Coordinated Easter attacks on churches in Kaduna State leave dozens dead as Nigerian troops rescue 31 hostages in a daring military operation.
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A violent Easter Sunday attack on a church in northwestern Nigeria has left a community shattered, a regional church body furious, and the Nigerian Army publicly at odds with Christian community leaders over whether a rescue operation actually succeeded. Gunmen stormed a church in Ariko village, Kachia Local Government Area of Kaduna State, during an
Nigerias military carried out a dramatic rescue operation on Easter Sunday, April 5, 2026, freeing 31 worshippers who had been taken hostage during a coordinated attack on churches in northwestern Kaduna state. At least five people were killed in the assault, which targeted both a Catholic church and an evangelical congregation, underscoring the persistent and
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Nigeria, Africa’s largest economy and biggest oil producer, is now paying the highest gasoline pump prices on the entire continent — with costs surging by 65% in a matter of weeks. The dramatic spike, triggered by the knock-on effects of the escalating Middle East conflict on global oil markets, is squeezing households already battling the
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Nigeria’s Dangote Refinery has slashed fuel prices below import costs, triggering a standoff with established fuel marketers and renewing debate over market dominance in Africa’s largest crude oil producer.
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When the United States froze its foreign aid programmes in January 2025, the shockwave hit Nigeria’s HIV treatment infrastructure hard and fast. The United States had been funding approximately 90 percent of Nigeria’s HIV treatment costs — leaving a fragile healthcare system suddenly exposed. Treatment centres shuttered. Drug supplies dwindled. And for the two million
Nigeria’s government announced a 65 percent increase in gasoline prices on Tuesday, ending a long-standing fuel subsidy in what authorities called a necessary step toward economic reform — but triggering immediate outrage among ordinary Nigerians already struggling with soaring costs of living. The Announcement The Minister of Petroleum Resources announced the new pump price in
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