Nigeria

By AFP Nigerian security personnel have arrested more than 70 young people after accusing them of organising a gay wedding in northeastern Gombe state, a security spokesman said on Monday, in the latest raid on the LGBTQ community. Same-sex marriage is illegal in Nigeria under a 2014 law and Gombe […]

By AFP Three nurses care for a 10-year-old girl at a clinic treating dozens of patients in Kano, northern Nigeria, amid the country’s worst diphtheria outbreak which has killed hundreds of people since the start of the year. The girl lays inside a glass cubicle with a severe case of […]

By AFP At least 18 people, including a pregnant woman, died in southern Nigeria when an illegal oil refinery exploded into flames, a security official and residents said on Tuesday. The blaze, late on Sunday in Rivers State, occurred when a home-made refinery ignited a nearby oil reservoir, leaving victims […]

By AFP Gunmen attacked a Baptist church in northwest Nigeria, kidnapping 25 worshippers from a Sunday service, a senior church leader said on Monday. The attack was the latest mass abduction in Nigeria, where insecurity is one of the top challenges facing incoming president Bola Tinubu who takes office at […]