44 Jailed In Nigeria For Funding Boko Haram

Forty-four people in Nigeria have been sentenced to 10 to 30 years in prison with hard labour for funding Boko Haram. The trials took place at a military base in Kanji, Niger State, using special courts set up for terrorism cases. Ten other suspects will face trial later, according to the country’s counter-terrorism agency. Since [...]

22 Illegal Miners Arrested After Violent Clash In Minna, Niger Sate, Nigeria

On July 10, 2025, a bloody confrontation erupted in the M.I. Wushishi Estate neighborhood of Minna, Niger State, among illegal miners. Some individuals were said to have been hurt before the police could respond. Maitumbi Division officers came swiftly and took away 22 suspects, some of whom were female, while others escaped. The neighborhood is [...]

Attacks Target Nigeria’s Christians

In Nigeria’s Benue State, about 200 Christians were killed in a violent attack by Islamist Fulani militants. The attackers shouted “Allahu Akbar,” burned homes, and used guns and machetes to harm people. Many victims were sheltering in a Catholic mission. The pope and the U.S. State Department condemned the attack, calling it part of ongoing [...]

Deadly Suicide Bombing Sparks Fears Of Boko Haram Resurgence

On the night of June 21, 2025, a woman set off a bomb in a crowded fish market in Konduga, near Maiduguri in Nigeria, killing at least 12 people. This is the first suicide bombing in the region in 2025, after a drop in such attacks in recent years. Boko Haram, an Islamist group, has [...]

Massacre In Benue State

Around 200 people were killed in the Yelewata farming community in Benue State, Nigeria, after gunmen attacked recently. Most victims, including families and children, died when their homes were set on fire while they slept. Human Rights groups condemned the violence and urged the government to stop the killings and bring the attackers to justice. [...]

Deadly Floods Devastate Central Nigeria

More than 100 individuals lost their lives while numerous others are still missing following torrential rains that caused the River Niger to overflow in central Nigeria's Niger state. People were swept away, and more than 3,000 houses were submerged. Rescue operations are still underway, with the government issuing an alert that the number of fatalities [...]

Deadly Clashes In Benue Leave Over 30 Dead

More than 30 were murdered during recent attacks on three villages in Benue State in central Nigeria over the weekend, local official Ormin Torsar Victor said. The most lethal was in Aondana, where 20 were said to have been killed, including children. Killed were a father and his two sons in Tewa Biana, close to [...]

Violence Escalates In Nigeria’s Middle Belt

At least 56 people were killed in central Nigeria’s Benue state in recent attacks blamed on suspected herdsmen, revising an earlier death toll of 17. The violence occurred in Ukum and Logo areas amid ongoing farmer-herder clashes over land, worsened by ethnic and religious tensions between Muslim Fulani herders and Christian farmers. Similar deadly attacks [...]

Crisis Deepens In Plateau State

In Nigeria’s Plateau state, 52 people were killed in a deadly attack on the villages of Zike and Kimakpa, adding to over 100 deaths in under two weeks due to ongoing intercommunal violence. The attack, carried out by around 100 armed men using guns and machetes, left dozens injured and houses burned. Victims included children, [...]

Clashes Between Northern And Southern Nigerians Escalate After Deadly Attack

Clashes between northern and southern Nigerians have been fueled by longstanding tensions over land, water access, and grazing rights, particularly between northern herders and southern farmers. These tensions have escalated in recent years, contributing to violent incidents across the country. A recent attack in southern Nigeria intensified these divisions, where a group of northern hunters, [...]

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