Recent News Headlines : Abdu - Nigeria

ARE YOUNG NIGERIANS WORKING HARD ENOUGH?


President Buhari has sparked a social media backlash by saying young Nigerians want to 'do nothing'... READ MORE

29th April, 2018 230

HERE ARE THE WINNERS OF 2018 WORLD PRESS PHOTOS CONTEST


In pictures Here are the winners of 2018 World Press Photos contest... READ MORE

28th April, 2018 37

CAN NIGERIA'S NEW TIN MINE HEAL ANCIENT WOUNDS?


He lives in Barkin Ladi, Plateau state, where in 2011 a brutal conflict flared between his people and their neighbours... READ MORE

25th April, 2018 196

#JULIUSMALEMACHALLENGE LIGHTS UP TWITTER, PEOPLE AWAITING A SIGNAL


For the umpteenth time, APCNigeria is not the official Twitter handle of the All Progressives Congress APC ... READ MORE

21st April, 2018 25

MASKS AND TEARS IN AFRICA'S TOP SHOTS


Image copyright AFP Image caption Supermodel Naomi Campbell walked arm-in-arm with members of the Mandela family... READ MORE

21st April, 2018 54

U.S. ARMY TRAINERS TRY TO BUILD WEST AFRICA DEFENSES AGAINST JIHAD


Nigerien special forces troops debrief with their Canadian trainers after drills at the Flintlock exercises in Ouallam, Niger April 18, 2018... READ MORE

21st April, 2018 59

INTRUDERS THOUGHT STEALING A GIANT GOLD MACE WOULD DISRUPT NIGERIA'S PARLIAMENT. IT DIDN'T WORK.


A group of intruders stormed into Nigeria's senate on Wednesday, leaving lawmakers stunned after they absconded with their apparent prize a ceremonial mace... READ MORE

19th April, 2018 103

WHO REALLY BENEFITS FROM NIGERIA'S 'PROSPERITY GOSPEL'?


Some critics have linked preachers' insistence that followers must give a tithe with the immense wealth of many Nigerian pastors... READ MORE

19th April, 2018 1059

AFRICA TODAY: BLACK PANTHER ACTOR EMBARRASSED BY NUDE VIDEO


Opposition leader Raila Odinga boycotted the repeat election, which saw President Uhuru Kenyatta being elected for a second term... READ MORE

17th April, 2018 389

NIGERIA'S BUHARI TO MEET TRUMP ON APRIL 30


Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari is to meet U.S. President Donald Trump at the White House on April 30, the White House said on Sunday... READ MORE

16th April, 2018 13

TRUMP TO HOST NIGERIAN PRESIDENT APRIL 30 TO DISCUSS WAR ON TERROR, ECONOMIC GROWTH


Trump to host Nigerian president April 30 to discuss war on terror, economic growth White House... READ MORE

16th April, 2018 3

[PHOTOS] NIGERIA'S BUHARI MEETS ARCHBISHOP OF CANTERBURY IN LONDON


Nigeria president Muhammadu Buhari on Wednesday met with the head of the global Anglican Church, Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby in London... READ MORE

15th April, 2018 5

MANY CHIBOK GIRLS DEAD, CLAIMS JOURNALIST


The Nigerian government insists it is still in discussions to release the missing 112 schoolgirls... READ MORE

15th April, 2018 582

NINE ARRESTED AFTER FATAL NIGERIA BANK ROBBERY, ATTACK


Nine people have been arrested after 15 people were killed when armed men attacked two banks and a police station in central Nigeria, police said on Friday... READ MORE

14th April, 2018 89

FROM SALUTES TO THE SPLITS IN AFRICA'S TOP SHOTS


Image copyright Getty Images Image caption South Africa's Grace Legote contorts during the rhythmic gymnastics individual all-around final at the Games on Thursday... READ MORE

13th April, 2018 98

U.N. CHILD AGENCY'S REPORT SAYS BOKO HARAM HAS ABDUCTED MORE THAN 1,000 CHILDREN IN NORTHEAST NIGERIA SINCE 2013


Islamist fighters from Nigeria's Boko Haram group have abducted more than 1,000 children in the northeast since 2013, the United Nations children's agency... READ MORE

13th April, 2018 0

SKEPTA HAS BEEN MADE A CHIEF IN NIGERIA


Skepta has been made a chief in his parents' home state of Ogun in Nigeria... READ MORE

5th April, 2018 73

BOKO HARAM TOLD US 'DON'T GO BACK TO SCHOOL'


Aisha Kachalla, 15, was one of the Nigerian schoolgirls released last week after four weeks in Boko Haram captivity... READ MORE

2nd April, 2018 399

ISLAMIC STATE AND THE KIDNAP OF NIGERIAN SCHOOLGIRLS


The recent kidnapping of 110 schoolgirls from Nigeria shows that Boko Haram is still a dangerous force in Nigeria... READ MORE

29th March, 2018 64

ON BOARD WITH THE CANADIAN NAVY OFF THE COAST OF NIGERIA


In the separate training exercise with the Nigerians, HMCS Kingston played a suspect vessel operating illegally in Nigerian waters... READ MORE

28th March, 2018 559

FORTY-FOUR COUNTRIES SIGN HISTORIC AFRICAN UNION FREE TRADE AGREEMENT


Nigeria fully recognizes appreciates the efforts of the African Union Commission so far, regarding the implementation of a sustainable Continental Free Trade Agreement CFTA for Africa... READ MORE

27th March, 2018 6981

BOKO HARAM KEPT ONE DAPCHI GIRL WHO REFUSED TO DENY HER CHRISTIANITY


Leah Sharibu refused to accept Islam, resisting the entreaties of her classmates to pretend to do so, her parents learned from snatched conversation with her friends... READ MORE

24th March, 2018 349

FIGHT TO FREE FINAL NIGERIA KIDNAP GIRL


26 February Nigerian army denies claims by Yobe State Governor that soldiers were removed from Dapchi before the girls' abduction... READ MORE

22nd March, 2018 174

AFRICA'S FARMER PRESIDENTS - NAMIBIA'S GEINGOB JOINS BUHARI AND MUSEVENI


Photos Africa's farmer presidents - Namibia's Geingob joins Buhari and Museveni... READ MORE

22nd March, 2018 60

BOKO HARAM REND A LEURS PARENTS UNE CENTAINE D'ECOLIERES ENLEVEES EN FEVRIER


Les autorites nigerianes ont recense 101 enfants, des filles en immense majorite, ramenes par des membres de Boko Haram... READ MORE

21st March, 2018 0

AFRICAN LEADERS SIGN CONTINENTAL FREE-TRADE AGREEMENT


African Continental Free Trade Area set up in hope of boosting regional business ties... READ MORE

21st March, 2018 6521

BOKO HARAM RETURNS SCORES OF ABDUCTED NIGERIAN SCHOOLGIRLS


Boko Haram Islamists who kidnapped 110 schoolgirls in Dapchi, northeast Nigeria, just over a month ago have returned 76 of the students to the town, the go... READ MORE

21st March, 2018 0

BOKO HARAM RETURNS 104 OF 110 KIDNAPPED SCHOOLGIRLS, NIGERIA SAYS


Boko Haram returns 104 of 110 kidnapped schoolgirls, Nigeria says... READ MORE

21st March, 2018 3250

JUBILATION, BUT AN OMINOUS WARNING FROM BOKO HARAM


Boko Haram extremists returned almost all of the 110 girls abducted from their Nigeria boarding school a month ago with an ominous warning, witnesses said Wednesday... READ MORE

21st March, 2018 61

BOKO HARAM RELEASES GROUP OF ABDUCTED NIGERIA SCHOOLGIRLS


The schoolgirls were abducted after fighters stormed the Government Science and Technical College in Dapchi, in the northeastern state of Yobe, on February 19... READ MORE

21st March, 2018 918

Trending News Headlines : Abdu

ENDLESS RAPE AS WAR REFUGE TURNS TO TERROR


They Fled Boko Haram, Only to Be Raped by Nigerias Security Forces... READ MORE

8th December, 2017 7064

SUICIDE BOMBER KILLS WORSHIPPERS AT MOSQUE IN MUBI


Police said a teenage bomber targeted the mosque in the town of Mubi, Adamawa state, as people arrived for morning prayers on Tuesday... READ MORE

21st November, 2017 5412

RED CROSS ADMITS EBOLA CASH LOST TO FRAUD


An investigation by Red Cross auditors has revealed that in Liberia 2.7m disappeared in fraudulently overpriced supplies, or in salaries for non-existent aid workers... READ MORE

3rd November, 2017 5035

A FARMER ARRIVED AT WSU WITH $6,000 TO HIS NAME. NOW HE'S WON $100,000 TO HELP FEED THE WORLD.


Six years ago, Adewale moved to Pullman with 6,000 in his pocket -- money he'd earned from the vegetable harvest at his farm in southwest Nigeria... READ MORE

31st October, 2017 4537

NIGERIA STEPS UP SEARCH AFTER GIRL KIDNAPS


Nigeria has deployed extra troops and planes to search for 110 schoolgirls believed to have been abducted by Boko Haram militants last week... READ MORE

26th February, 2018 2537

CAN AFRICA LEARN ANY LESSONS FROM CATALONIA?


The crisis in Spain's Catalonia region is being closely watched in Nigeria and Cameroon, where secessionist movements have been stepping up campaigns for independence... READ MORE

17th October, 2017 1949

NEW BOKO HARAM VIDEO PURPORTS TO SHOW CHIBOK GIRLS


Boko Haram has put out a video that it says shows some of the girls kidnapped from a town in northeastern Nigeria nearly four years ago... READ MORE

15th January, 2018 1786

THE BBC IN PIDGIN PEOPLE LIKE IT WELL-WELL


In Nigeria, the largest former British colony in West Africa, Pidgin thrived as more and more people interacted with the colonizers... READ MORE

30th December, 2017 1727

110 NIGERIAN SCHOOLGIRLS STILL MISSING AFTER ATTACK


After a suspected Boko Haram attack, Nigerian minister says 110 schoolgirls remain missing, according to state media... READ MORE

25th February, 2018 1681

16 NIGERIAN WOMEN ARE SAFE AFTER VOODOO DEATH THREATS AND FORCED PROSTITUTION, POLICE SAY


The women reflect a recent wave of Nigerians who have headed to Europe from Benin City, where poverty and traditional witchcraft suffocate opportunity... READ MORE

2nd February, 2018 1680

BEYOND BOKO HARAMS REACH, LOVE AND FEMINISM FLOURISH


MAIDUGURI, Nigeria -- Boko Haram kidnaps young women and girls, turns them into sex slaves and passes them around to its fighters like prizes... READ MORE

16th December, 2017 1561

CONFUSION OVER MISSING NIGERIAN GIRLS, PARENTS DEMAND ANSWERS


The Yobe state government issued a statement on Thursday that the girls were rescued but retracted it within 24 hours saying the information was not credible ... READ MORE

23rd February, 2018 1497

NIGERIA FUEL CRISIS SPAWNS THRIVING BLACK MARKET


I've been on queue since last night, motorist Abednego Abna told Al Jazeera, outside a petrol station in Abuja... READ MORE

29th December, 2017 1482

CAMEROON SEPARATIST LEADER TAKEN INTO CUSTODY IN NIGERIA


Cameroon separatist leader taken into custody in Nigeria sources... READ MORE

7th January, 2018 1453

DOZENS OF NIGERIAN GIRLS FEARED ABDUCTED BY BOKO HARAM


More than 110 schoolgirls are missing a day after suspected Boko Haram fighters attacked their school, police say... READ MORE

21st February, 2018 1403

DOUBLE SUICIDE ATTACK KILLS 15 PEOPLE IN NIGERIA


Suspected Boko Haram assault targets aid distribution point in Mashalari village in Nigeria's northeastern Konduga area... READ MORE

18th September, 2017 1367

NIGERIAN GOVERNMENT RELEASES NAMES OF 110 GIRLS KIDNAPPED BY BOKO HARAM


CNN''s Nima Elbagirl reports, descriptionText Boko Haram militants have handed over 21 missing Chibok school girls to the Nigerian government... READ MORE

28th February, 2018 1358

NIGERIAN COURT RELEASES 475 BOKO HARAM SUSPECTS


Nearly 500 Boko Haram suspects have been released by a Nigerian court citing a lack of evidence, with some detainees held for years without charge... READ MORE

18th February, 2018 1351

'THAT I AM ALIVE TODAY IS A MIRACLE'


ABUJA, Nigeria -- Amina Ali Nkeki was calm as she recalled her two years of torment while held captive by Boko Haram terrorists... READ MORE

23rd December, 2017 1311

'I SHARE MY HOME WITH 28 REFUGEES'


Emergency officials in Nigeria say more than 40,000 refugees have poured over the border from Cameroon since last October... READ MORE

9th February, 2018 1292

DEATHS AS SUICIDE BOMB ATTACKS HIT MARKET IN BIU


However, local officials believe the attacks had the signature of Boko Haram, he added... READ MORE

2nd December, 2017 1285

FOUR SUICIDE BOMBERS KILL 18 IN MAIDUGURI


The first explosion on Wednesday evening took place at a prayer ground in the Muna Gari suburb of the regional capital, Maiduguri... READ MORE

16th November, 2017 1282

THE NIGERIAN WHO COMPOSED HYMNS FROM A LEPER COLONY


Ikoli Harcourt Whyte had lessons to teach Nigeria, Mr Achinivu said... READ MORE

26th November, 2017 1274

NIGERIA MOSQUE TARGETED IN DEADLY SUICIDE BOMBING


Boko Haram's recent attacks in the state had taken place farther to the north... READ MORE

22nd November, 2017 1253

RUSSIA TO BUILD NUCLEAR PLANTS IN NIGERIA


Russia has signed a deal to build two nuclear power plants in Nigeria, as Africa's largest economy seeks to end its energy crisis... READ MORE

1st November, 2017 1245

NIGERIA'S GROWING TASTE FOR HAUTE CUISINE


This night market serves popular traditional Nigerian dishes in a relaxed and informal environment... READ MORE

1st November, 2017 1167

AMNESTY: SHELL INVOLVED IN NIGERIA ABUSES IN 1990S


Amnesty International has obtained internal documents pointing to complicity by Royal Dutch Shell in crimes committed by the Nigerian military during the 1990s... READ MORE

28th November, 2017 1031

'I DIDN'T WANT MY MUM TO KNOW'


When police raided a gay nightspot in the back blocks of Lagos, the lives of 40 men and boys, some as young as 13, changed forever... READ MORE

24th October, 2017 1023

AFRICAN AND EUROPEAN LEADERS WANT TO EVACUATE THOUSANDS MIRED IN LIBYAN SLAVE TRADE


Before Gaddafi's fall, Libya drew West African migrants who intended to stay there and work in its lucrative oil and agricultural industries... READ MORE

30th November, 2017 999

MSF SUSPENDS MEDICAL WORK IN NIGERIA'S RANN AFTER DEADLY ATTACK


At least three aid workers were killed when suspected Boko Haram fighters attacked an army base in the northeastern town... READ MORE

3rd March, 2018 979


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