Nigeria's election commission on Saturday postponed presidential and legislative elections for six weeks due to security concerns.
The vote was scheduled to take place on Feb. 14, amid concerns that...
An attack by Islamic extremists killed dozens in the northeastern Nigerian village of Doron Baga, a major fishing centre on the shores of Lake Chad, witnesses said.
Fisherman Usman Abubakar told The...
(Magadli,Daily Post) In a clear indication that the ceasefire deal sealed between the Federal government of Nigeria and the Boko Haram sect has truly crumbled, the insurgents have launched attack on...
President Barack Obama will soon fall sick, Nigeria’s Prophet T B Joshua has told his congregation in Africa’s most populous nation, according a Nigerian Freelance Journalist who goes by...
(Nigeria, Premium Times) Apparently traumatized by the protracted wait for the rescue of the over 200 schoolgirls kidnapped by Boko Haram insurgents from their hostels in Chibok, Borno State, parents...
The Accra Report is focused on keeping global attention on the #bringbackourgirls campaign, and with that in mind we continue to explore the harrowing element of sexual gender based violence (SGBV)...
The well publicized campaign #bringbackourgirls helped to bring global attention to the often ignored issue of sexual and gender based violence (SGBV) during conflicts.
It has been months and our...
Boko Haram has seized control of a town in northeastern Nigeria, the latest to fall into the armed group's hands in the crisis-hit region, witnesses and a local official have said.
Several residents...
The wife of Cameroon's vice prime minister, Amadou Ali, has been kidnapped and at least three other people have been killed in an attack by Boko Haram fighters on Ali's home in the northern town of...
A video recording of the aftermath of an alleged Boko Haram masterminded attack in Nigeria has been sent to the offices of The Accra Report.
This video is very gruesome and shows people fleeing the...
The president of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, Hon. Goodluck Jonathan has come under severe criticism for his perceived lax approach and ineffective leadership in the wake of the burgeoning...
