Black magicians became an integral part of illegal migration business, encouraging migrants with enchanting rituals to gamble their lives, attempting to reach Europe, crossing Sahara desert and Mediterranean sea. However it is unclear if the attempts to neutralize their efforts with counter-magic brought any fruit. Some believe the curse will work as an effective measure…
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Goddess Osun festival in Nigeria
Fertility goddess Osun festival attracts thousands of Yorubas, an ancient ethnic group in West Africa that numbers around 40 million, the vast majority living in Nigeria. VIDEO: The Arugba brings Osun-Osogbo festival to exciting climax https://t.co/Eih3aGFg7W #OsunOsogboFestival pic.twitter.com/7YDBYEKMOx — TheCable (@thecableng) August 19, 2018 According to Unesco which named the area a World Heritage site in…
Boko Haram attacks at Lake Chad
Attack attributed to Boko Haram jihadists in the Lake Chad region left behind 18 people dead, a Chadian military source said on Sunday. “Boko Haram elements attacked a village south of Daboua,” not far from Chad’s border with Niger, at around 9:00 pm (2000 GMT) on July 19, the military source said. The assailants “cut…
Nigeria to join African free trade area
President Muhammadu Buhari said Nigeria will soon sign up to an African continental free trade agreement. Buhari made the comment while speaking at a press conference during a visit by South Africa’s President Cyril Ramaphosa. Nigeria's President Buhari says will soon sign African continental free trade agreement https://t.co/fqKhClv1bh pic.twitter.com/ucYJVeiRsE — Reuters Africa (@ReutersAfrica) July 14,…
Buhari blames unnamed politicians for massacre in Plateau State
After violent clashes in central Nigeria between Muslim herders and Christian farmers, occuring during weekend media is citing police informing that 86 people were killed. The growing conflict between two groups has become deadlier than Nigeria’s Boko Haram extremist insurgency. Following the massacre Nigeria’s president in a statement accused unnamed politicians of taking advantage of…
Outbreak of cholera in Nigeria
A cholera outbreak has killed 12 people and may have infected at least 134 others in the northeast Nigerian state of Adamawa, an official said on Wednesday (23/05/2018). Deadly Cholera Outbreak in Northwest Nigeria https://t.co/5QFwgI2A7L pic.twitter.com/OqhdDpTVgF — Voice of America (@VOANews) May 23, 2018 “So far 12 people have died from the disease and there…
Tajani condolences to Mubi bombing victims
The European Parliament president Antonio Tajani send his condolences to families of victims of a Mosque attack in Nigeria. Already 60 people have been reported dead; and dozens of injured following an explosion in a mosque in Mubi, Adamawa State, North-east Nigeria. The blast occurred Tuesday (1/05/2018) afternoon while worshippers were holding Zuhr prayer. https://twitter.com/EP_President/status/991403005978214401 The locals…
Buhari vows to unite Nigeria
President Muhammadu Buhari, who took office in 2015 is vowing to end Boko Haram’s offensive to create an Islamic caliphate in the northeast, he also declared his priority to improve security in Africa’s most populous country of 150.53 million. The issue has become politically charged in the run-up to an election next year which Buhari…
Boko Haram attacks in Maiduguri
Nigeria’s Boko Haram extremists attacked two villages on the outskirts of the northeastern city of Maiduguri late Sunday (1.04.2018), killing at least 15 people, the military said. The militants tried to enter the center of Maiduguri, the provincial capital of Borno state, but army soldiers repelled them, gunning down six armed insurgents and seven suicide bombers,…
EU: 39 Nigerian women rescued from traffickers
The Spanish Guardia Civil in collaboration with the National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP) from Nigeria and the UK’s National Crime Agency (NCA), dismantled a Nigerian organised crime group in one of the largest operations against Trafficking in Human Beings in Europe. This particular criminal network was active across multiple Member…
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