Nigeria
Connections
Around the web
-
NIGERIA: German kidnapped in Nigeria killed by abductors
AFP - A German kidnapped in Nigeria in January, purportedly by Al Qaeda's north African branch, was killed by his captors Thursday during a military raid in the northern city of Kano, security sources said. "The German abducted in January has been killed from France 24 Read more »
-
Rival Nigerian Communities Learn to Save Lives Together
JOS, NIGERIA - In what is known as Nigeria’s “Middle Belt,” sectarian clashes have killed thousands of people in the past eleven years. In an effort to prepare communities for outbreaks of violence, the International Committee of the Red Cross and the Ni from Voice of America Read more »
-
NIGERIA-GUINEA BISSAU: Nigeria to deploy troops to Guinea Bissau within days
AFP - Nigeria, west Africa's regional powerhouse, will deploy troops to Guinea-Bissau this week, Defence Minister Bello Haliru Mohammed said Monday at a meeting of regional defence chiefs. Nigeria remains "committed" to its pledges to deploy troops to Gu from France 24 Read more »
-
Rashidi Yekini, 49, Is Dead–Reports
New York [RR] ABUJA–NIGERIA’S goal king and one-time African Footballer Of The Year, Rashidi Yekini, is dead. He was aged 49. He died yesterday in a private hospital in Ibadan. His remains will be buried today at Ira, Kwara State. It was a bombardment of from Republic Report Read more »
-
At least 34 killed by gunmen after failed northeast Nigeria market robbery
POTISKUM, NIGERIA — Robbers angered by a crowd burning one of their colleagues alive attacked a cattle market in northeast Nigeria, killing at least 34 people in the latest violence fanning across the bloodied region, witnesses and an official said Thurs from Guelph Mercury Read more »
