Nigeria

West African leaders sign $25 billion Nigeria-Morocco gas pipeline agreement

Once completed, it will have an annual capacity of 30 billion cubic meters of natural gas, with about half of that designated for export to Europe via an existing connection to Spain.

he receiving station for the Nord Stream 1 natural gas pipeline stands on July 11, 2022 near Lubmin, Germany.
Terrorists from Palestinian Islamic Jihad's al-Quds Brigades stand guard on the street during an Eid al-Adha celebration in Gaza City, May 27, 2026; illustrative.

A globalizing terror war has blinded the West. Finally an international response from its victims

A demonstrator installs banners reading "WARNING - The artist you are about to see previously stated: 'I like Hitler' We thought you should know this," Arnhem, Netherlands, June 6, 2026.

Jews face harassment in nearly 100 countries as global religious hostilities spike, Pew shows

Protesters gather outside a building they believe is occupied by undocumented foreign nationals during a demonstration by the "March and March" in Johannesburg, South Afrfica, June 30, 2026.

Nigeria says two of its citizens killed as anti-migrant violence surges in South Africa


US Christian groups push first Muslim as Religious Freedom Ambassador

Controversy over removing Nigeria from list of states engaging in religious persecution has highlighted stalled nomination

 US SECRETARY of State Antony Blinken listens as Egyptian Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry speaks during a US-Egypt strategic dialogue at the State Department earlier this month.

Iran media sheds light on ‘Islamic movement’ in Nigeria

Nigeria has been plagued by Islamic extremists linked to Boko Haram for the last decade.

Boko Haram leader Abubakar Shekau holds a weapon in an unknown location in Nigeria in this still image taken from an undated video obtained on January 15, 2018.

Abducted: How three Israeli filmmakers were captured and freed in Nigeria

The story of Rochman, Leibman and Benaym in Nigeria didn’t begin at gunpoint, it started with a lie – a lie about their purpose in Nigeria.

Edouard David Benaym, Rudy Rochman, and Andrew Leibman, with a Torah to gift to an Igbo Jewish community

Proposed US arms sale to Nigeria on 'hold' over human rights concerns

Foreign Policy reported earlier this week that the State Department had informally notified Congress of the proposed sale but it was frozen in the Senate committee.

Protesters carry placards as police descend on them during a June 12 Democracy Day rally in Abuja, Nigeria June 12, 2021.

Israeli filmmakers released from Nigeria, have returned to Israel

The three landed in Israel on Thursday morning after they were released from custody on Wednesday.

From right: David Benaym, Yotam Kreizman (vice-ambassador to Nigeria), Rudy Rochman, and Andrew Leibman at the Abuja Airport, before their departure to Israel. July 29th, 2001.

Kidnappers in Nigeria release 28 schoolchildren, another 81 still held

Schools have become targets for mass kidnappings for ransom in northern Nigeria by armed groups. Such kidnappings in Nigeria were first carried out by jihadist group Boko Haram.

Two students during class at Ilorin Grammar school, in Ilorin, Kwara state, Nigeria, March 26, 2021.

Israeli filmmakers arrested in Nigeria

Rudy Rochman and two other Israelis traveled to Nigeria to film a documentary and met with prominent leaders in the Igbo community.

Photo of Edouard David Benaym (left), Rudy Rochman (center), and Andrew Leibman (right) posing with the Torah before their trip to Nigeria.

Some 150 students missing after attack at Nigeria school

The attack took place overnight at the Baptist High School in southern Kaduna state, and at least 25 students escaped.

Two students during class at Ilorin Grammar school, in Ilorin, Kwara state, Nigeria, March 26, 2021.

Nigerian ambassador is last to present credentials to Rivlin

Nigerian Ambassador Nart Augustine Kolo was the last ambassador to present credentials to President Reuven Rivlin prior to the conclusion of Rivlin’s seven-year term as president.

Rivlin receives credentials from Nigerian Ambassador Nart Augustine Kolo after being introduced by Cheif of State Propotocol Gil Haskel

Policeman killed, more than 80 students abducted in attack on Nigerian school

The attack is the third mass kidnapping in 3 weeks in northwest Nigeria, which have authorities have attributed to armed bandits seeking ransom payments.

A girl displaced as a result of Boko Haram attack in the northeast region of Nigeria, rests her head on a desk at Maikohi secondary school camp for internally displaced persons (IDP) in Yola