Tag: Nigeria
New alliances shakes up Nigerian political landscape
Two of Nigeria's most prominent opposition figures have announced they have switched parties in a dramatic political realignment ahead of…
Gunmen raid Nigerian orphanage and kidnap children
Eight children are still missing after gunmen raided an unregistered orphanage in Nigeria's north-central Kogi State and kidnapped 23, authorities…
Kenyan leader sparks uproar after mocking Nigerians’ spoken English
Kenyan President William Ruto has faced a social media backlash after publicly suggesting that Nigerian-accented English was incomprehensible and required…
Nigeria’s suspected coup plotters deny treason charges
Six people, including a retired major general and a serving police inspector, have pleaded not guilty to plotting a coup…
He wasn’t guilty but delays left this man jailed for five years without trial
Not listening to his mother cost 23-year-old Nigerian Rasheed Wasiu dearly – more than five years of his freedom for…
Arrests in Nigeria after abduction of local monarch ‘held for ransom’
Police in western Nigeria have arrested 42 suspected illegal miners as part of an investigation into the abduction of a…