northeast Nigeria

International

Insecurity, Underfunding Hamper Nigeria Hunger Relief

Aid agencies warn that humanitarian efforts against hunger in northeastern Nigeria are dangerously underfunded and some...

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Funding Shortfall Hits Starving In NE Nigeria

Lack of funding is forcing aid agencies to cut feeding programmes for starving people in northeast Nigeria, the UN said...

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Suspected Boko Haram Jihadists Kill Vigilantes In Nigeria

Suspected Boko Haram jihadists killed six people fighting alongside the military in two separate incidents in northeast...

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Joy As Chibok Girls Reunited With Parents

There were emotional scenes Saturday as 82 kidnapped Chibok girls released by Boko Haram Islamists earlier this month...

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US Court Battle Gives Clues To Nigerian Arms Scandal

The claims read like the plot of a best-selling thriller, with secretive arms dealers and a corruption-riddled...

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Nigeria Says Freed Girl Not One of Chibok Abductees

Nigeria's government on Thursday retracted its announcement that another Chibok girl was free, saying she was not one...

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The Orphans of Boko Haram

After a night on the streets, the pack of young boys move into Maiduguri's abandoned amusement park in the early...

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Boko Haram Insurgents Kill Six Farmers In Nigeria

Boko Haram jihadists have killed six farmers who were working on their land near the northeastern Nigerian city of...

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Freed Boko Haram Fighter Says Group Ready To Attack Abuja

A man purporting to be a Boko Haram fighter said the group plans to bomb Nigeria’s capital, Abuja, in a video seen by...

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Parents of Chibok Schoolgirls Face Wait To Be Reunited

Eighty-two Nigerian schoolgirls who were released from Boko Haram captivity after more than three years face a wait to...

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Chibok Girl Refused To Be Part of Release Deal

A schoolgirl who was among more than 200 kidnapped by Boko Haram in 2014 refused to be part of a release deal because...

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UN Urges Nigerians Not To Shun Chibok Girls

The United Nations on Monday welcomed the release of 82 Nigerian schoolgirls after years of Boko Haram captivity and...

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Nigeria President Leaves For ‘follow-Up Medical Consultation’

Nigeria's President Muhammadu Buhari headed to London on Sunday for what his office said was a "follow-up medical...

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Boko Haram Planning Foreign Kidnaps In Northeast Nigeria

Britain and the United States on Friday said Boko Haram was preparing to kidnap foreigners in remote northeast Nigeria,...

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Boko Haram Planning Foreign Kidnaps In NE Nigeria

Britain and the United States on Friday said Boko Haram was preparing to kidnap foreigners in remote northeast Nigeria,...

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Charity Warns S.Sudan ‘man-Made’ Famine Could Kill 6 Million

The famine ravaging South Sudan and its neighbours could claim six million lives, a charity warned Friday, as the...

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Boko Haram’s Shekau Rejects Air Strike Injury Claims

Boko Haram leader Abubakar Shekau appeared in a new video published online on Thursday, rejecting claims he had been...

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A Nigerian Border Town Choked By Boko Haram Homeless

The Nigerianarmy calls it "New Banki City", an optimistic name conjuring up visions of modern housing. The reality is...

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Boko Haram Leader Shekau ‘injured In Air Strike’

Boko Haram's leader Abubakar Shekau has been injured and one of his deputies killed in an air strike in northeast...