Home Office accused of ‘racist crackdown’ on Nigerians after denial of visit visa
Officials refused entry to man who runs top security firm in Nigeria and his family to spend holiday with his sister The Home Office has...
Category : Nigeria
Weather tracker: Nigeria hit by deadly flooding described as ‘worst in 60 years’
At least 150 people killed, thousands displaced and buildings destroyed after heavy rains in north of country Significant flooding affected Nigeria last week, with more...
At least 115 killed in floods in central Nigeria
Several people remain missing in state of Niger after torrential rains submerged town of Mokwa More than 100 people have died and several others remain...
Forty-two people killed in central Nigeria in attacks blamed on herders
Attacks in state of Benue latest wave of violence amid conflict between Fulani herders and Indigenous farmers Forty-two people have been killed in four communities...
Nigerians, Pakistanis and Sri Lankans face UK student visa crackdown
Applicants will be targeted by Home Office due to suspicions they are most likely to overstay and claim asylum UK politics live – latest updates...
Fears of Boko Haram comeback stir in Nigerian birthplace of Maiduguri
Threat from jihadists had widely been perceived to be extinguished, but recent clashes suggest otherwise On the road running from Maiduguri’s airport to the city,...
Lifesize herd of puppet animals begins climate action journey from Africa to Arctic Circle
The Herds project from the team behind Little Amal will travel 20,000km taking its message on environmental crisis across the world Hundreds of life-size animal...
‘The devil wants this pattern of mass death repeated’: Actors Guild of Nigeria calls for better regulation after two actors die
After two actors died in Owerri, Imo State, AGN head Emeka Rollas drew comparisons to events last year, when popular Nollywood actor Junior Pope drowned...
‘I love my country but nobody is safe’: the plight of Cameroon’s exiles, trapped in Nigeria
English-speaking minority refugees caught up in clashes between the military and separatists are stranded in neighbouring country Amid the sound of children excitedly practising a...
Niger’s junta withdraws from Lake Chad anti-Islamist force
Coalition of former allies Cameroon, Chad, Niger and Nigeria fought armed insurgents including Boko Haram Niger’s ruling junta has quit a regional force fighting armed...
