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Nigeria: Religious leaders call for end to insecurity

The Inter-Religious Council of Nigeria has called on President Muhammadu Buhari to convene a national confab of critical stakeholders to fashion out lasting solutions to the lingering killings in especially Northern region of the country. The clerics, at the third…

Nigeria: CSOs, media urged to engage in migration advocacy

Members of Civil Society Organizations and the media have been urged to engage in advocacy that would address issues of migration in Nigeria. The Federal Commissioner, National Commission for Refugees, Migrants and Internally Displaced Persons, Hajiya Imaan Suleiman-Ibrahim stated this…

Nigeria: Govt re-imposes 24-hour curfew on Jos

In Nigeria, the Plateau State government has re-imposed a 24-hour curfew on Jos North Local Government Area (LGA). This follows tensions sparked by an attack on Yelwa Zangam – a village in Zangam District of the state.  36 people were…

Boko Haram kills 16 soldiers In Niger Republic

Niger’s Defence Minister Alkassoum Indatou told AFP on Wednesday that an attack by hundreds of Boko Haram fighters on a town in Niger Republic’s jihadist-plagued southeast killed 16 soldiers and wounded nine others. The minister said in a statement that…

Nigeria: Military investigates attack on academy

The Nigerian military has launched an investigation into a brazen attack on a military training academic in Kaduna state that resulted in the death of two soldiers and the kidnap of an army major. Unidentified gunmen in the state reportedly…