A coalition of Christian and Muslim youths paid a courtesy visit to the National President of Christian Association of Nigeria, CAN, and co-chairman of Nigerian Inter-Religious Council, NIREC, Pastor ...
They said that Nigeria is a multi-religious society and that using a megaphone to preach would amount to insensitivity to others when one faith forces its preachings on others unsolicited. They said ...
LAGOS, NigeriaLAGOS, Nigeria — Islamic militants in Nigeria have killed a Christian pastor who had appealed for help in a video just days earlier, and a human rights activist said Tuesday that other ...
ENUGU, Nigeria (AP) — Nigeria’s military said Tuesday that the West African nation would release some of the prisoners it has taken in the country’s fight against Islamic extremists — including all ...
Gov. Abdullahi Ganduje of Kano State has cautioned Islamic scholars to desist from making inciting statements, which are capable of breaching the peace, while preaching. Governor Abdullahi Ganduje of ...
MAIDUGURI, NigeriaMAIDUGURI, Nigeria — Islamic extremist rebels killed at least seven farmers in northeast Nigeria, an attack that further threatens food security in the hard-hit region, local ...
Niger State Governor Mohammed Bago has declared Thursday and Friday as public holidays ahead of the 1st November local ...
AFTER SAFIYA HUSEINI was sentenced to death by stoning last October 9 by an Islamic sharia court in northern Nigeria, her case drew international attention. The New York Times Magazine profiled her, ...
MAIDUGURI, Nigeria (AP) — Improvised explosive devices detonated on a road in northeastern Nigeria killing at least 26 people in several vehicles, including women and children, police said Tuesday. An ...
The El-Mavericky Centre for Educational Research and Development, in collaboration with the Department of Islamic Studies, University of Abuja (Yakubu Gowon University), has announced an international ...
LAGOS (Reuters) - Nigeria's security forces have arrested scores of members of an Islamic sect loosely modeled on Afghanistan's Taliban movement, freeing women and children after violent clashes which ...
In November 2024, Nigerian military officials declared with some alarm that a “new” terrorist group known as “Lakurawa” was ...