Published by Faith Barbara Namagembe at 1014 EAT on Monday 25 April 2022. Officials in southern Nigeria are investigating a site where more than 100 people have been reported killed following a powerful oil explosion. The Imo state commissioner for information, Declan Emelumba, said officials are probing Friday’s fire and explosion at an illegal oil…
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Nigerian air strike kills seven children in Nigeria.
Published by Faith Barbara Namagembe, Updated on Monday 21/02/2022 at 1113 EAT. Five more were hurt in the apparently accidental strike, the governor of Niger’s Maradi region told AFP. Governor Chaibou Aboubacar said four were killed instantly and three died on their way to hospital. Nigerian officials said an investigation had begun. Mr Aboubacar said…
200 people dead in northwest Nigeria.
About 200 people were buried following killings of civilians by motorcycle-riding gunmen in Zamfara state with many still unaccounted for. By Faith Barbara Namagembe Updated at 2040 EAT On 9 Jan 2022. An estimated 200 people were killed and 10,000 displaced in attacks by armed bandits in the northwestern Nigerian state of Zamfara following military…
Libya releases 84 Nigerian Prisoners
By HICGI News Agency updated at 1259 GMT on 14th July 2021 The Libyan Ministry of Justice said Friday that it had released 84 inmates, along with their children, and had deported them back to their country, Nigeria. “The deportation was carried out by the team tasked with following up all the legal procedures of…
T.B Joshua’s Church Claims Death of 67 South Africans
T. B Joshua’s church hits back at allegations of refusal to cooperate with authorities. Investigations are continuing by Nigeria’s authority following 67 South Africans crushed to death when a residential building belonging to the Synagogue Church of All Nations in Lagos, Nigeria collapsed last week. At least 17 dead bodies were recovered from the rubble on Wednesday to add…
