The Nigerian military says its air force has killed several “terrorists” and disrupted planned attacks during coordinated airstrikes in the country’s north-west. The operations, which took place on Monday, targeted armed gangs—locally known as bandits—across Niger and...
ABUJA — Nigeria’s federal cabinet has approved a comprehensive restructuring of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC), stripping the military of its traditional leadership role in the scheme for the first time since its inception 53 years ago. The sweeping reforms, ratified during a...
JOS — Anti-narcotics agents in Nigeria are to be armed with high-powered assault rifles and advanced pistols for the first time in the agency’s 36-year history, following a sharp rise in violence from heavily armed drug cartels. The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) on...
MAIDUGURI — Armed militants suspected to be from the Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP) have stormed a secondary school in north-eastern Nigeria, killing a teacher and abducting an unknown number of students from their classrooms. The gunmen raided Government Day Secondary School...
LAGOS — Authorities in Nigeria’s commercial capital have warned that the rapid proliferation of synthetic drugs, prescription medicine abuse, and digital narcotic markets pose a “grave threat” to the future of the country’s youth. Officials, mental health experts...
