Nigeria

Families and friends of the victims of the unfortunate Abuja-Kaduna train attack have now warned the Nigerian Railway Corporation (NRC) not to test their patience regarding the scheduled resumption of trains at the same route where the kidnapping took place.

The World Bank is all set to fund $30 billion in new as well as existing projects in Nigeria and other nations as part of a global response to battle the continued food security crisis.

President of Nigeria, Muhammadu Buhari, will be flying out of the country on Thursday, 19 May, to visit the new President of the United Arab Emirates, His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, to present his condolences on the demise of his late brother and former President of UAE.

Nigeria: The Police in Abuja paraded over 31 accused caught by the IGP Special Tactical Squad, STS, for various crimes such as armed robbery, rape, kidnapping, culpable homicide, unlawful possession of arms and ammunition, with two of these paraded being members of the gang that kidnapped students of Bethel Baptist High School and Greenfield University located in Kaduna.

Nine people lost their lives in Nigeria's northern state of Kano after a gas cylinder exploded, collapsing a building that was near a popular market, said the national emergency service and eyewitnesses.

Nigeria's head of treasury, Ahmed Idris, has been arrested for his involvement in money laundering and fraud worth 80 billion nairas (€184 million), said the national anti-graft agency.

The Sokoto administration has imposed a curfew in the northwestern Nigerian city after several protestors took to the streets demanding the release of the accused who had been arrested after they burnt alive a Christian female student named Deborah Samuel because of allegations of 'blasphemy'.

A young male of the Polytechnic of Ibadan has died after indulging in a drug-induced marathon sex with his girlfriend.

Due to the protests being carried out by a few students of The Polytechnic, Ibadan, on Monday, 16 May, the institution's management has indefinitely postponed the second-semester examination for the 2021-2022 academic session.