Nigeria

• Canadians in Nigeria warned to avoid alcohol amid methanol-related deaths

  In a safety notice the Canadian government said, casualties had occurred in Nigeria due to the consumption of unregulated and adulterated alcohol containing methanol.

  Health

  Sep 23
  
• Trump says Islamic State group leader was killed in a joint US-Nigerian mission

  U.S. and Nigerian forces killed a leader of the Islamic State group in Nigeria in a mission carried out Friday, U.S. President Donald Trump said.

  World

  May 16
  
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• Multiple people killed, injured after bombs explode in Nigeria: officials

  Explosions were heard in Maiduguri, the Borno state capital, where Nigeria’s homegrown jihadi Boko Haram extremists have waged an insurgency for more than a decade.

  World

  Mar 16
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• Anthony Joshua’s driver charged over Nigeria car crash that killed 2 people

  Boxer Anthony Joshua was involved in the fatal road crash near Lagos on Dec. 29, 2025, that killed two of his close associates and team members, Lateef Ayodele and Cina Ghami.

  World

  Jan 2
• Boxer Anthony Joshua injured in car crash that kills 2 people in Nigeria

  Preliminary reports indicate that two male foreign nationals died on the spot, according to Gbenga Omotoso, Lagos state commissioner for information.

  World

  Dec 29, 2025
• Nigerians react after U.S. airstrikes targeting alleged Islamic State camp

  U.S. President Donald Trump announced late Thursday that the U.S had launched a “powerful and deadly strike” against forces of the Islamic State group in Nigeria.

  World

  Dec 26, 2025
• 50 schoolchildren escape Nigerian abduction, but more remain captive

  Fifty of the 303 schoolchildren who were abducted from a Catholic school in north-Central Nigeria's Niger state have escaped, but 253 students and 12 teachers remain held captive.

  World

  Nov 23, 2025
• Maritime colleges cap admissions from some countries

  Ghana and Nigeria are some of the hardest-hit countries, with thousands of applications delivered to NSCC for the 2024 academic year.

  Education

  Dec 19, 2023
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• Explosion at Canada’s high commission in Nigeria leaves 2 dead: Joly

  Foreign Affairs Minister Melanie Joly said Monday an explosion at the high commission in Abuja, Nigeria, led to a fire that left two people dead.

  World

  Nov 6, 2023
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• Deadline arrives for Niger juntas to reinstate president but tensions remain

  Nigeria's Senate pushed back on Saturday against the plan by ECOWAS urging Nigeria's president, the bloc's current chair, to explore options other than the use of force.

  World

  Aug 6, 2023