Nigeria jailbreak raises more questions over insecurity
Nigerian authorities on Monday admitted shortcomings in security at a jail in the nation’s capital after an attack that resulted in the escape of hundreds of inmates last week. The…
Nigeria’s troubled northwest battles child malnutrition
Four years ago gunmen attacked Halima Musa’s village in northwestern Nigeria, killing her husband and the oldest of their seven children. The family fled to the safety of a camp…
This is how Nigerians are fighting an epidemic with highest number of child pneumonia deaths in the world
Nigeria has the highest number of child pneumonia deaths worldwide, with as many as 443 succumbing to the infection per day. That’s equivalent to 18 deaths every hour. The situation…
Nigerian politician and wife who ‘plotted to harvest man’s kidney for their daughter’ to face trial
A Nigerian politician and his wife accused of plotting to harvest a man’s kidney for their daughter are set to face trial at the Old Bailey. Ike Ekweremadu, 60, a…
Inflation pushed 71M people into poverty since Ukraine war
A staggering 71 million more people around the world are experiencing poverty as a result of soaring food and energy prices that climbed in the weeks following Russia‘s invasion of…
Six hundred inmates flee high-security prison in Nigeria after ‘Boko Haram jailbreak attack’
At least 600 inmates have escaped a maximum-security prison in Nigeria’s capital Abuja, authorities said, claiming that extremist rebel group Boko Haram were responsible for the mass jailbreak. A guard…
Jihadis attack jail in Nigeria’s capital, 600 inmates escape
At least 600 inmates escaped in a jailbreak in Nigeria‘s capital city, officials said Wednesday, blaming the attack on Islamic extremist rebels. About 300 have been recaptured, authorities said. The…
Home Secretary ‘to create league table of nations’ for deportation deals
Priti Patel will reportedly create a so-called “league table” of nations based on their level of co-operation in accepting criminals and failed asylum seekers from the UK. The table will…
‘It’s not Satanism’: Zimbabwe church leaders preach vaccines
Yvonne Binda stands in front of a church congregation, all in pristine white robes, and tells them not to believe what they’ve heard about COVID-19 vaccines. “The vaccine is not…