Kaduna
latest news & developments‘Bandits’ blamed for kidnapping of Nigerian schoolchildren
While Nigerian soldiers search the forests in the northwestern state for the 280 learners kidnapped by gunmen riding motorbikes, desperate families are still waiting for news
Nigeria arrests Christmas bombing suspect
Nigerian troops have arrested a suspect in the country’s Christmas Day bombings, as the US put three Boko Haram leaders on its global terror list.
At least 101 killed in ongoing Nigeria clashes
Street battles have continued in Kaduna, Nigeria, despite a round-the-clock curfew meant to halt the violence in which at least 101 people have died.
More deaths after fresh violence erupts in Nigeria’s Kaduna
Deadly violence between Christians and Muslims in Kaduna has flared again, adding to the more than 90 deaths in clashes in the city this week.
Nigeria tests family for bird flu
Samples taken from a Nigerian family suspected of contracting a fatal bird flu strain have been sent abroad so experts can determine whether the virus has jumped to humans in…
Two more Nigerian states boycott polio campaign
A boycott of the vaccine for polio spread to two more northern Nigerian Islamic states on Tuesday, United Nations Children’s Fund officials said, hampering a massive drive to…