Nigeria

African Union condemns kidnapping of civilians in Kuriga, Nigeria

Published on: March 10, 2024
08:16

Addis Ababa, Mar 10 (Prensa Latina) The president of the African Union Commission, Moussa Mahamat Faki, strongly condemned the mass kidnapping of schoolchildren and women following an armed intrusion in the village of Kuriga, northwest Nigeria.

Number of minors kidnapped in Nigeria increases

Published on: March 8, 2024
11:19

Abuja, March 8 (Prensa Latina) The number of students kidnapped on Thursday by alleged members of an Islamist group in the state of Kaduna (northeast) rises to 287, official media reported today.

Russia and Nigeria interested in military-technical cooperation

Published on: March 7, 2024
11:29

Moscow, Mar 7 (Prensa Latina) Nigeria is interested in developing cooperation with Russia in several spheres of the military-technical sector, Nigerian Foreign Minister Yusuf Tuggar said in this capital on Thursday.

Nigeria: New kidnappings by alleged radical group

Published on: March 6, 2024
13:43

Abuja, Mar 6 (Prensa Latina) Alleged members of the Nigerian extremist group Boko Haram kidnapped more than 100 women and attacked residents in 25 buildings in the northern Nigerian state of Borno, the Daily Trust newspaper reported on Wednesday.

Multinational Shell’s elusive actions denounced in Nigeria

Published on: February 29, 2024
10:19

Abuja, Feb 29 (Prensa Latina) Activists and environmental organizations denounced today that the multinational oil company Shell is trying to evade its responsibilities with the damages caused in the Niger Delta area.

Meningitis outbreak kills 20 in northern Nigeria

Published on: February 29, 2024
10:01

Abuja, Feb 29 (Prensa Latina) The outbreak, unexpected as usual, of meningitis in northern Nigeria, took the lives of 20 students, official sources reported in a statement circulated in this capital.

Stored dynamite caused strong explosion in southern Nigeria

Published on: January 17, 2024
12:45

Abuja, Jan 17 (Prensa Latina) The strong explosion that killed two people and injured 77 in the southern Nigerian state of Oyo was caused by the storage of dynamite in a building, witnesses said on Wednesday.

Nigerian convicts released to unclog prisons

Published on: November 20, 2023
14:23

Abuja, Nov 20 (Prensa Latina) More than 4,000 Nigerians convicted of petty crimes are enjoying on Monday an unexpected freedom decided by the Government this weekend for reasons of space rather than for clemency.

Armed attack in Nigeria leaves nine people dead

Published on: October 2, 2023
11:15

Abuja, Oct 2 (Prensa Latina) A community leader from Plateau state in central Nigeria said today that a group of unknown gunmen killed nine civilians in an armed attack.

Tanker truck explosion in Nigeria leaves 30 people dead

Published on: October 2, 2023
11:07

Abuja, Oct 2 (Prensa Latina) In a new traffic tragedy, some 30 people died and some twenty vehicles were burned after the explosion of a tanker truck in Nigeria, the media reported in this capital.

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