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Seven miners shot dead in Nigeria's restive Plateau, youth group, official say

UN says 35 million Nigerians risk hunger after global funding collapse

FILE PHOTO: Yaanama Abba, a 45-year-old mother of six children, receives pinto beans distributed by WFP in Mafa LGA, Borno State, Nigeria, July 16, 2025. Damilola Onafuwa, WFP Nigeria Communications Service/Handout via REUTERS/File Photo
FILE PHOTO: Yaanama Abba, a 45-year-old mother of six children, receives pinto beans distributed by WFP in Mafa LGA, Borno State, Nigeria, July 16, 2025. Damilola Onafuwa, WFP Nigeria Communications Service/Handout via REUTERS/File Photo

Mass kidnapping at Kaduna churches adds to pressure on Nigeria

An interior view of Haske Cherubim and Seraphim Movement Church, after an attack by gunmen in which worshippers are kidnapped, in Kurmin Wali, Kaduna Nigeria, January 20, 2026. REUTERS/Nuhu Gwamna
An interior view of Haske Cherubim and Seraphim Movement Church, after an attack by gunmen in which worshippers are kidnapped, in Kurmin Wali, Kaduna Nigeria, January 20, 2026. REUTERS/Nuhu Gwamna

Five soldiers killed in ambush in northwestern Nigeria

Family of boxer Anthony Joshua questions if trial over deadly crash ‘worth it’

Adeniyi Mobolaji Kayode (C), the driver charged in the car crash that injured Anthony Joshua and killed his friends, walks at a court in Sagamu on January 20, 2026. Adeniyi Mobolaji Kayode, 46, was driving the former two-time heavyweight champion Joshua and two of his friends, Latif Ayodele and Sina Ghami when their Lexus SUV rammed into a stationary truck.
Kayode faces multiple reckless driving charges as well as a charge of driving without a license. (Photo by Tonye BAKARE / AFP)
Adeniyi Mobolaji Kayode (C), the driver charged in the car crash that injured Anthony Joshua and killed his friends, walks at a court in Sagamu on January 20, 2026. Adeniyi Mobolaji Kayode, 46, was driving the former two-time heavyweight champion Joshua and two of his friends, Latif Ayodele and Sina Ghami when their Lexus SUV rammed into a stationary truck.
Kayode faces multiple reckless driving charges as well as a charge of driving without a license. (Photo by Tonye BAKARE / AFP)

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

Leverkusen's Flekken and Tella suffer injury setbacks

Soccer Football - Bundesliga - Bayer Leverkusen v VfB Stuttgart - BayArena, Leverkusen, Germany - January 10, 2026  Bayer Leverkusen's Mark Flekken reacts REUTERS/Thilo Schmuelgen
Soccer Football - Bundesliga - Bayer Leverkusen v VfB Stuttgart - BayArena, Leverkusen, Germany - January 10, 2026  Bayer Leverkusen's Mark Flekken reacts REUTERS/Thilo Schmuelgen

Hosts Morocco looking to end Africa Cup of Nations heartbreak against unimpressive Senegal in final

Morocco captain and defender Achraf Hakimi celebrating with the Atlas Lions' mascot after the Africa Cup of Nations semi-final shoot-out win over Nigeria at the Prince Moulay Abdellah stadium in Rabat on Jan 14, 2026.
Morocco captain and defender Achraf Hakimi celebrating with the Atlas Lions' mascot after the Africa Cup of Nations semi-final shoot-out win over Nigeria at the Prince Moulay Abdellah stadium in Rabat on Jan 14, 2026.

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

Beneficiaries from different Internally Displaced Persons camps wait to receive support following the exit of USAID, at a World Food Programme distribution centre in Dikwa, Borno State, Nigeria, August 27, 2025. REUTERS/Sodiq Adelakun.
Beneficiaries from different Internally Displaced Persons camps wait to receive support following the exit of USAID, at a World Food Programme distribution centre in Dikwa, Borno State, Nigeria, August 27, 2025. REUTERS/Sodiq Adelakun.

Holders Nigeria drawn in group with Egypt at Women’s Africa Cup of Nations

FILE PHOTO: Nigeria’s Super Falcons captain Rasheedat Ajibade holds the Women’s Africa Cup of Nations (WAFCON) trophy as supporters cheers at Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport in Abuja, following the team’s victory in Morocco, July 28, 2025. REUTERS/Marvellous Durowaiye/File Photo
FILE PHOTO: Nigeria’s Super Falcons captain Rasheedat Ajibade holds the Women’s Africa Cup of Nations (WAFCON) trophy as supporters cheers at Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport in Abuja, following the team’s victory in Morocco, July 28, 2025. REUTERS/Marvellous Durowaiye/File Photo

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MDDI (P) 046/10/2025. Published by SPH Media Limited, Co. Regn. No.202120748H. Copyright © 2026 SPH Media Limited. All rights reserved.