Nigeria

The International Monetary Fund maintained its growth forecast of 3.3% for Nigeria’s economy for 2024, up from 2.9% last year, citing a pick-up in services and trade sectors. It added…

More than 100 people were kidnapped by gunmen during raids on three villages in northwest Nigeria, a district head and residents said on Saturday, the latest abduction of villagers in…

Nigeria’s Senate proposed significantly toughening penalties for drug trafficking, making the death penalty the new maximum sentence through a law amendment. The amendment, which is not yet law, replaces life…

Armed groups have killed at least 160 people in central Nigeria in a series of attacks on villages, local government officials said on Monday. The toll marked a sharp rise…

Around 40 individuals lost their lives in two separate attack in Yobe state of Nigeria. Suspected Boko Haram militants shot at villagers and triggered a land mine in the first…