Nigeria

Illegal refinery disaster´s victims buried in Nigeria

Published on: April 28, 2022
10:04

By: Alina Ramos Martin

Abuja, Apr 28 (Prensa Latina) Another 75 of the more than 120 fatal victims of the explosion in an illegal refinery in Nigeria were buried in a common grave in the Ohaji-Egbema (southeast) city.

Nigeria’s blast has more than a hundred deaths in Nigeria

Published on: April 25, 2022
14:36

By: Ana Luisa Brown

Abuja, Apr 25 (Prensa Latina) The deaths caused by the explosion on Friday in an illegal refinery in southern Nigeria total 110, according to the official balance released today by the competent authorities in this capital of the country.

Nearly 5,000 civilians displaced in Nigeria due to violence

Published on: April 14, 2022
09:16

By: Alina Ramos Martin

Abuja, Apr 14 (Prensa Latina) Around 4,800 civilians have fled their homes since last Sunday in the central Nigerian state of Plateau, due to the violence that reigns in that territory, an official source said on Thursday.

Armed men in Nigeria kidnap four people

Published on: March 8, 2022
10:01

By: Erich Tellez Corrales

Abuja, Mar 8 (Prensa Latina) A group of armed men today killed a security guard and kidnapped four people, including a Catholic priest, in the northern Nigerian state of Kaduna, local media reported.

Nigeria: Former high-ranking police officer arrested on drug dealing

Published on: February 16, 2022
11:10

By: Alina Ramos Martin

Abuja, Feb 16 (Prensa Latina) Former Deputy Commissioner of the Nigerian Police Abba Kyari was arrested accused of having ties to drug smuggling, the anti-drug agency reported.

Attacks in Nigeria left nearly 40 dead

Published on: February 1, 2022
09:58

By: Alina Ramos Martin

Abuja, Feb 1 (Prensa Latina) Attacks by armed groups in the Nigerian states of Kaduna and Niger (Northwest) left 39 dead, the media reported.

Nigeria demands that US end blockade against Cuba

Published on: January 16, 2022
14:53

By: Ileana Ferrer Fonte

Abuja, Jan 16 (Prensa Latina) Nigeria has demanded an end to the economic, financial and commercial blockade of the United States Government against Cuba, representatives of different sectors in this African country reaffirmed in Abuja, diplomatic sources reported on Sunday.

UN chief strongly condemns deadly attacks in Nigeria

Published on: January 10, 2022
19:10

By: Pavel López Lazo

United Nations, Jan 10 (Prensa Latina) UN Secretary-General (UNSG) António Guterres on Monday strongly condemns the appalling attacks perpetrated over the weekend in Nigeria´s Zamfara State in which scores of civilians were killed.

Fire in Nigeria caused 25 deaths

Published on: October 22, 2021
09:30

By: Prensa Latina

Abuja, Oct 22 (Prensa Latina) The death toll rose to 25 today as a result of a fire at an illegal oil refinery in southern Nigerian state of 'Rivers', local authorities reported today.

Dozens killed in massacre by armed gang in Nigeria

Published on: September 27, 2021
14:16

By: Prensa Latina

Abuja, Sep 27 (Prensa Latina) Unknown armed attackers assaulted two villages in the state of Kaduna, northwestern Nigeria, on Sunday, and killed at least 32 unarmed civilians, according to reports from public sources.

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