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UN Warns Against Refugee Returns To Nigeria From Cameroon

The UN voiced alarm Wednesday at the many Nigerian refugees returning from Cameroon to Banki, a border town clouded by...

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‘Deadly Ambush On 200-Vehicle’ Convoy In Nigeria

Suspected militant Islamists have ambushed a convoy of about 200 vehicles on a major highway in north-eastern Nigeria,...

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‘Half’ Nigeria Food Aid For Boko Haram Victims Not Delivered

Up to half the food aid meant for people who have fled Nigeria’s Islamist insurgency has reportedly not been...

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‘Half’ Nigeria Food Aid For Boko Haram Victims Not Delivered

Up to half the food aid meant for people who have fled Nigeria’s Islamist insurgency has reportedly not been...

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Nigeria’s Next Security Problem?

In 2013, thousands of young men formed a rag-tag militia and rounded up Boko Haram members in Maiduguri, northeast...

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Boko Haram Kills Eight In Dawn Ambush

Boko Haram gunmen killed eight members of a civilian militia force on Sunday, hiding in trees and opening fire as they...

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Boko Haram Claims Deadly Attack On Nigerian City

Islamist insurgency Boko Haram has claimed responsibility for the attack on Nigeria’s northeastern city of Maiduguri...

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Farmers Call To Return Home

Farmers and fishermen displaced by Boko Haram violence in northeast Nigeria want to return home, saying it will help...

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Is Islam Responsible For Global ‘Islamist’ Terrorism?

The media have consistently, for far too long, maintained shallow, hollow and horrific reportage on the terror...

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Boko Haram Kills 11 In NE Nigeria Attacks

Eleven people were killed when Boko Haram gunmen and suicide bombers launched a rare combined attack inside the...

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Boko Haram Launches Major Attack On Northeast Nigerian City

Suspected Boko Haram fighters attacked the city of Maiduguri in northeast Nigeria on Wednesday, the Islamist militant...

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Cameroon Soldiers Arrested After Demanding Bonuses

Around 30 Cameroonian soldiers fighting the Nigerian jihadist group Boko Haram were arrested after a demonstration to...

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Buhari’s Health ‘no Cause For Alarm’

Nigeria's information minister on Wednesday said fears for President Muhammadu Buhari's health were unfounded, despite...

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Rescued Chibok Girls Won’t Be Going Back To Home Town For School

The rescued Chibok girls will not be going back to their rural home town to complete their schooling, Nigeria's...

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Nigeria’s Buhari Absent On Second Anniversary As President

Nigeria's ailing president was glaringly absent on Monday as his deputy marked their two years in power, with no word...

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Frustration and Hope

Nigeria on Tuesday marks 50 years since the declaration of an independent Republic of Biafra plunged the country into a...

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Insecurity, Underfunding Hamper Nigeria Hunger Relief

Aid agencies warn that humanitarian efforts against hunger in northeastern Nigeria are dangerously underfunded and some...

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Funding Shortfall Hits Starving In NE Nigeria

Lack of funding is forcing aid agencies to cut feeding programmes for starving people in northeast Nigeria, the UN said...

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Suspected Boko Haram Jihadists Kill Vigilantes In Nigeria

Suspected Boko Haram jihadists killed six people fighting alongside the military in two separate incidents in northeast...