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Boko Haram Still A Threat Despite Gains In Flushing Them Out – Ibn Chambas

The Special Representative of the UN Secretary General and Head of the United Nations Office of West Africa (UNOWA), Dr...

International

Refugee Story Wins BBC Hausa Women’s Writing Award

The BBC Hausa Service has announced the winner of its first short-story competition aimed at women writers. Aisha...

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We Are Ready To Join ISIS, Boko Haram – Sacked Ghana Army Recruits

Some 501 sacked Army recruits have threatened to join terrorist groups like ISIS or Boko Haram after what they say is...

Opinion

Embattled Boko Haram Leader Shekau Resurfaces In Video

Kano (Nigeria) (AFP) - The embattled leader of jihadist group Boko Haram, Abubakar Shekau, resurfaced in a video posted...

International

Boko Haram’s Shekau Vows To Fight IS Group Rival For Leadership

A struggle within Nigeria's Islamic extremist group Boko Haram is playing out in public, with a new leader named by the...

International

Nigerian Defense Dismisses Change in Boko Haram Leadership

Nigeria's Defense Headquarters on Thursday dismissed the reported change in the leadership of the terrorist group Boko...

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Nigerian Man Who Fled Boko Haram Beaten to Death in Hate Attack in Italy

A 36-year-old Nigerian asylum seeker has been beaten to death after stepping in to defend his wife from an apparently...

Africa & World

Nigerian Army Kill Two Boko Haram Insurgents, Seize Sex Drugs in Ambush

The Nigeria Army reported today its soldiers last night staged an ambush of Boko Haram terrorists, killing two of them...

World News

Terror Group, Boko Haram Declares War on Buhari, Says He’s an Infidel

The Boko Haram sect threatened Buhari in a new video released some hours ago, where the leader of the terrorist group...

Africa & World

Boko Haram Kills at Least 18 on Nigerien Border

Niger's government said on Thursday that Boko Haram militants killed 18 people, including a local religious leader, in...

Africa & World

Suspected Boko Haram Suicide Attack Kills 8 in Cameroon

Four civilians were killed in northern Cameroon on Saturday in a suicide bomb assault by suspected Boko Haram militants...

Africa & World

Boko Haram Kills More People in Terror Attacks than ISIS – Global Terrorism Index

This week, the world’s deadliest terror group wrought extraordinary carnage on crowds of people going about their...

Africa & World

32 Dead, 80 Hurt in Nigeria Blast Blamed on Boko Haram

A night-time explosion blamed on Boko Haram extremists killed 32 people and wounded 80 Tuesday at a truck stop in...

Africa & World

Boko Haram: State of Emergency Declared around Lake Chad

Chad has declared a state of emergency in the Lake Chad region after attacks by Boko Haram militants from Nigeria. The...

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We’ll Defend Ghana from Any Terrorist Attack – GAF

Brigadier General Sampson Adeti, General Officer Commander of the Southern Command of the Ghana Armed Forces (GAF),...

Africa & World

Nigerian Military Rescues 338 Captives from Boko Haram

Nigerian military have successfully rescued 338 captives mostly women and children, from Boko Haram camps in a forest...

Africa & World

Islamist Boko Haram Terrorists Disguised As Preachers Kill Dozens In Nigeria

Islamist Boko Haram militants disguised as preachers killed at least 24 people and wounded several others in an attack...

Africa & World

Boko Haram Violence Forces Nigeria To Postpone Elections

Nigeria's election commission on Saturday postponed presidential and legislative elections for six weeks due to...