Nigeria has grabbed global headlines again following a spate of attacks by gunmen involving the kidnapping of dozens of students from two schools and a deadly assault on a church service.

Nicki Minaj addresses United Nations on Christian persecution in Nigeria, praising Trump administration's designation of country as concern zone.

Nnamdi Kanu, leader of the banned Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), has reportedly been transferred to Sokoto prison following his life imprisonment sentence.