Nigeria's authorities have officially declared the Lakurawa armed group - which flogs people for listening to music - a terrorist organisation and banned it across the country. Lakurawa is a new ...

African countries have had nine successful military coups since 2020. In west and central Africa, there have been at least 10 coup attempts in the same period. Those of Niger, Mali, Burkina Faso, ...

Following the recent spike in insecurity in Ondo State, the Commander of the Amotekun Western Nigeria Security Network, ...

Western oil companies are retreating from Nigeria A number of Western oil companies, including ExxonMobil, Eni, Equinor, and TotalEnergies — and now Shell — are retreating from Nigeria. They are ...

Nigeria is Africa’s big brother, not just in name as the giant of Africa, but i deed, as it has always played key roles in ...

The Nigeria Customs Service, Western Marine Command, said it intercepted 53 sacks of cannabis sativa weighing 1,958kg with a ...

Notably, Boko Haram designated as a Foreign Terrorist Organisation by the U.S. in 2013 has inflicted massive destruction in Nigeria, killing approximately 35,000 civilians since 2009, displacing ...

Lakurawa is a new militant group which carries out attacks, targeting local communities in north-western Nigeria and across the border with Niger. Nigerian officials say Lakurawa is affiliated ...

Western oil companies are retreating from Nigeria A number of Western oil companies, including ExxonMobil, Eni, Equinor, and TotalEnergies — and now Shell — are retreating from Nigeria.