Search For "lagos"
329 people killed by cholera in Nigeria's northern state
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
Lagos [Nigera], September 22 (ANI/Xinhua): A cholera outbreak in north Nigeria's Kano state has killed at least 329 people since March, a state government official said on Wednesday.
Read More
Nigerian police rescue 5 abducted students in NW state
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
Lagos [Nigeria], September 9 (ANI/Xinhua): Nigerian police said Thursday that they have rescued five of the 73 abducted students of a school in the country's northwestern state of Zamfara.
Read More
Gunmen kidnap 73 students in northwest Nigeria
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
Lagos [Nigeria], September 2 (ANI/Xinhua): Nigerian police said on Wednesday 73 students were kidnapped by unidentified gunmen from their school in the country's northwestern state of Zamfara.
Read More
At least 35 killed in gunmen attack in central Nigeria
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
Lagos [Nigeria], August 25 (ANI/Xinhua): At least 35 people were killed in a fresh gunmen attack in Nigeria's central state of Plateau on Tuesday night, a police source said on Wednesday.
Read More
21 killed in road accident in north Nigeria
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
Lagos [Nigeria], August 16 (ANI/Xinhua): At least 21 people were killed on Sunday when a bus and a truck fell into a broken culvert on a road in Nigeria's northern state of Jigawa, according to local police.
Read More
Kidnappers in Nigeria release 28 abducted schoolchildren, says report
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Lagos [Nigeria], July 25 (ANI/Xinhua): The kidnappers in the Nigerian state of Kaduna released 28 Bethel Baptist Academy students abducted three weeks ago, Sputnik reported citing local newspapers on Sunday.
Read More
11 kidnapped after gunmen attack in northwest Nigeria, say police
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Lagos [Nigeria], July 12 (ANI/Xinhua): Nigerian police said on Sunday a group of unidentified gunmen attacked a town in northwest Nigeria's Kaduna state, kidnapping 11 people, including a traditional ruler.
Read More
Gunmen kill 7 people in attacks in NW Nigeria
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Lagos [Nigeria], July 4 (ANI/Xinhua): At least seven persons were killed in separate gunmen attacks on communities in northwestern Nigeria's Kaduna state, an official said on Saturday.
Read More
Nigerian troops kill 12 Boko Haram militants in northeast region
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Lagos [Nigeria], June 28 (ANI/Xinhua): Twelve Boko Haram militants were killed on Sunday as Nigerian troops thwarted an attack by the extremist group on a military base in the northeastern state of Borno, said a spokesperson for the army.
Read More
18 killed in north Nigeria road crash
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Lagos [Nigeria], June 10 (ANI/Xinhua): Eighteen people were killed in a road crash involving two commercial buses in Nigeria's northern state of Jigawa on Wednesday, the police said.
Read More
Gunmen kill nearly 88 people in attacks in NW Nigeria
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Lagos [Nigeria], June 6 (ANI/Xinhua): At least 88 people were killed and scores of others wounded following attacks by bandits in Nigeria's northwestern state of Kebbi, local police confirmed on Saturday.
Read More
Gunmen attack kills 4 in northwest Nigeria
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Lagos [Nigeria], June 2 (ANI/Xinhua): Four people were killed in gunmen attack in northwest Nigeria's Kaduna state on Monday, a local official said on Tuesday.
Read More