Northern Nigeria

• Nigeria's ancient jaggery-makers thrive despite huge sugar imports - STORY: Keeping alive a 200-year-old family tradition, Jamilu Usman produces a natural sweetener called ''jaggery'' from the sugarcane fields of Kano in northern Nigeria.It's a small-scale operation providing an alternative to the country's
• Trump announces strikes against ISIS in Nigeria and wishes MERRY CHRISTMAS to ‘dead terrorists’ he claims are targeting Christians - The president declared on Truth Social: ‘MERRY CHRISTMAS to all, including the dead Terrorists, of which there will be many more if their slaughter of Christians continues.’
• Nigeria secures release of 100 kidnapped children, reports say - At least 153 students and 12 teachers taken from a Catholic school last month remain in captivity.