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In Nigeria’s crude capital, a plan to win the war against oil theft

Through security measures, including gunboats, authorities in Rivers State hope to stop criminals and help production.

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‘ECOWAS is making efforts to get across to Niger’: Nigerian defence chief

Ahead of an ECOWAS summit in Abuja, the Nigerian general speaks to Al Jazeera about insecurity in West Africa.

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OPEC does not control price of oil, says cartel chief

OPEC president talks to Al Jazeera about output cuts, price volatility, and the war in Ukraine and its effect on prices.

The logo of the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) is pictured on the wall of the new OPEC headquarters in Vienna

Children seized. Towns attacked. Can Nigeria fix security crises?

From gangs abducting for ransom to fighters attacking towns, the gov’t faces series of security challenges in the north.

Between June 2011 and March 2020, at least $18m was paid to kidnappers as ransom, according to a report by SB Morgen [File: Luc Gnago/Reuters]

Armed men storm school in Nigeria, abduct 27 students

President Buhari has condemned abduction of 27 students from a secondary school in Niger state.

The attackers, dressed in military uniforms and masks, stormed the school hostels to take away children, local media reported [File: Afolabi Sotunde/Reuters]

Nigeria steps up efforts to rescue 300 abducted pupils: Live

State governor says soldiers are working to locate and free 333 schoolboys abducted by armed men.

Old rivals square up again in Ghana’s tight presidential election

Monday’s race for top post expected to pit incumbent Nana Akufo-Addo against predecessor, John Mahama, for third time.

Nana Akufo-Addo (left) and John Mahama (right) [File: Kola Sulaimon and Stephane de Sakutin/AFP]

‘Unrelenting’ insecurity: Nigeria reels after massacre of farmers

Outrage in Nigeria after killing of dozens of agricultural workers, in latest attack to hit country’s northeast.

Borno State Governor Babagana Umara Zulum (centre) prays during the funeral in Zabarmari village for those killed in Saturday’s attack [Jossy Ola/AP Photo]

Demands for justice grow louder as inquiry probes Lagos shooting

Several states across Nigeria set up judicial panels to investigate alleged cases of police brutality.

A protesters with a tattoo on his body holds a banner during a protest against the Nigeria rogue police, otherwise known as Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS), in Lekki district of Lagos [Akintunde Akinleye/EPA]

Nigeria seeks to halt looting amid fury over ‘food warehouses’

Gov’t-run sites holding supplies meant for distribution during earlier lockdowns have been ransacked this week.

Government officials have issued statements urging looters to stay away from warehouses [Afolabi Sotunde/Reuters]