ABUJA. Nigeria—Two infants are among the 22 worshippers killed in an attack on a church in southwestern Nigeria that has shocked the West African nation, an emergency official told The Associated Press on Tuesday. The dead have been taken to the morgue while about 50 wounded people are still being treated in hospital following the…
Former Proud Boy Leader Charged With Seditious Conspiracy; 50 Killed in Catholic Church: Officials | NTD Evening News
June 6, 2022
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The former leader of the Proud Boys was charged on June 6 with seditious conspiracy for allegedly coordinating an attack on the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2020. At least 50 people, including many children, were killed in a Catholic church in southwestern Nigeria, according to reports and officials. …
Nigeria CDC Has Confirmed 21 Monkeypox Cases This Year
ABUJA—Nigeria has confirmed 21 cases of monkeypox since the start of the year with one death reported, the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) said late on Sunday. Monkeypox, a usually mild viral infection, is endemic in the African countries of Cameroon, Central African Republic, Democratic Republic of Congo, and Nigeria. But it has caused…
Severed Head of Missing Nigerian Lawmaker Found in Park: Police
ONITSHA, Nigeria—Police in Nigeria have discovered the severed head of a state legislator who went missing last week in the southeastern state of Anambra, where the government accuses separatists of carrying out a spate of killings and kidnappings, police said on Sunday. The southeast, homeland of the Igbo ethnic group, is agitating to secede from…
Nigerian Police Stand By as Christian Student Is Stoned to Death
A so-called blasphemy murder of a Christian student in Sokoto, Nigeria May 12 was attended by scores of armed, uniformed policemen who did not intervene, according to eyewitnesses who spoke to The Epoch Times. One eyewitness, who asked for anonymity to escape government retaliation, said that at least 50 uniformed policemen, including 6 officers of…
Nigerian Student Beaten, Burned to Death Over ‘Blasphemous’ Text Messages
KANO, Nigeria—A female Nigerian student was beaten to death and set on fire by fellow students who accused her of posting “blasphemous” statements in a student Whatsapp group, two witnesses and police said. The school, located in Nigeria’s northwesternmost state of Sokoto, was immediately closed down following the attack. Two suspects were arrested in connection…
Nigeria Conducts Mass Burial for Victims of Illegal Refinery Explosion
IMO STATE, Nigeria—Dozens of charred bodies were buried in mass graves on Tuesday in Nigeria’s Imo state as the stench of decomposing flesh hung in the air after more than 100 people were killed during a weekend explosion at an illegal oil refinery. A group of men, some bare chested and without shoes, used shovels…
Blast in Northeastern Nigeria Injures 11 People, Say Police
ABUJA—A blast in the capital of Nigeria’s northeastern Taraba state on Friday evening injured 11 people including children, police said, days after an explosion claimed by ISIS terrorist group killed 3 people at a marketplace in a rural town in Taraba. The blasts in Taraba mark the spread of ISIS insurgencies that have gripped Nigeria’s…
Blast Kills 3, Injures 19 at Nigeria Market
ABUJA—Three people were killed and 19 injured after an explosion at a crowded market in Nigeria’s Taraba state in the east of the country, local police said on Wednesday. Nigeria is plagued by insecurity as armed gangs and Islamist terrorists carry out attacks against communities and security targets in northern parts of the country. Usman…
Joint West African Force Says More Than 100 Terrorists Killed in Recent Weeks
MAIDUGURI, Nigeria—A joint military force from Nigeria, Niger, and Cameroon said on Sunday it had killed more than 100 Islamist terrorists, including 10 commanders, in the past few weeks, as it intensifies a ground and air offensive in the Lake Chad region. Boko Haram fighters and its splinter ISIS West Africa Province (ISWAP) group have…
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