Tag: Nigeria

Nigeria’s military has taken delivery of VT-4 main battle tanks, SH-5 self-propelled howitzers and other equipment from China in an effort to strengthen its...

Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari’s announcement imposing a 14-day lockdown on sub-Saharan Africa’s biggest city triggered a last-minute rush as people hurried to stock up...

The Nigerian Army is preparing to forcibly transfer the sick to hospital and enforce curbs on movement to shield the country from coronavirus and...

Seventy Nigerian soldiers died in an Islamist militant ambush in Borno state, military and security sources told Reuters. The attackers used rocket-propelled grenades and heavy...

The Nigerian Air Force (NAF) has returned another Alpha Jet to service after maintenance and an avionics upgrade. The NAF said the reactivated Alpha Jet...

Nigeria confirmed a second coronavirus case, the country’s health minister said on Twitter. The first case was an Italian man who flew to Lagos on...

The Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA) has taken delivery of two special mission vessels built in the Netherlands to fight piracy and...

An armed gang killed at least 50 people in attacks on villages in the northern Nigerian state Kaduna, the state governor said during a...

Islamist militant groups in Nigeria have begun targeting Christians in an attempt to provoke a religious war, the information minister said on Thursday. Islamist insurgents...

Police in south-eastern Nigeria raided a child trafficking facility holding at least 23 children and four pregnant teenagers, a police spokesman said. Officers arrested...