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...
Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Mr. Femi Adesina, has said that leaders of the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, and those in the cabinet were not being prosecuted for...
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’s president, Mr Muhammadu Buhari, says the challenges of Africa’s most populous nation will only be addressed through exemplary, disciplined and committed leadership. In a speech...
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...
As a birthday gift to her fans, Annie Idibia is set to give back to society, by giving out free skill acquisition programme for two weeks in Lagos and Akwa Ibom States. The actress said the decision...
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...
How to protect the Chibok girls from reliving their horror The Chibok girls who moved to the US in 2014 have had to repeatedly relive their experiences In our series of letters from African...
The wife of Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari has said she is seeking “the success of my husband’s administration,” weeks after saying she may not campaign for him at the next election. Aisha...
A Non-governmental Organisation, Media Initiative against Injustice, Violence and Corruption- MIIVOC has called on Rivers State Governor, Ezenwo Nyesom Wike to step in and resolve the difference...
When it first debuted some 15 months ago, many considered it a political rhetoric and a platform for the relaunching of a re-run campaign that seemed then to rule political discourse in the State....
After her husband was killed by a Boko Haram suicide bomber late last year, Hajjagana Mbasaru was forced to pull her children from school and rely on friends to feed them. Like other widows of...
MAIDUGURI, Nigeria (AP) — Some 83 Nigerian soldiers are missing in action since Boko Haram Islamic extremists attacked a remote military base in the northeast, senior army officers said Sunday. The...
Let us celebrate the occasion with wine and sweet words.- Plautus In 2014, I can still remember vividly former Governor Emmanuel Uduaghan of Delta State celebrating his birthday, with pomp and...
Nigeria's Boko Haram Islamic extremists have overrun a remote military camp in the northeast, leaving 13 soldiers wounded and an unknown number missing, the army said Wednesday. Monday's attack comes...
The family of Nigerian journalist Ken Saro-Wiwa Jr has said it is "devastated" after he died of a stroke in London yesterday at the age of 47. In a statement, the family said: It is with great...
The son of renowned Nigerian environmental activist Ken Saro-Wiwa, who was executed more than 20 years ago, has died in London. Ken Saro-Wiwa Jr, 47, passed away after suffering a stroke, his family...
Nigeria's government is negotiating the release of a further 83 of the missing Chibok schoolgirls, but more than 100 others appear unwilling to leave their captors, a community leader has told the AP...
