Category: Muhammadu Buhari

Nigeria’s Buhari Steps Down as President Amid Religious Massacres and War Crimes Allegations

JOS—Global rights activists have called for the prosecution of Nigeria’s former President Muhammadu Buhari for his alleged role in allowing religious massacres to occur throughout his eight-year leadership of Africa’s most populous nation. Buhari stepped down as president on May 29, after being in office since 2015. Activists speaking to The Epoch Times say his…


Gunmen Free More Than 1,800 Inmates in Attack on Nigerian Prison

YENAGOA, Nigeria—More than 1,800 prisoners are on the run in southeast Nigeria after escaping when heavily armed gunmen attacked their prison using explosives and rocket-propelled grenades, the authorities said. Nigerian police said it believed a banned separatist group, the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), was behind the attack in the city of Owerri, but a…