Stampede at charity event in Nigeria leaves 31 people dead and seven injured
The programme, organised by Kings Assembly church in Rivers state, aimed to ‘offer hope’ to those in need A stampede at a church charity event...
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UK to announce more monkeypox cases as efforts ramp up to contain outbreak
Close contacts of those infected with rare disease offered vaccines and told to isolate for up to 21 days Public health officials are to announce...
Protests in Nigeria after arrests for ‘blasphemy’ killing of female student
Demonstrators demand release of two students held after murder of Christian woman in Sokoto Hundreds of people in Nigeria’s north-western city of Sokoto demonstrated on...
Female student in Nigeria beaten to death over ‘blasphemy’
Witnesses say police failed to disperse mob of fellow students in Sokoto who set victim on fire following WhatsApp comments A female student in Nigeria...
Nigerian gospel singer’s death puts divorce beliefs in spotlight
Osinachi Nwachukwu’s family and friends allege that she was a victim of domestic abuse On most Sunday mornings, the searing voice of Osinachi Nwachukwu, one...
More than 100 killed at Nigerian illegal oil refinery blast
Authorities say victims ‘burnt beyond recognition’ in explosion at bunkering site in Imo state More than 100 people were killed overnight in an explosion at...
IS affiliates claim bomb attack at bar in north-east Nigeria
Iswap says it was responsible for second blast in as many days that injured 11 in Jalingo, Taraba state Explosives planted at a bar in...
More than 160 passengers still missing from train attacked in Nigeria
Boko Haram and local bandits suspected to have bombed rail tracks in Kaduna as dozens remain unaccounted for More than 160 passengers who were on...
Nigerian humanist jailed for 24 years after pleading guilty to blasphemy
Mubarak Bala’s case seen as part of a clampdown on critics of religious orthodoxy in a deeply conservative region A prominent Nigerian humanist has been...
Many feared dead after gunmen attack passenger train in Nigeria
Suspected bandits open fire and detonate explosives on train travelling between Abuja and Kaduna Several people have been injured and more are feared dead or...
