeria, March 12 -- Minutes before residents of Jikamshi village gathered to break their Ramadan fast on Tuesday evening, a man who had just returned home from Lagos sat quietly at the entrance of th... Read More
Nigeria, March 11 -- Bandits attacked Jikamshi village in Musawa Local Government Area of Katsina State on Tuesday evening. The attack began shortly before the villagers broke their Ramadan fast and ... Read More
Nigeria, March 11 -- Fear spread across several communities in Katsina State last Friday after a violent clash between rival bandit groups forced residents in more than 10 villages to suspend the week... Read More
Nigeria, March 9 -- One person was killed, and two others were seriously injured in two auto accidents that occurred hours apart on Sunday on the Dayi-Malumfashi road in Katsina State. When a PREMIUM... Read More
Nigeria, March 8 -- Shortly after Muslims broke their fast last Wednesday in Ngoshe, a rural community in the Gwoza Local Government Area of Borno State, gunfire shattered the quiet evening. Within h... Read More
Nigeria, Feb. 27 -- Governor Ahmadu Fintiri of Adamawa State on Friday defected from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to the All Progressives Congress (APC), in a move that significantly reshapes th... Read More
Nigeria, Feb. 27 -- At least 25 people were killed on Tuesday in coordinated attacks across Adamawa State, including 21 in a market, in what security officials describe as one of the deadliest inciden... Read More
Nigeria, Feb. 21 -- More than 50 people were killed in the attacks carried out by bandits between Thursday and Friday night in Anka and Bukuyum local government areas of Zamfara State, a state lawmake... Read More