Niamey: – The special unit busted a coup attempted by a group from the military against the newly elected Niger President Mohamed Bazoum. The rebel soldiers fired on the Presidential residence. No casualties were reported in the firing and the rebel soldiers have been detained. Bazoum, who scored a victory over Mahamadou Issoufou in the Presidential […]
Niamey: 60 people were killed in a terror attack carried out by the terrorist organisation IS in Niger. The attack was carried out in the Tahoua province on the Niger-Mali border. This is the second major attack in the Niger-Mali border region in the last 7 days. Before this, 58 people had been killed in […]
Abuja: More than 50 people were killed in the attacks carried out by armed gangs in the Kaduna province of Nigeria. Locals informed that people coming out of places of worship were targeted in these attacks, carried out in more than four villages. It is said that these attacks were carried out to avenge the […]
Abuja: 20 soldiers were killed in the attack launched by the terrorist organisation IS in Nigeria from the African continent. It has been reported that more than 1,000 citizens left the Borno Province following the attack. This is the second major attack launched by the IS in one week. Earlier, IS had perpetrated the killing […]
Abuja: 65 people have been killed in the attacks carried out by the terrorist organisation Boko Haram in Nigeria.10 people were injured in the attacks, and the number of deaths is likely to increase. The local sources informed that villagers returning from a funeral and a group opposing the terrorists were targeted. Media claimed that […]
Abuja: It is being indicated that the terrorist organisation IS is becoming stronger in Africa. Two major terrorist attacks have been carried out, in the last five days, in Nigeria, one of the leading economies in Africa, killing a minimum of 50 people. It is suspected that the terrorist organisation IS has a hand in […]
Niamey/Abuja: Nearly 20,000 Nigerian citizens have taken refuge in the neighbouring Niger, given the ethnic conflicts and attacks caused due to vigilantism. The displacement of this magnitude in just one and a half months has raised serious questions on the Nigerian security agencies and systems, once again. The state government in Nigeria was already in […]
Abuja: Northeast Nigeria is currently witnessing a major outbreak of Cholera and the virus has reportedly infected more than 10,000 people. The virus has claimed 175 lives already while the actual numbers are feared may be much higher than the ones reported. Nigeria is the third country hit by the Cholera outbreak, and 50 people […]
Abuja: 86 persons have been killed in attacks on Christians in Nigeria. Concerns are being expressed that the number of the dead could rise. The deaths have occurred in the attacks by the Islamic Fulani community, and the houses of the Christian community also had been set afire. ‘There is Christian genocide occurring in Nigeria […]
Kano: More than 60 people were killed in suicide blasts carried out by two terrorists near a church in the Mubi town in Nigeria. The security agencies have claimed the hand of the Boko Haram, a terrorist organisation affiliated to IS, in these blasts. The attacks were carried out when the Nigerian President, Muhammadu Buhari […]