Islamic extremism in Northern Nigeria

International

Nigeria-Boko Haram-Missing Soldiers Story

In a story Oct. 23 about 83 missing Nigerian soldiers, The Associated Press erroneously quoted senior military...

International

Nigeria First Lady Aisha Buhari To Campaign For Her Husband

The wife of Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari has said she is seeking “the success of my husband’s...

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

Boko Haram Overruns Nigerian Military Base In Northeast

Nigeria's Boko Haram Islamic extremists have overrun a remote military camp in the northeast, leaving 13 soldiers...

International

Released Chibok Girls ‘should Be Educated Abroad’

Nigeria's government is negotiating the release of a further 83 of the missing Chibok schoolgirls, but more than 100...

International

Chibok Girls Reunite With Families In Nigeria

Twenty-one schoolgirls who had been kidnapped by the Islamist group Boko Haram in the Nigerian town of Chibok have been...

International

How Was Chibok Girls’ Release Secured?

In the early hours of Thursday morning, 21 of the kidnapped Chibok schoolgirls were released by their Boko Haram...

International

Nigerian President’s Wife May Not Back Him At Next Election

The wife of Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari says she may not back her husband at the next election unless he shakes...

International

Nigeria Denies Boko Haram Prisoner Swap

Boko Haram seized 276 pupils from the Government Girls Secondary School in Chibok on April 14, 2014. Fifty-seven...

International

Boko Haram Frees 21 Chibok Girls

Boko Haram militants handed over 21 missing Chibok schoolgirls to the Nigerian government Thursday morning, according...

International

Group of Chibok Schoolgirls ‘freed’ In Nigeria

Twenty-one of the Chibok schoolgirls kidnapped by Boko Haram have been freed, a senior Nigerian government official has...

Politics

Chibok Schoolgirls ‘freed’ In Nigeria

Twenty-one of the Chibok schoolgirls kidnapped by Boko Haram have been freed, a senior Nigerian government official has...

Top Stories

You’re Free To Join ISIS – GAF To Sacked Army Recruits

The Ghana Armed Forces (GAF) has said that the dismissed military recruits who have threatened to join ISIS are free to...

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...

International

Nigerian Lawmakers To Probe Use of Funds For People Fleeing Boko Haram

The use of Nigerian government funds earmarked for assisting displaced people who are living in desperate conditions in...

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...