The United States has once again warned that it may stop rendering military assistance to Nigeria if the country fails to protect human rights.

U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) on Thursday insisted that Nigeria under President Buhari was still on its watch list.

Cameroonian, Nigerian and Chadian troops fighting terrorism in the Lake Chad basin say attacks on military positions have been increasing since Boko Haram leader Aboubakar Shekau was declared dead in May.

Pretoria – Chinese ambassador to South Africa Chen Xiaodong praised the blossoming bilateral relations with South Africa under the leadership of President Xi Jinping and President Cyril Ramaphosa respectively.

Nigerian security forces opened fire on unarmed protesters in the nation’s largest city in October 2020, killing at least 15 and wounding dozens in what investigators called a “massacre,” according to a leaked report Tuesday.

More than 10 million Nigerians are internally displaced persons (IDPs) according to the National Commission for Refugees, Migrants and IDPs. That number exceeds the population of Sweden and it has been increasing fast.

Pro-Palestine organisations have called on Lalela Mswane and pageant organiser Miss South Africa to boycott the Miss Universe event in Israel.

Even the apartheid regime in South Africa never outlawed human rights defenders in the manner that Israel just did when it declared six Palestinian organizations to be "terrorist organizations."

The Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA) has introduced new measures to check security threats in the Nigerian maritime domain and deter persons who may seek illegal means of entry into the country as stowaways.

Nigerian health authorities reported 78 additional suspected cholera cases from six states the week ending November 7, bringing the total cases for the year to 100,057.

A.P. Moller – Maersk (Maersk) has taken steps to form a partnership with freight transportation company Grindrod to enhance its capabilities as an integrator of logistics in South Africa.

Egypt is keen on achieving economic integration, laying foundations of comprehensive, sustainable development for all Africans: Gamea

Nigeria ranked the fifth most criminal market for trafficking in people, firearms, illicit cannabis and heroin trade, fauna crimes, synthetic drugs and non-renewable resource crimes.

The event is expected to generate market information needed to connect buyers and sellers throughout the continent.

The unannounced visit comes amid escalating war in Ethiopia's north and just ahead of US secretary of state’s visit to Kenya.

TEHRAN- The value of Iran’s export to Nigeria rose eight percent during the first half of the current Iranian calendar year (March 21-September 22), as compared to the same period of time in the past year, an official with Trade Promotion Organization (TPO) announced.

The Nigerian Army has retired twelve generals of the Infantry Corps after spending 35 years in active service.

A suspected group of terrorists Islamic State of West Africa Province, ISWAP at the weekend killed Brigadier-General Dzarma Zirkushi, the commander of the 28 Task Force Brigade, Chibok Local Government Area of Borno state. Sources have said.

A new report by Save the Children International says 78 per cent of girls from the northern part of Nigeria are married off before the age of 18.

The Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA) has called for the standardisation of the legal frameworks of countries in the Gulf of Guinea to aid effective prosecution of maritime crimes.