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International

Muslim Fulani Herdsmen Slaughter Dozens of Christians In Nigerian Village

Muslim Fulani herdsmen attacked villagers in the village of Godogodo, Nigeria on October 15 with guns and machetes,...

International

Widows of Victims of Nigeria’s Boko Haram Say Aid Overdue

After her husband was killed by a Boko Haram suicide bomber late last year, Hajjagana Mbasaru was forced to pull her...

International

83 Nigerian Soldiers Missing In Boko Haram Attack

MAIDUGURI, Nigeria (AP) — Some 83 Nigerian soldiers are missing in action since Boko Haram Islamic extremists...

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...

Top Stories

Sacked Recruits Free To Join ISIS, Boko Haram

The 501 army recruits who were dismissed by the Ghana Armed Forces in 2015 are free to decide wherever they want to go,...

Top Stories

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

Living In Fear of Boko Haram Suicide Bombers In Far North Cameroon

Maroua (Cameroon) (AFP) - With his finger on the trigger, ready to fire his weapon in an instant, a policeman keeps an...

Opinion

4 Chadian Troops Killed In Boko Haram Attack

N'Djamena (AFP) - Nigeria's Boko Haram jihadists have killed four Chadian soldiers in a cross-border raid in the...

International

8 Soldiers Killed In Attacks By Extremists

Islamic extremists have killed eight soldiers and wounded 17 in two attacks in northeastern Nigeria, the country's...

International

38 Boko Haram Fighters Killed In South Niger

Thirty-eight Boko Haram Islamist fighters have been killed during military search operations carried out by Niger and...

Opinion

Shifting Times In Edo State

A few days before President Buhari showed up in Edo state to campaign for his party’s governorship candidate in the...

International

Boko Haram Blamed After Road Attack In NE Nigeria

Boko Haram was on Sunday blamed for an attack on motorists in northeast Nigeria which left one person dead and...

International

Nigerians Return To Homes Devastated By Boko Haram

Hundreds of internally displaced people in northern Nigeria are returning home to the villages and towns they fled to...

International

Rival Boko Haram Groups Clash In NE Nigeria

In-fighting has broken out in Boko Haram after the Islamic State group announced a new leader of its Nigerian...

International

Some Officers Selling Arms To Boko Haram

Nigeria's military says some officers are selling arms and ammunition to Boko Haram, indicating the corruption...

Opinion

Boko Haram’s Shekau ‘wounded’ In Air Strike

Lagos (AFP) - Nigeria's military claimed Tuesday to have seriously injured Boko Haram's elusive leader Abubakar Shekau...

Opinion

Kerry Warns Against Crackdowns As Nigeria Claims Boko Haram Leader ‘wounded’

Sokoto (Nigeria) (AFP) - US Secretary of State John Kerry on Tuesday praised Nigeria for its recent gains against Boko...

Opinion

NIgeria’s Buhari Says Boko Haram Leader ‘wounded’

Abuja (AFP) - Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari said Sunday that Boko Haram leader Abubakar Shekau is "wounded", in...

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...