Source: Time By Aryn Baker | Photographs by Lynsey Addario for TIME After spending 15 months in captivity in a run-down brothel in the Italian city of Torino, Wealth finally saw her chance to escape. The 23-year-old Nigerian had scraped together nearly 50 euros in tips from a couple of regulars and […]
Source: Reuters BY Abraham Achirga, Afolabi Sotunde ABUJA (Reuters) – Nigerian police fired teargas at hundreds of Shi’ite Muslim protesters on Tuesday during a second day of clashes in the capital Abuja over the imprisonment of their religious leader, Reuters witnesses said. The protesters are demanding the release of Ibrahim Zakzaky, […]
Source: The Guardian By Azimazi Mimoh Jimoh (Abuja), Seye Olumide and Chris Irekamba (Lagos) British Prime Minister, Theresa May, has called for same-sex marriage in Nigeria and all other countries within the Commonwealth. At the first joint forum at the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting in Westminster yesterday, the prime minister […]
Source: The Guardian By Igho Akeregha, Oludare Richards, Tina Abeku (Abuja) and Abdulganiyu Alabi (Kaduna) It was violence yesterday as members of the Islamic Movement in Nigeria (IMN), also known as Shiites, clashed with the police in Abuja. A senior member of the group, Abdullahi Mohammed Musa, informed The Guardian on […]
By Isa Sa’idu, Zaria | Publish Date: Apr 11 2018 The Ahmadiyya Nigeria Muslim Organisation has donated 1,175 pints of blood to patients in various Nigerian hospitals as part of its humanitarian […]
Source: The New York Times Kidnapped as Schoolgirls by Boko Haram: Here They Are Now The New York Times met and photographed dozens of the students abducted by Boko Haram. Now at a university, they say they are the lucky ones. But their celebrity has a price. By Dionne Searcey […]
Source: Wall Street Journal By Drew Hinshaw,Joe Parkinson and Gbenga Akingbule DAPCHI, Nigeria—Nigeria said it is holding peace talks with a local Islamic State faction, in a test of whether a secular […]
Source: Associated Press By SAM OLUKOYA and BASHIR ADIGUN LAGOS, Nigeria (AP) — The mother of the only Nigerian schoolgirl still in Boko Haram captivity after the extremists released 104 […]
Source: BBC News Nearly all of the 110 Nigerian schoolgirls kidnapped by militants in the town of Dapchi last month have been returned, the government says. Officials said at least […]
Source: The Washington Post By Kevin Sieff The most powerful man in this ancient city rides through the streets on prized thoroughbreds and in vintage Rolls-Royce convertibles. One servant holds a […]
Source: The New York Times By JONATHAN GOPEP, DIONNE SEARCEY and EMMANUEL AKINWOTU MARCH 18, 2018 President Muhammadu Buhari addressing the parents of the kidnapped girls in Dapchi, Nigeria, on Wednesday. He has said […]
Source: Reuters By Afolabi Sotunde, Abraham Achirga 3 MIN READ ABUJA (Reuters) – A Nigerian group that sparked a global campaign for the safe return of schoolgirls kidnapped in 2014 said […]
By Julia Crawford March 2, 2018 Restituted funds will be used to finance Nigeria’s National Social Safety Net Project, which involves cash transfers to Nigerians living below the poverty line. (Keystone) A recent Swiss agreement with Nigeria and the World Bank to return hundreds of millions in so-called “Abacha funds” is […]
Source: BBC News By Dr Charlie Weller Head of Vaccines, Wellcome Trust Since the beginning of the year, Nigeria has been gripped by an outbreak of a deadly disease. Lassa […]
Published on July 13, 2015 By Ameh Comrade Godwin Shocking revelation emerged that most members of the Boko Haram insurgents are Christians.The insurgents have attacked many churches in the country, […]
By Shakirah AdunolaThe Ahmadiyya Muslim Jama’at has commissioned a new central mosque located near the ancient mosque (built in 1945) in Agindingbi area of Ikeja, Lagos State. Speaking at […]
Source: The Guardian Killers reportedly operated at two locations in coordinated attack on Christians returning from churches At least 14 people have been killed and 12 injured in attacks on […]
By Shakirah Adunola No fewer than 35, 000 Muslim faithful recently gathered at the Ahmadiyya Muslim Jamaat Nigeria 65th Islamic Conference, Jalsa Salana, to chart path to resuscitating the […]
By Gistmaster ‘Lets reform ourselves with ‘Love for all, hatred for none’’ The site was Jamia Ahmadiyya, Ilaro, Ogun State, venue of the 65th Jalsa Salana, (annual convention) of Ahmadiyya […]
As we commemorate the International Day of Tolerance, we should bear in mind that everyone deserves our respect irrespective of the differences that we have. Times of Ahmad | […]
