Nigeria

At least 50 dead, women and children abducted in armed raid on Nigerian village

Armed men attacked Tungan Dutse village in Nigeria, killing at least 50 people and abducting women and children. The attack highlights ongoing insecurity in northern Nigeria.

People who fled attacks by bandits in a village, are pictured in a shelter for displaced people in Gusau, Zamfara, Nigeria, February 8, 2023.
People look on as Nigerian Military arrives at Woro community, after an overnight attack by gunmen that killed dozens of residents, in Kaiama Local Government Area of Kwara State, Nigeria, February 4, 2026.

Suspected Lakurawa militants kill 34 in coordinated attacks on Nigerian villages

Nigeria's Chief of Army Staff, Lieutenat-General Waidi Shaibu inspects troops, during the tour of Theatre Command Operation Lafiya Dole, in Maiduguri, Borno, Nigeria, November 6, 2025.

Nigerian troops repelled simultaneous assaults by Islamist terrorists on military bases in Borno

People look on as Nigerian Military arrives at Woro community, after an overnight attack by gunmen that killed dozens of residents, in Kaiama Local Government Area of Kwara State, Nigeria, February 4, 2026.

At least 32 killed in northwest Nigeria villages over armed assailants attack


Burned-out buildings and armed gangs in Lagos after killing of protesters

Lagos authorities have struggled to enforce the curfew as anger over the killings rose.

A woman walks past the remains of a burnt barricade in Surulere area of Lagos, Nigeria October 23, 2020.

Fires burn in Lagos after Nigerian soldiers shoot anti-police protesters

Rights group Amnesty International said the Nigerian army and police killed at least 12 peaceful protesters at two locations in Lagos - Lekki and Alausa - on Tuesday.

Police officers stand guard on a street before the start of Nigeria's presidential election in Daura, Katsina State, Nigeria, February 23, 2019

Christians targeted in Nigeria: why the world should care - opinion

Excerpted and adapted from The Next Jihad: Stop the Christian Genocide in Africa.

A BOY walk past the Apostolic church in Bodo, Nigeria

Nigeria creates faster, cheaper coronavirus testing kit

The new test will help the country overcome its testing kit shortage and spread testing efforts to the rest of its massive population.

 TEST TUBE with coronavirus label is seen at the end of January.

Auschwitz museum director asks to serve time for boy jailed for blasphemy

As the director of a Polish state museum built on a Nazi camp where “children were imprisoned and murdered, I cannot remain indifferent to this disgraceful sentence to humanity,” wrote Cywiński.

On December 6, 2019, in front of the notorious gate at the site of the former Auschwitz- Birkenau concentration and extermination camp marked “Arbeit Macht Frei” (Work Sets You Free), from  left to right: Piotr M.A. Cywinski, Director of the Auschwitz-Birkenau State Museum and President of the Ausch

Shavei Israel hosts webinar with Nigeria's Igbo Jews

Dozens of members of the Igbo Jewish community participated in the seminar, which focused on Jewish belief and practice, religious items and other guidance and support.

The wedding of Gershon ben Avraham to Gila bat Sarah in Ogidi, Nigeria

Israeli Embassy in Nigeria organizes aid for Muslims ahead of Eid al-Fitr

The initiative was carried out under the title "Love Your Neighbor As Yourself - From the Jewish Community to the Muslim Community in Nigeria."

Israeli Embassy of Nigeria, together with Chabad, organize the distribution of aid packages to the needy, May 2020

'Armed bandits' kill 47 in northwest Nigeria's Katsina state -police

Hundreds of people have been killed in the last year by criminal gangs carrying out robberies and kidnappings in northwest Nigeria.

Police officers stand guard on a street before the start of Nigeria's presidential election in Daura, Katsina State, Nigeria, February 23, 2019

Rescue flight carrying 206 Israelis takes off from Nigeria

The flight was organized by the Israeli Embassy in Nigeria with the goal of removing hundreds of Israelis who were left stranded after the closure of airports in Nigeria and its neighboring countries

Passengers wait to board a rescue flight from Nigeria back home to Israel.

Gershon and Gila: breaking the glass in a colorful Nigerian wedding

With more than 70 Jewish congregations, spread across four regional areas, Nigeria – the largest populated country in Africa – hosts the fastest growing community of Jews in the world.

The wedding of Gershon ben Avraham to Gila bat Sarah in Ogidi, Nigeria