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"Why I prefer marriage to school": 17-year-old bride speaks as Zamfara govt sponsors 200 weddings

Nigeria, Nov. 26 -- Surrounded by a stack of new mattresses, polished furniture, and kitchen utensils, 17-year-old Zainab Mohammed has made up her mind. In a region where education is often promoted ... Read More


Police arrest 22-year-old for stabbing teenager to death, bust theft syndicate

Nigeria, Nov. 25 -- The Kebbi State Police Command has arrested a 22-year-old man for allegedly stabbing a 17-year-old boy to death following a minor disagreement in Birnin Kebbi, the state capital. ... Read More


IGP visits Kebbi as outrage grows over schoolgirls' abduction, alleged security lapses

Nigeria, Nov. 25 -- Inspector-General of Police Kayode Egbetokun has arrived in Kebbi State amid mounting public anger and government pressure over the abduction of 25 students from Government Girls' ... Read More


Bride allegedly stabs groom to death three days after wedding

Nigeria, Nov. 25 -- A man identified as Abubakar Abdulkarim, popularly known as Dan Gaske, has been allegedly stabbed to death by his wife just three days after their wedding in Jibia, Katsina State. ... Read More


Insecurity: CAN declares national day of prayer

Nigeria, Nov. 23 -- Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) has declared Sunday, 7 December, as a nationwide day of prayer to seek divine intervention against what it describes as an ongoing "genocide"... Read More


Security Roundup: 227 abducted in Niger Catholic school as FG, Katsina, Plateau shut schools

Nigeria, Nov. 22 -- Amidst a deteriorating security climate and a surge in coordinated attacks on educational institutions especially in Northern Nigeria, the Katsina and Plateau state governments hav... Read More


BREAKING: FG orders immediate closure of 47 Unity Schools after Kebbi, Niger abductions (LIST)

Nigeria, Nov. 22 -- The Nigerian government has ordered the immediate shutdown of 47 Federal Unity Colleges across the country following a string of security incidents, including two mass abductions o... Read More


Police oppose planned protest over kidnapped schoolgirls in Kebbi

Nigeria, Nov. 22 -- The Kebbi State Police Command has warned civil society organisations and non-governmental groups against going ahead with a planned protest over the abduction of schoolgirls from ... Read More


Kano, Katsina, Jigawa have 16% of Nigeria's 10.2 million out-of-school children - UNICEF

Nigeria, Nov. 21 -- Katsina, Kano and Jigawa states account for 16 per cent of Nigeria's 10.2 million out-of-school children, the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) has said. The agency stressed... Read More


Groups petition UN, ICC for independent probe of Nigerian killings

Nigeria, Nov. 21 -- A coalition of Christian organisations has urged the United Nations and the International Criminal Court (ICC) to investigate attacks and killings allegedly targeting Christian com... Read More