Abuja, Nigeria — Nigeria’s air force said airstrikes this week killed 55 members of criminal gangs who were involved in abduction-for-ransom operations. An air force spokesman said after the airstrikes, the militants released people they were holding hostage. Nigeria’s government ...
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Nigerian Authorities Make Arrests in Deadly Church Attack
africamustchangeAbuja, Nigeria — Nigerian security forces say they have arrested four suspects in the attack on a Catholic church in June that killed 40 people. Authorities blamed the massacre on the militant group Islamic State West Africa Province, or ISWAP. ...
Nigerian Police Deploy Massively in Abuja
africamustchangeAbuja, Nigeria — Nigerian police have increased security around the capital of Abuja after last week’s ambush of presidential guards in a suburb and a deadly attack on a military checkpoint. Nigerian media reported two soldiers were killed in the ...
What Lay Behind the Brutal Killing of a Nigerian in Italy?
africamustchangeOn Friday in the small town of Civitanova Marche on Italy’s Adriatic coast, an Italian man beat and strangled a Nigerian street vendor in broad daylight. Alika Ogorchukwu, 39, had apparently tried to sell the alleged assailant and his girlfriend ...