22 students killed, over 100 people trapped in rubble as school collapses in Nigeria
World | July 13, 2024 8:07 ISTThe rescue operation was immediately launched. Several people were believed to be trapped in the rubble.
The rescue operation was immediately launched. Several people were believed to be trapped in the rubble.
According to reports, the first blast occurred at a wedding ceremony. Then, another blast took place at General Hospital Gwoza and a third at a funeral.
On Tuesday, Niger's ruling military junta announced on national television that 21 Nigerien soldiers were killed in an ambush near the country's border with Burkina Faso by an unidentified "terrorist group." The statement did not identify the perpetrators of the attack.
A group of armed assailants launched a late-night assault on isolated villages in northcentral Nigeria, resulting in the deaths of at least 40 villagers. No entity has come forward to claim responsibility for the attack.
A 38-year-old local resident confessed that he attacked the mosque in Kano's remote Gadan village “purely in hostility following prolonged family disagreement".
The kidnapping, which took place on March 7 in Kuriga, a dusty town in northwestern Kaduna State, was the first mass kidnapping in the country since 2021.
Kaduna police spokesperson Mansur Hassan confirmed the incident in Kajuru Station village on Sunday night but could not give a figure of those missing.
The kidnapping in Kuriga was only one of three mass kidnappings in northern Nigeria since late last week, a reminder of the security crisis plaguing Africa’s most populous country.
The victims had left several displacement camps to look for firewood in Borno state's Gamboru Ngala council area when they were ambushed and taken hostage, the UN said, in the latest attack in the conflict-hit region where frequent abductions and killings limit movement.
Six people, including the group chief executive of one of Nigeria's largest lenders, were killed in a helicopter crash in Southern California on Friday, authorities said. Six people were on board the helicopter when it crashed around 10 p.m. near Nipton, California.
The minister said the Global South is about a "mindset, a solidarity and a self-reliance" and the world can't progress without the advancement of the Global South. He also stressed that restoring the world to its natural diversity is a "collective objective".
A provisional toll by the local Red Cross reported 104 deaths in 18 villages in the Bokkos region of Nigeria. At least 50 people were also reported dead in several villages in the Barkin Ladi area, according to Dickson Chollom, a member of the state parliament.
Nigeria drone attack: It said that the armed forces had aimed the target at militant groups but the drone struck the Tudun Biri village while the villagers were busy celebrating a local festival. President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, ordered an investigation after the army acknowledged the mistake.
Emergency rescuers in Nigeria were searching for more than 70 people who went missing over the weekend after a boat loaded with over 100 local traders sank in a river.
The Niger Delta is an impoverished but oil-rich region that contributes most to Nigeria's wealth. Operators often set up illegal refineries in remote areas to avoid regulators.
India assumed the G20 presidency on December 1 last year and about 200 meetings related to G20 were organized in 60 cities across the country.
A part of a mosque collapsed in northwestern Nigeria's Kaduna state during prayers killing 7 worshippers, officials said.
Col Maj Amadou Abdramane, with nine other formally dressed fighters behind him, said on Wednesday, "We, the protection and security powers... have chosen to stop the system you know."
More than 100 people have been killed in violent conflict this year in Benue, where armed violence is rampant as clashes continue over limited access to food and water.
While spills are frequent in the region due to vandalism from oil thieves and a lack of maintenance to pipelines, according to the UN Environmental Programme, activists call this a “major one.”
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