MMA: Nigerian Kamaru Usman defeats Gilbert Burns and remains invincible at UFC
UFC Middleweight Champion Kamaru Usman won his 13th victory in as many fights on Saturday, February 13 at UFC 258 in Las Vegas. The “Nigerian […]
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Nigeria: Gang leader who kidnapped more than 300 school children gives up his arms
On December 11, 344 Nigerian schoolchildren were captured in the northwestern part of the country. A mass abduction that had been claimed by the chief […]
Morocco, Nigeria renew commitment to strategic projects
Morocco’s King Mohammed VI and Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari stressed determination to achieve, as soon as possible, the gas pipeline between the two countries and […]
Nigerian president replaces key army chiefs
On Tuesday, January 26, Nigeria was the scene of a spectacular sweep through the ranks of the army. The Head of State, President Buhari, decided […]
Nigeria wants to produce vaccines locally against Covid-19
Africa’s most populous country is not among the countries hardest hit by the coronavirus, but it fears an acceleration of contamination. As in almost all […]
Talon met Buhari in Abuja to discuss borders issues
The Beninese Head of State Patrice Talon went to Abuja on Tuesday 19 January to meet his counterpart Muhammadu Buhari. The two countries are neighbors, […]
Nigeria: Release of high school students kidnapped in Kankara
High school students captured last weekend at their boarding school in Kankara, north-western Nigeria, were released on the evening of Thursday 17 December. This mass […]
Nigeria: Boko Haram claims abduction of 330 high school students in Kankara
During the night of Friday to Saturday, several hundred high school students were kidnapped from their boarding school in Kankara by a hundred armed men […]
The US blacklisted Nigeria for being “of particular concern” in terms of religious freedom
The United States on Monday (December 7) added Nigeria to its blacklist of countries “of particular concern” in terms of religious freedom, considered “the first […]
Ghana: Voices rose worldwide to salute the memory of former president John Jerry Rawlings
“A monument has gone out, it is an immense loss for Ghana,” President Nana Akufo-Addo said in a statement Thursday, November 12. At the age […]