The Sultan of Sokoto and President of the Nigeria Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs, NSCIA, His Eminence Muhammadu Sa’ad Abubakar III has just celebrated the 10th year anniversary of his...
Around 14 million people will need humanitarian help in the former northeast Nigerian stronghold region of Boko Haram militants and tens of thousands of children will be at risk of dying from famine,...
At least eight Nigerian Shia Muslims and one police officer have been killed in clashes with police at a religious procession in Kano city, police say. Many marchers and five police officers were...
A number of Nigerian Shia Muslims on a religious procession have been shot during clashes with police in the northern city of Kano, reports say. At least 10 pilgrims were killed, the AFP reported....
The Presidency has described as untrue and unfair media reports which claimed renewed attacks in Borno State were as a result of recent release of the 21 Chibok girls. It also denied that it paid $21...
A bomb has exploded behind one of the military barracks in Nigeria’s north-eastern city of Maiduguri. The BBC's Abdullahi Kaura Abubakar reports that details are still sketchy. Witnesses say about...
Soyinka changes tune says he won’t destroy U. S. permit yet after Trump win Nobel laureate, Professor Wole Soyinka, Wednesday, stated that he will not destroy his United States’ residency permit...
I will not destroy my U. S. residency permit just yet – Soyinka Nobel laureate, Professor Wole Soyinka, Wednesday, stated that he will not destroy his United States’ residency permit just yet;...
International media started paying attention to Boko Haram in April 2014 when the group abducted over 250 school girls in Chibok in northern Nigeria. In Boko Haram, an upcoming Al Jazeera...
The struggle against the evil extremist Boko Haram terrorists in Nigeria suffered a terrible setback last week with the matyrdom of Lt Col Abu Ali. The fallen Colonel was described as a fearless and...
Tributes are being paid to a Nigerian army commander nicknamed "war king" after he was killed by Islamist militants Boko Haram. The militants killed Lt Col Muhammad Abu-Ali on Friday. The 36-year-old...
Police in the north-eastern Nigerian state of Borno say they have deployed 100 female officers to camps for those who have fled Boko Haram's insurgency. The female officers will ensure the protection...
Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari has saluted the efforts of troops confronting Boko Haram terrorists for rescuing another Chibok schoolgirl. In a brief statement issued late on Saturday, the...
The Nigerian Army says that it has rescued another one of the girls abducted from the Government Secondary School Chibok in Borno State by Boko Haram insurgents. A statement issued by the Acting...
Nigeria has launched an investigation into reports alleging that government officials raped and sexually abused women and girls who survived Boko Haram violence. The move comes after Human Rights...
The Special Representative of the UN Secretary General and Head of the United Nations Office of West Africa (UNOWA), Dr Ibn Chambas says though progress has been made in flushing out militant group,...
Nigeria's President Muhammadu Buhari has ordered an investigation into allegations of sexual abuse at camps where women and children are taking refuge from militant Islamist group Boko Haram. Mr...
Buhari orders probe of sexual and rights abuses in IDPs camps A 17-year-old girl has told of how a policeman raped her and put her in the family way at an Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) camp in...
Women and girls in several camps in the Nigerian town of Maiduguri are being sexually abused by officials, a rights group says. Human Rights Watch (HRW) said it had spoken to 43 victims who had been...
President Muhammadu Buhari led his country’s delegation to the United Nations 71st General Assembly meeting in September, 2016 in New York. During the meeting Buhari requested from UN’s Secretary...
