* At least 3 killed in Nigeria at protests over high cost of living Police shoot 2 protesters, one hit by car -witnesses * Nigerians grappling with inflation, insecurity * Protesters demand subsidized fuel, free education * Demonstrations inspired by Kenya's youth-led protests By Ope Adetayo and Bosan Yakusak ABUJA/KADUNA, - At least three protesters were killed in Nigeria's Kaduna …
KADUNA, Nigeria — His weak body stood in the doorway, exhausted and covered in dirt. For two years, the boy had been among Nigeria’s ghosts, one of at least 1,500 schoolchildren and others seized by armed groups and held for ransom. But paying a ransom didn’t work for 12-year-old Treasure, the only captive held back from the more than 100 …
The story so far: Battling its worst economic crisis in years, Nigeria is also facing serious security challenges amid a resurgence of kidnappings in its troubled northern region. The recent surge in abductions after a brief period of relative calm has refocused international attention on the country’s rapidly deteriorating security situation, bringing back to mind the 2014 abductions when Boko …
The military of Nigeria, fighting Islamist insurgents in the northeast for a long time with support from the US, UK, and other non-Western allies, has also been carrying out deadly airstrikes in other regions of the nation In what is believed to be the latest military attack on civilians, a military drone attack in northern Kaduna over the weekend claimed …
Nigerian security forces stepped up efforts on Saturday to rescue dozens of students who were abducted from their hostels in northwestern Kaduna state in the latest attack on schools, police and officials said. Gunmen stormed the Federal College of Forestry Mechanisation in Mando at the outskirts of the state capital, Kaduna city, late Thursday and took 39 students away while …
“From Rigasa, the next station is Kakau, then Dutse, then Rijana,” announces Ade, a train conductor with the Nigerian Railway Corporation. “If you bought a ticket for Abuja then why are you dropping here?” We explain that we need to stop at the substations between Kaduna and Abuja and ask to buy a ticket from Rijana to the next station …