Nigeria | DD News

January 23, 2026 3:55 PM

UN says 35 million Nigerians risk hunger after global funding collapse

Nearly 35 million Nigerians are at risk of hunger this year, including 3 million children facing severe malnutrition, the United Nations said on Thursday, following the collapse of global aid budgets. Speaking at the launch of the 2026 humanitarian plan in Abuja, UN Resident and Humanitarian Coordinator Mohamed Malick Fall said the long-dominant, foreign-led aid model in Nigeria is no longer sustainable and that Nigeria's needs have grown. Conditions in the conflict-hit northeast are dire, Fal...

January 19, 2026 10:28 PM

Dozens abducted in Nigeria church attacks; church leader says more than 160 seized

Armed bandits abducted dozens of worshippers from two churches in Nigeria's Kaduna state, police said on Monday, while a senior church leader put the number of those missing at more than 160. Kaduna state police said gunmen armed with "sophisticated weapons" attacked the two churches in Kurmin Wali, a forest community in Afogo ward, at about 11:25 a.m. on Sunday. They said officers were still trying to confirm how many people were taken. A police spokesperson said the area was remote and diffi...

January 16, 2026 9:25 PM

Nigeria’s northeast faces worst hunger in a decade as aid cuts hit region, UN says

Thousands of people in Nigeria's strife-torn northeast are facing the risk of catastrophic food shortages for the first time in nearly a decade, as aid cuts deepen malnutrition across the region, the U.N. World Food Programme warned on Friday. Around 15,000 people are at risk in Borno state, the agency said, an area already struggling with years of militant unrest. Across West and Central Africa, 55 million people are facing severe food shortages, with more than three quarters of the people af...

November 30, 2025 2:07 PM

In Tinubu’s Nigeria, police protect VIPs, not children

In Nigeria, people are sleeping with one eye open. That's how scared they are. Ask businesswoman Ifeoma Aneke. "Everybody is so scared, even to sleep, if you are sleeping now I don’t think people are sleeping with their eyes closed," she says. A spate of kidnappings and other violent crimes has shaken the people's faith in policing. "I don’t think anybody feels safe, aside me (not just me), I don’t think anybody feels safe with what is happening in Nigeria presently because, the kidnappin...

November 2, 2025 12:09 PM

Trump threatens US military action in Nigeria over treatment of Christians

U.S. President Donald Trump on Saturday said he has asked the Defense Department to prepare for possible "fast" military action in Nigeria if the West African nation fails to crack down on the killing of Christians. The U.S. government will also immediately stop all aid and assistance to Nigeria, Africa's most populous nation and top oil producer, Trump said in a post on Truth Social. If the United States sends in military forces, it would go in "'guns-a-blazing,' to completely wipe out the Is...

August 20, 2025 5:22 PM

Death toll in Nigeria mosque attack rises to 50, dozens abducted

The death toll from an attack by gunmen on a mosque and nearby homes in Nigeria's northwest Katsina state has risen to at least 50, with around 60 others abducted, local officials and residents said on Wednesday. The attack occurred early on Tuesday in the remote community of Unguwan Mantau, in Malumfashi district, as Muslim worshippers gathered for Fajr, the dawn prayer. Witnesses reported that armed assailants arrived on motorcycles, opening fire inside the mosque before moving through the vi...

July 14, 2025 11:55 AM

Nigeria’s former President Muhammadu Buhari dies in London, PM Modi offers condolences

Nigeria's former president, Muhammadu Buhari, who led Africa's most populous country from 2015 to 2023 and was the first Nigerian president to oust an incumbent through the ballot box, died in London on Sunday, a presidential spokesperson said. "President Buhari died today in London at about 4:30 p.m. (1530 GMT), following a prolonged illness," President Bola Tinubu's spokesperson said in a statement. The spokesperson said Tinubu had directed Vice President Kashim Shettima and his chief of sta...

November 22, 2024 4:59 PM

PM Modi meets 31 world leaders during three-nation foreign visit

Prime Minister Narendra Modi engaged in a series of high-level bilateral meetings and informal interactions with global leaders and international organization heads during his three-nation foreign tour to Nigeria, Brazil, and Guyana from November 16 to 21. During the tour, PM Modi participated in 31 bilateral meetings, starting in Nigeria, followed by Brazil for the 19th G20 Summit, and concluding with a historic state visit to Guyana. In Nigeria, PM Modi met President Bola Ahmed Tinubu in a b...

November 22, 2024 8:47 AM

Prime Minister Narendra Modi departs from Guyana, concluding historic three-nation tour

Prime Minister Narendra Modi concluded his three-nation tour, departing from Georgetown, Guyana, on Thursday (local time) for Delhi. The visit marked the final leg of a significant journey that began in Nigeria, continued in Brazil for the 19th G20 Summit, and concluded with a historic State visit to Guyana. This marked the first visit by an Indian Prime Minister to the South American nation in over 50 years. During his time in Guyana, PM Modi co-chaired the 2nd India-CARICOM Summit, engaging w...

November 18, 2024 5:43 PM

Nigeria’s national award to PM Modi recognition of his leadership in strengthening links with Global South: Jaishankar

Nigeria has conferred its prestigious national award, the Grand Commander of the Order of the Niger, on Prime Minister Narendra Modi, recognizing his leadership in fostering partnerships with the Global South and strengthening India-Nigeria relations. External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar hailed the honour as a testament to PM Modi’s statesmanship and the deep ties between the two nations. In a post on X, Jaishankar said, “A recognition of PM Modi’s leadership and commitment in furtheri...