Islamic extremism in Northern Nigeria

International

Some 14 Million In Northeast Nigeria May Need Humanitarian Aid In 2017

Around 14 million people will need humanitarian help in the former northeast Nigerian stronghold region of Boko Haram...

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Nigeria Shia Pilgrimage Clash Kills Nine

At least eight Nigerian Shia Muslims and one police officer have been killed in clashes with police at a religious...

International

‘Many Shot’ As Nigeria Police and Shia Pilgrims Clash In Kano

A number of Nigerian Shia Muslims on a religious procession have been shot during clashes with police in the northern...

International

Nigeria’s Presidency Deny Paying $21million Ransom For Chibok Girls Release

The Presidency has described as untrue and unfair media reports which claimed renewed attacks in Borno State were as a...

International

Bomb Blast By Nigeria Barracks In Maiduguri

A bomb has exploded behind one of the military barracks in Nigeria’s north-eastern city of Maiduguri. The BBC's...

International

Soyinka Changes Tune Says He Won’t Destroy U.S. Permit Yet After Trump Win

Soyinka changes tune says he won’t destroy U. S. permit yet after Trump win Nobel laureate, Professor Wole Soyinka,...

International

I Will Not Destroy My U.S. Residency Permit Just Yet – Soyinka

I will not destroy my U. S. residency permit just yet – Soyinka Nobel laureate, Professor Wole Soyinka, Wednesday,...

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‘Boko Haram’ Features On Al Jazeera Thursday Night

International media started paying attention to Boko Haram in April 2014 when the group abducted over 250 school girls...

Opinion

The Boko Haram Menace And The Inactions of The International Community

The struggle against the evil extremist Boko Haram terrorists in Nigeria suffered a terrible setback last week with the...

International

Nigerians Pay Tribute To ‘war King’ Killed By Boko Haram

Tributes are being paid to a Nigerian army commander nicknamed "war king" after he was killed by Islamist militants...

International

Nigeria Sends Female Police To Protect Boko Haram Victims

Police in the north-eastern Nigerian state of Borno say they have deployed 100 female officers to camps for those who...

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Nigerian President Lauds Chibok Girl Rescue

Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari has saluted the efforts of troops confronting Boko Haram terrorists for rescuing...

International

Nigerian Army Rescues Another Chibok Girl

The Nigerian Army says that it has rescued another one of the girls abducted from the Government Secondary School...

International

Nigeria Investigates Reports That Officials Raped Displaced Women

Nigeria has launched an investigation into reports alleging that government officials raped and sexually abused women...

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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

Buhari Orders Investigation Over ‘sex Abuse’

Nigeria's President Muhammadu Buhari has ordered an investigation into allegations of sexual abuse at camps where women...

International

Buhari Orders Probe of Sexual and Rights Abuses In IDPs Camps

Buhari orders probe of sexual and rights abuses in IDPs camps A 17-year-old girl has told of how a policeman raped her...

International

Nigerian Officials ‘sexually Abusing’ Victims

Women and girls in several camps in the Nigerian town of Maiduguri are being sexually abused by officials, a rights...

Opinion

Could The Nigerian #bringbackourgirls Campaign Be Merely A Political Stunt?

President Muhammadu Buhari led his country’s delegation to the United Nations 71st General Assembly meeting in...