By Douglas Burton Roadside bombs, jihadists’ asymmetric game-changer in the northeast of the country, now threaten Nigerian roads and rails across the northern states, security officials…
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By The Associated Press ABUJA, Nigeria—Gunmen attacked a train near Nigeria’s capital on Monday night with explosives and gunfire, killing an unspecified number of the nearly 1,000…
by Beloved John BIRNIN KEBBI, Nigeria—Press freedom in Nigeria is under growing attack, according to media watchdogs and reporters interviewed by The Epoch Times. That’s…
by Patty McMurray When Barack Obama was President, and Joe Biden was his Vice President, ISIS traveled around Syria and Iraq, torturing, killing, and sexually…
By Louise Boyle Nigerian government regulators are investigating how much oil was on the vessel and who it belongs to A massive blaze has…
By Lawrence Zongo Luka Binniyat, whose reporting of massacres in Kaduna State provoked the ire of authorities, has been released on bail after enduring nearly…
By Masara Kim and Lawrence Zongo The scene of the attack was familiar to traumatized villagers of Ancha in Bassa County of Nigeria’s Plateau State on the cold evening…
By Mimi Nguyen Ly Nigeria is set to lift a ban on Twitter starting Jan. 13, after the social media giant agreed to certain conditions to resume operations.…
By Lawrence Zongo Residents of an embattled town in Nigeria are bracing for another mass attack by radicalized militia who have threatened to kill the entire population.…
by JOHN HAYWARD Secretary of State Antony Blinken touted the Biden administration’s eagerness to invest in Africa during a weekend trip to the continent, obliquely…
By Andrea Michelson A US resident got Monkeypox after returning from Nigeria to Maryland. A similar but separate case was reported in Dallas in July. Monkeypox…
By Douglas Burton Experts say statute used to silence free speech in Nigeria; reporter says he fears his life is in danger Embattled Epoch Times reporter…
By Epoch Times Staff KADUNA, Nigeria—Authorities have yet to identify suspects or make arrests after a complete congregation of Baptists worshipers was kidnapped the morning of Oct.…
by GABRIELLE REYES Nearly 400 escaped prisoners remain at large in Nigeria on Monday after unidentified gunmen stormed the Abolongo Prison in southwestern Nigeria’s Oyo state on Friday, killing…
By France24 Nigeria’s top general said on Thursday that Abu Musab al-Barnawi, leader of the insurgent group Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP), was dead.…
By GABRIELLE REYES A woman abducted as a schoolgirl in northeastern Nigeria’s Borno State by the terror group Boko Haram in 2014 turned herself over…
by FOX 4 Staff DALLAS – A Dallas resident has tested positive for Monkeypox after traveling from Nigeria. Dallas County Health and Human Services (DCHHS) reports the person who tested positive…
By JOHN HAYWARD The Premium Times of Nigeria reported Friday that the Nigerian government has decided not to borrow any more money from China for railroad construction, apparently…