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

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

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

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

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]](https://www.aljazeera.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/2016-06-18T120000Z_630071213_D1AETKPXWZAA_RTRMADP_3_NIGERIA-SECURITY-NIGER.jpg?resize=270%2C180&quality=80)
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]](https://www.aljazeera.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/2020-12-15T144408Z_270950136_RC2QNK9AOO09_RTRMADP_3_NIGERIA-SECURITY-KIDNAPPINGS.jpg?resize=270%2C180&quality=80)
State governor says soldiers are working to locate and free 333 schoolboys abducted by armed men.

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]](https://www.aljazeera.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/000_8WF7Q7.jpg?resize=270%2C180&quality=80)
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]](https://www.aljazeera.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/AP_20334577600389.jpg?resize=270%2C180&quality=80)
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]](https://www.aljazeera.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/h_56421256.jpg?resize=270%2C180&quality=80)
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]](https://www.aljazeera.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/2020-10-23T101603Z_638432546_RC29OJ9R5MMB_RTRMADP_3_NIGERIA-PROTESTS.jpg?resize=270%2C180&quality=80)