Nigeria records 3,598 cholera deaths in 2021

A total of 3,598 people in Nigeria died from a cholera outbreak in 2021, an official from the Federal Ministry of Water Resources said Thursday.

30 kidnapped students regain freedom after 6 months in NW Nigeria - China.org.cn

Thirty students and a teacher have regained freedom after being held for more than six months by gunmen who attacked their school in northwest Nigeria's Kebbi state and abducted them in June 2021, according to a state official on Sunday.

Nigeria motorbike gang attack: Death toll rises to 200 - BBC News

At least 200 people in Nigeria's north-western Zamfara state have been buried after a wave of vicious attacks by gangs of gunmen over several days.

Armed bandits kill at least 30 in Nigeria's Zamfara state - The Jerusalem Post

Armed bandits have killed at least 30 people in Nigeria's Zamfara State, raiding several villages in a region that has been in a security crisis for more than two years, residents and security sources said on Friday.

Bandits Kill Over 20 People In Northern Nigeria - Reports - UrduPoint

More than 20 people have been killed in an attack by bandits on villages in Nigeria's northern state of Kaduna, the Vanguard newspaper reported on Sunday, citing local law enforcement authorities.

Lassa fever kills 80 in Nigeria: official - China.org.cn

A total of 80 deaths have been reported across Nigeria following the spread of Lassa fever in the most populous African country so far this year, the Nigeria Center for Disease Control (NCDC) has said.

Death toll from boat accident in northern Nigeria rises to 42 - AA

The death toll from a boat accident in Nigeria’s Kano state climbed to 42 on Monday, according to a local security authority.

At least 10 killed in NW Nigeria village attacks - China.org.cn

At least 10 villagers were killed on Friday in separate attacks by gunmen on two villages in Nigeria's northwestern state of Kaduna, said the state government.

Over 800 inmates escape following gunmen attack in SW Nigeria - China.org.cn

More than 800 inmates escaped following an attack by unidentified gunmen on a custodial center in southwestern Nigeria's Oyo state, the country's correctional service confirmed on Saturday.

Death toll in gunmen attack in NW Nigeria rises to 43 - China.org.cn

The death toll from an attack by gunmen on a town in northwest Nigeria's Sokoto state has risen to 43 as more bodies have been discovered, a Nigerian official said on Monday.

Gunmen kill 20 people in northern Nigeria - AA

Twenty people were killed when suspected gunmen stormed a market Saturday in northern Nigeria, according to media reports.

240 inmates escape in gunmen attack on prison in central Nigeria: official - China.org.cn

The Nigerian government on Monday said a manhunt has been launched for at least 240 inmates who escaped after unidentified gunmen attacked a custodial center in central Nigeria's Kogi state on Sunday.

Gunmen seize over 70 high-school students in northwest Nigeria | Al Jazeera

Nigerian police say gunmen have abducted more than 70 students in the country’s northwest, in the latest in a series of school attacks targeting pupils.

18 Nigerian villagers killed by Islamist Militants - The Jerusalem post

Suspected Islamist militants killed 18 people when they attacked a village in northeast Nigeria on Wednesday, two local officials said.

Nigeria gunmen kidnap 'nurses and children' from hospital - BBC News

Gunmen in Nigeria have abducted at least eight people from a hospital in the northwest of the country, police say.

ISWAP Terror Group Says Nigeria’s Boko Haram Chief Has Died - Tasnim News Agency

 (Tasnim) – The Daesh West African Province (ISWAP) terrorist group said in an audio recording that Abubakar Shekau, leader of rival Nigerian militant group Boko Haram, was dead.

Gunmen kidnapped 136 from Islamic school in Nigeria

 

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Nigerian authorities refuse to pay ransom for kidnapped school children

 

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Dozens kidnapped from Islamic school in northern Nigeria | Al Jazeera

An armed gang abducted dozens of students from an Islamic school in the northcentral Nigerian state of Niger on Sunday, police and state government officials said.

Nigerian government declares 156 missing, 4 dead over boat mishap

The Nigerian government has declared 156 people missing in a boat mishap Wednesday in northwestern Kebbi state.