Helping the Boko Haram Displaced
Not a single car remains in the town of Dikwa in northeast Nigeria and there's no way to communicate to the outside world, as all the telephone lines have been blown up. But it is here that...
Tag: States of Nigeria
Civilians In the Crossfire of Boko Haram and the Military
The four women lay dazed on the beds of the clinic. The face of one of them was burnt. Another broke her leg during the Nigerian army offensive against Boko Haram Islamists in their village....
Overwhelming Fun At Okyeame Kwame’s
The event attracted massive patronage from fans who turned up at the Silverbird cinema After grabbing massive attention over the period with commercials and teasers of his "Flaunt Your Lover"...
Poor Men To Be Legally Barred From Polygamy
Nigeria’s second most influential Muslim leader – the Emir of Kano, Muhammadu Sanusi II has disclosed that there will soon be a law which would stop men from taking more than one wife if they did...
Suicide Bombers Die In Failed Attack In Nigeria
As many as seven suicide bombers, six of them women, have blown themselves up while trying to attack the northeast Nigerian city of Maiduguri, according to emergency services officials. Initial...
Nigerian Airport Workers Threaten Walkout While Capital’s Runway Repaired
Nigerian airport employees may walk out over pay issues at the capital's temporary airport while the main airport's runway is being repaired, their trade union said on Saturday. The Abuja airport...
Keteke To Be Premiered On March 4
play videoKeteke will be premiered at the Silverbird cinemas on March 4 Keteke, the film that is produced by Ghanaian movie house OldFilm, will be premiered at the Silverbird cinemas on March 4. The...
Boko Haram Suicide Bomber Narrates Ordeal – “Boko Haram Gave Me N200 (Approx. $0.50) to Detonate Explosive”
An 18-year-old Boko Haram suicide bomber, Amina, who was intercepted by men of Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) on Tuesday in Maiduguri, said she was given N200 for the mission....
Two Killed In A Foiled Suicide Attack In Maiduguri
A Local vigilante and a young suicide bomber lost their lives in a foiled suicide bomb attack in Dalori Quarters in Maiduguri Borno state north-east Nigeria. The attack which occurred on Tuesday...
Boko Haram Attacks Town Previously Bombed By Nigerian Air Force, 15 Killed- Army
Around 15 Boko Haram fighters were killed when the jihadists attacked a town in northeastern Nigeria, two days after the air force accidentally killed dozens of people there, local and military...
Nigeria Air Strike Error Kills Dozens In Refugee Camp
A Nigerian military jet has mistakenly bombed a camp for displaced people in the north-east, killing at least 52 people and injuring many more. Aid workers are among the dead in Rann, with the Red...
Nigeria Air Strike Error Kills Dozens In Refugee Camp
Nigerian military jet has mistakenly bombed a camp for displaced people in the north-east, killing at least 52 people and injuring many more. Aid workers are among the dead in Rann, with the Red...
Nigerian Air Strike ‘mistake’ Leaves 50 Dead In Refugee Camp
Nigeria’s air force killed 50 people and injured 120 in an air strike on a refugee camp in the northeast on Tuesday, Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) said. The military said the strike had targeted...
Nigeria Air Strike Error Kills Up To 100 In Refugee Camp
A Nigerian air force jet has mistakenly bombed a camp for displaced people near Rann in the north-east, killing up to 100 people and injuring dozens more. Aid workers are among the dead, with the Red...
Nigerian Fighter Jet Strikes Refugees, Aid Workers In Borno
A Nigerian fighter jet misfired during an operation Tuesday, striking refugees at a camp in Borno state for the internally displaced, as well as aid workers with the International Committee of the...
Nigerians Understudied Ghanaian Music – Quata
Tongue twisting rapper, Quata has agreed with musician Mr Eazi, who received a lot of backlash for saying that Ghana’s influence on Nigerian music cannot be over emphasised. According to Quata,...
Three Killed In Maiduguri University Bomb Attack
At least three people have been killed in an early morning bomb attack at Nigeria’s University of Maiduguri, in the northeastern state of Borno. Witnesses said two explosions went off at the...
Gov. Okorocha And Imo Citizens Must Learn To Work In Harmony
Most Nigerians are not in a hurry to forget that by the time Nigeria had self rule in 1960, Lagos was both the commercial nerve centre and the federal capital territory of our country. Lagos had...
Vaccination Drive To Protect 4 Million Nigerian Children Gets Underway
A measles vaccination campaign to protect more than four million children living in conflict-affected areas of Nigeria is due to begin on Friday, according to the World Health Organization (WHO). The...
Nigeria’s Deadly Monsters (Part 1)
When you take everything away from a man or a people, including their humanity, their loved ones, their land, their possessions, their faith, their God, their self-respect, their identity and their...