In displacement camps in northeast Nigeria, dressmaking helps women earn an income and dream of a brighter future.
In displacement camps in northeast Nigeria, dressmaking helps women earn an income and dream of a brighter future.
Nigerian army says $300,000 paid to kidnappers to release 14 crew members on board vessel that was seized in February.
Measures come after three people shot following release of kidnapped schoolgirls in the town of Jangebe, Zamfara state.
Nigeria receives nearly four million Oxford/AstraZeneca doses, with healthcare and front-line workers first inoculated.
Governor insists no ransom was paid saying so-called ‘repentant bandits’ helped to secure their release.
From gangs abducting for ransom to fighters attacking towns, the gov’t faces series of security challenges in the north.
Zamfara state governor says 279 students are safe with authorities, as President Buhari expresses joy at their release.
Director-General Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala also called on WTO’s member states to adopt sustainable fishing practices.
On her first day on the job, World Trade Organization chief Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala held talks with its 164 member states.
Families anxiously wait for news after gunmen kidnap 317 schoolgirls in Zamfara, latest in string of mass abductions.
Twenty-seven students, three school staff and 12 members of their families were abducted last week by an armed gang.
WHO chief urges countries to waive intellectual property rules, to allow others to make vaccines more quickly.
Police confirm the abduction of at least 317 girls from school in Zamfara state, second kidnapping in more than a week.
Armed bandits kill people, burn down houses in villages of Kaduna and Katsina states.