Mohammed Barkindo, the secretary general of OPEC, the powerful cartel of oil-producing countries, has passed away, the head of the Nigerian state oil corporation said on Wednesday.
Nigeria’s army forces reportedly have attacked Shiite Muslims, killing several people and injuring many others during annual Ashura procession in Zaria, Kaduna state in the northwest.
Saudi Arabia was involved in the Zaria massacre in the Nigerian capital Abuja, Sheikh Ibrahim al-Zakzaky said, emphasizing that the kingdom was only acting on the orders of Washington and London.
The death toll from the worst flooding Nigeria has seen in a decade has passed 600 people, the country’s humanitarian affairs ministry tweeted on Sunday.
Gunmen stormed a mosque in Nigeria’s restive northwestern state of Katsina on Saturday and abducted 19 worshippers while they were saying evening prayers.
At least one person reportedly has been killed while many more were injured after Nigerian police opened fire on Quds Day protesters in the main city of Abuja.
More than 100 people have drowned in north central Nigeria after a boat carrying families returning from a wedding sank in a river, police and local authorities said.
Nigeria’s leading Islamic scholar Sheikh Ibrahim al-Zakzaky warned that the US and France intend to stoke sedition in African countries following the recent coup in Niger that ousted a Western-backed president.