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AFP – Dozens of people died in airstrikes in Nigeria’s northeastern Yobe state as military aircraft hunted Boko Haram jihadists, local residents and Amnesty International said on Sunday. The airstrikes occurred on Saturday, and the death tolls differed according to the sources. Amnesty International said on X there were “more …

News agency The war raging in Iran has impacted thee nergy markets across the world, including Nigeria, where daily lives and businesses are suffering due to a surge in the prices of oil. The energy crisis dominated Nigerian news media on Saturday. What effect is the Iran war having on oil …

Muhamad Yehia .. Cairo Nigeria is Africa’s most populous country and is home to around 30 million Catholics, roughly 14% of the country’s population. President Bola Tinubu, who is Muslim, said Pope Francis was “a steadfast advocate for the developing world.” “He challenged the powerful to act with justice, called …

At least six soldiers and 34 Islamic extremists died in a clash in Nigeria’s northeastern Borno state, the military said Wednesday. The rebels, riding on motorcycles and gun trucks, launched a surprise attack on the troops, who resisted and engaged them in a gun battle, Nigerian military spokesperson Edward Buba …

  Muhamad Yehia HELSINKI, Finland (AP) — Police in Finland said Thursday they had detained five suspects in connection with deadly violence in southeastern Nigeria and were seeking a court extension of the detentions. The police did not identify the suspects, only saying that a dual Finnish-Nigerian citizen, born in the 1980s, …

Muhamad Yehia DAMASAK, Nigeria (AP) — When Boko Haram launched an insurgency in northeastern Nigeria in 2010, Abdulhameed Salisu packed his bag and fled from his hometown of Damasak in the country’s battered Borno state. The 45-year-old father of seven came back with his family early last year. They are among thousands …

BENUE, Nigeria, Sept 20 (Reuters) – Nigerian farmer Enoch Fater has barely slept in the last few days after water levels started rising at his paddy rice farm and in a major river nearby, pointing to impending floods in Benue state, a major food producer in the central belt. Two …

Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken touched down on a remote African island chain before heading on to the Ivory Coast on Monday, kicking off a four-nation swing through the continent intended to show the Biden administration’s continued interest in Africa amid major conflicts in the Middle East and Europe. …

Nigerian farmers say they are expecting poor harvests this year after heavier than average rains pummeled crops and brought widespread floods. The flooding is affecting most of Nigeria’s states and other countries in the region killing hundreds. Celina Gowan has been farming her 5 hectares of land in Abuja for …