Nigeria announced that the country’s next presidential elections will be held next January, earlier than planned. Nigeria’s Electoral Commission announced that next presidential elections will take place next January, 16 moved forward from the original February date after criticism from Muslim leaders that it coincided with Ramadan. A weekly review of the latest news from […]

Some 100 U.S. soldiers are being deployed to Nigeria as part of increased military cooperation to fight insecurity in the West African country. Nigeria confirmed on February 16 through Samaila Uba, Nigeria’s Defense Headquarters spokesman, the arrival of one hundred United States military personnel at the Bauchi aerodrome in the country’s northwest. This deployment is […]

President Donald Trump says U.S. forces launched missile strikes on alleged ISIS camps in Nigeria, citing attacks on Christian communities and cooperation with Nigerian authorities.

Explosion hit Gamboru market area in Maiduguri as worshippers prepared for evening prayers. On Wednesday, Borno State Police Command spokesman Nahum Daso confirmed that five people were killed and 35 others were wounded when a bomb exploded in a suspected suicide attack on a mosque in Borno state, in northeastern Nigeria. RELATED: Nigeria Rescues 24 […]

Assailants opened fire during a Tuesday night service and abducted multiple congregants. On Wednesday, Nigerian police spokesperson Adetoun Ejire-Adeyemi confirmed that gunmen attacked a church in Eruku Town, in Kwara state, killing two people and kidnapping an undetermined number of worshippers. RELATED: Nigeria: Sovereignty, Resources, and the Geopolitics of Crisis The attackers stormed the Apostolic […]

Beyond the Religious Conflict Unpacking the Strategic Interests Behind Trump’s Military Threats Nigeria, routinely championed as Africa’s largest economy and most populous nation, sits atop a staggering fortune of natural resources, dominated by its immense reserves of crude oil and natural gas. This wealth, however, forms the core of a profound and tragic paradox. Instead […]

As U.S. and Western funding declines, aid agencies warn of a worsening hunger crisis in northern Nigeria, where millions rely on shrinking humanitarian assistance.

Nigerian President Bola Ahmed Tinubu said on Wednesday that the country is beginning to overcome the worst cost-of-living crisis in a generation and defended his government’s tough economic reforms as “fundamental” to reviving the weakened national economy, as the country celebrates 65 years of independence. RELATED: Nigeria Air Force Kills 35 Militants in Border Strikes […]

Nigeria’s Air Force confirmed it carried out precision airstrikes on Saturday that killed at least 35 Islamist fighters near the country’s border with Cameroon, following intelligence reports that the group was preparing an assault on ground troops. The strikes targeted four assembly points in the Kumshe area of Borno State, a region long plagued by […]

Gift Usen has spent 25 years with one fully formed hand. Now she’s waiting for a device that could change that: a locally built, humanoid bionic arm. “I grew up to see myself with one and a half hands,” said Usen, a cosmetologist from Akwa Ibom. “Most times I feel discouraged, but I had to […]