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US President Donald Trump gestures to reporters as he walks across the South Lawn of the White House, May 15, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)
May 16, 2026, 11:26 am
Trump says Islamic State’s second-in-command killed by US and Nigerian forces
Abu Bakr al-Mainuki viewed as the key figure in terror group’s organizing and finance, had been plotting attacks against the US and its interests, official says
By AP
US President Donald Trump calls service members on Christmas Eve at the Mar-a-Lago resort on December 24, 2025, in Palm Beach, Florida. (TASOS KATOPODIS / GETTY IMAGES NORTH AMERICA / Getty Images via AFP)
December 26, 2025, 5:59 am
Trump says US struck ISIS targets in Nigeria after group targeted Christians
US worked with Nigeria on strikes, which came after warnings from US president that West African country doing too little to combat anti-Christian persecution
By Will Weissert
This photo released by the Christian Association of Nigeria shows the dormitories of St. Mary's Catholic Primary and Secondary School after gunmen abducted children and staff in Papiri community in Nigeria, Nov. 21, 2025. (Christian Association of Nigeria via AP)
November 22, 2025, 12:50 pm
Nigerian Christian group says 303 children, 12 teachers seized in latest mass kidnapping
Almost half of the school’s population kidnapped in raid days after gunmen took 25 girls from educational institute in neighboring state
By AP
A Muslim woman prays during an event to mark the 10th anniversary of the kidnapping of students from Government Girls Secondary School Chibok by Boko Haram, in Lagos, Nigeria, April 14, 2024. (AP/Sunday Alamba)
May 26, 2025, 10:13 am
Netanyahu compares October 7 hostages to girls kidnapped by Boko Haram
PM recorded telling families Israel doing more than any other country to return its abducted citizens, but mass kidnappings are not unique to Hamas
By ToI Staff
Nigerian soldiers beat a woman during an International Quds Day anti-Israel, pro-Palestinian demonstration held by the Iran-linked Islamic Movement of Nigeria, in the capital Abuja, March 28, 2025. (Screen capture: X/Amnesty International)
March 30, 2025, 2:48 pm
12 killed in clash between Nigerian troops and anti-Israel Quds Day protesters
Army denies Amnesty International accusation soldiers used live bullets on demonstrators at pro-Palestinian march organized by banned Iran-linked Islamic Movement
By AFP
Parents wait for news about the kidnapped LEA Primary and Secondary School Kuriga students in Kuriga, Kaduna, Nigeria, on March 9, 2024.(Sunday Alamba/AP)
March 24, 2024, 10:17 am
200 kidnapped Nigerian students and staff released from captivity
Kaduna Governor Uba Sani says country’s national security adviser coordinated development, thanks armed forces; doesn’t specify how captives, abducted earlier in month, were freed
By Agencies
Dr. Mattan Arazi, ophthalmology resident at Sheba medical Center, consulting with a child in Nigeria as part of a humanitarian mission on January 10, 2023. (Courtesy: Sheba Medical Center)
January 13, 2023, 2:11 pm
Battling kids’ eye cancer in Nigeria, Israeli doctors introduce pinpointed chemo
Week-long mission from Sheba Medical Center aims to teach local doctors to perform the complex procedure that spares patients the side effects of full body radiation
By Nathan Jeffay
People move through a market in Mumbai, India, November 12, 2022. (AP Photo/Rajanish Kakade)
November 15, 2022, 2:49 pm
World population slated to surpass 8 billion Tuesday amid mounting global challenges
UN report says populations of many sub-Saharan countries projected to double between 2022 and 2050, ‘putting additional pressure on already strained resources’
By DAN IKPOYI and Chinedu Asadu
Illustrative: Nigerian security forces in Jangebe town, Zamfara state, northern Nigeria February 28, 2021. (Ibrahim Mansur/AP)
October 28, 2022, 12:07 am
Israelis warned against visiting Nigeria because of terror threats
National Security Council advisory urges travelers to avoid capital Abuja, leave country as soon as possible, echoing similar warnings from other Western countries
By ToI Staff
Mohammad Barkindo, Secretary-General of OPEC, is shown during a panel discussion at CERAWeek by IHS Markit at Hilton Americas,1600 Lamar St., on March 7, 2017, in Houston (Melissa Phillip/Houston Chronicle via AP, File)
July 6, 2022, 12:02 pm
OPEC chief Mohammad Barkindo dies aged 63, Nigerian officials announce
No immediate comment from Vienna-based oil cartel; his legacy may be most tied to OPEC entering into an agreement with Russia
By Chinedu Asadu and Aya Batrawy
Ondo State Governor Rotimi Akeredolu (third left) points to the blood stained floor after an attack by gunmen at St. Francis Catholic Church in Owo town, southwest Nigeria, June 5, 2022. (AFP)
June 6, 2022, 8:25 am
Dozens of worshipers feared dead after gunmen attack Nigeria church
State lawmaker says at least 50 dead; many children among victims; priest abducted; no claim of responsibility; rare assault in south; worshipers were marking Pentecost Sunday
By Agencies
Leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) movement, Nnamdi Kanu, wears a Jewish prayer shawl as he leave his house in Umuahia, southeast Nigeria, to meet veterans of the Nigerian civil war, on May 26, 2017. (Marco Longari/AFP)
From the WebApril 27, 2022, 5:01 am
The lost Jews of Nigeria
Thousands in Nigeria have taken up Judaism in recent decades, despite no history of the religion in the country, The Guardian reports
Defendants attend a trial at the Primary Court in Kabul, Afghanistan, on May 6, 2015. The sign in Dari behind the judges reads, "verdicts are based on Sharia (law), any rebellion against the verdict is rebellion against (the Prophet) Muhammad." (AP/Allauddin Khan)
August 20, 2021, 9:35 am
As Taliban return in Afghanistan, how is sharia law followed in Muslim world?
Islamist extremist group claims it won’t reimpose brutal interpretation of religious regulations; most Muslim nations incorporate parts of sharia, but few carry out its punishments
By AFP
Igbo Jewish leader Lizben Agha (courtesy)
August 9, 2021, 5:00 pm
Nigeria releases local Jewish leader who was arrested with Israeli filmmakers
Igbo community’s Lizben Agha, held for a month without charges, is freed almost two weeks after Israeli trio sent home
By Lazar Berman
An Israeli man receives a third dose of the COVID-19 vaccine at a Clalit health care maintenance organization in Jerusalem, on August 1, 2021. (Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90)
August 1, 2021, 2:24 pm
Daily Briefing August 1 – Israelis turn guinea pigs as 3rd COVID dose rolled out
Lazar Berman explains why Israel is up in arms after an alleged Iranian attack on an oil tanker; health reporter Nathan Jeffay lists pros and cons of Israel’s 3rd dose campaign
By ToI Staff
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