Five Killed In Boko Haram Mine Blast, Ambush
Five people have been killed in a landmine explosion and a roadside ambush in northeast Nigeria blamed on Boko Haram ...
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Farmers Call To Return Home
Farmers and fishermen displaced by Boko Haram violence in northeast Nigeria want to return home, saying it will help ease ...
Insecurity, Underfunding Hamper Nigeria Hunger Relief
Aid agencies warn that humanitarian efforts against hunger in northeastern Nigeria are dangerously underfunded and some communities remain cut off ...
Suicide Car Bomb Targets Military Convoy In Nigeria
A suicide car bomber has attacked a military convoy in northeast Nigeria, killing five soldiers and injuring another 40, security ...
116 Million African Children To Get Polio Vaccines
The World Health Organization said Friday 116 million children are to receive polio vaccines in 13 countries in west and ...
Thousands of Nigerians Trapped By Conflict Amid Worsening Humanitarian Crisis
Thousands of people in northeastern Nigeria remain beyond the reach of aid, Doctors Without Borders said. Many of them have ...
World Donors Gather In Oslo To Tackle Nigeria Famine
UN aid agencies and donor countries gathered in Oslo Thursday for a two-day meeting to raise emergency aid for millions ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
Nigerian Statesman In Corruption Scandal
For the past one week, the Borno-born civil servant has been running from pillar to pole, in a bid to ...
Nigeria Sends Female Police To Protect Boko Haram Victims
Police in the north-eastern Nigerian state of Borno say they have deployed 100 female officers to camps for those who ...
Nigerian President Lauds Chibok Girl Rescue
Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari has saluted the efforts of troops confronting Boko Haram terrorists for rescuing another Chibok schoolgirl. In ...
Buhari Orders Probe of Sexual and Rights Abuses In IDPs Camps
Buhari orders probe of sexual and rights abuses in IDPs camps A 17-year-old girl has told of how a policeman ...
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 administration,” weeks after ...
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 ...
My Buhari Moment
President Muhammadu Buhari called on Nigerians to give thanks to God and pray for the founding fathers as Nigeria celebrated ...
Nigeria’s Buhari Appeals To World For Aid
Lagos (AFP) - Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari appealed Friday for the international community to help relieve the growing humanitarian disaster ...
Number of People In Need of Food Assistance Grows In North-Eastern Nigeria
The number of people in need of food assistance in north-eastern Nigeria has risen to 4.5 million, nearly twice as ...
‘Son’ of Boko Haram’s Founder Named Jihadi Head
Kano (Nigeria) (AFP) - When the Islamic State group appointed Abu Musab al-Barnawi as the head of Boko Haram early ...