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A Nigerian state told farmers to get guns for self-defense
Quartz· 2 years agoZamfara in northwest Nigeria is encouraging its residents, especially farmers, to apply for licenses...
Climate and violence hobble Nigeria's push to rely on its own wheat after the hit from Russia's war
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 9 months agoAbubakar Salisu was terrified when he discovered arid sand in the middle of his farmland, rendering...
Presidential Convoy Attacked by Gunmen in Northern Nigeria
Bloomberg via Yahoo Finance· 2 years ago(Bloomberg) -- Nigerian security forces stopped an attack on a convoy carrying aides of President...
Gunmen kidnap dozens of children from Nigerian farm, police say
Reuters via Yahoo News· 1 year agoDozens of children were abducted by gunmen from a farm in northern Katsina state and the kidnappers were demanding a ransom for their release, police and residents said on Wednesday. Katsina ...
Local businesses in northern Nigeria feel the sting of regional sanctions against neighboring Niger
AP Finance via Yahoo Finance· 9 months agoA decision by a bloc of West African nations to shut down their borders with Niger as a way of...
Gunmen kidnap five Nigerian university students - police
Reuters via AOL· 7 months agoGunmen in Nigeria kidnapped five female students from a university in the northwestern Katsina state on Wednesday, the police said, the second such abduction involving students in the region ...
Armed gang attack military camp, village in Nigeria's northwest
Reuters via AOL· 4 months agoArmed men stormed a military camp in Nahuta village, northwest Nigeria, sending troops fleeing and setting vehicles ablaze before proceeding to loot shops and homes, a resident and two sources ...
Gunmen in Nigeria kill a dozen people, abduct others from mosque
Reuters via Yahoo News· 1 year agoGunmen in Nigeria killed a dozen worshippers, including an imam, and kidnapped several others from a mosque on Saturday night, local residents said on Sunday, in the latest attack by armed gangs ...
Long before they became a Thanksgiving staple, turkeys were revered by ancient Indigenous...
Business Insider via Yahoo News· 5 months agoThe Oglala band leader Little, who started the Indian Revolt at Pine Ridge, wears a turkey feather...
Nigeria's Tinubu picks Muslim senator as presidential running mate
Reuters via Yahoo News· 2 years agoNigeria's presidential frontrunner Bola Tinubu on Sunday picked as his running mate a sitting Muslim...