Nigeria-Boko Haram-Missing Soldiers Story
In a story Oct. 23 about 83 missing Nigerian soldiers, The Associated Press erroneously quoted senior military officers. The story ...
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Muslim Fulani Herdsmen Slaughter Dozens of Christians In Nigerian Village
Muslim Fulani herdsmen attacked villagers in the village of Godogodo, Nigeria on October 15 with guns and machetes, burning down ...
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 ...
83 Nigerian Soldiers Missing In Boko Haram Attack
MAIDUGURI, Nigeria (AP) — Some 83 Nigerian soldiers are missing in action since Boko Haram Islamic extremists attacked a remote ...
Refugee Story Wins BBC Hausa Women’s Writing Award
The BBC Hausa Service has announced the winner of its first short-story competition aimed at women writers. Aisha Muhammad Sabitu's ...
Sacked Recruits Free To Join ISIS, Boko Haram
The 501 army recruits who were dismissed by the Ghana Armed Forces in 2015 are free to decide wherever they ...
We Are Ready To Join ISIS, Boko Haram – Sacked Ghana Army Recruits
Some 501 sacked Army recruits have threatened to join terrorist groups like ISIS or Boko Haram after what they say ...
Living In Fear of Boko Haram Suicide Bombers In Far North Cameroon
Maroua (Cameroon) (AFP) - With his finger on the trigger, ready to fire his weapon in an instant, a policeman ...
4 Chadian Troops Killed In Boko Haram Attack
N'Djamena (AFP) - Nigeria's Boko Haram jihadists have killed four Chadian soldiers in a cross-border raid in the volatile Lake ...
8 Soldiers Killed In Attacks By Extremists
Islamic extremists have killed eight soldiers and wounded 17 in two attacks in northeastern Nigeria, the country's military said Monday. ...
38 Boko Haram Fighters Killed In South Niger
Thirty-eight Boko Haram Islamist fighters have been killed during military search operations carried out by Niger and Chad troops in ...
Shifting Times In Edo State
A few days before President Buhari showed up in Edo state to campaign for his party’s governorship candidate in the ...
Boko Haram Blamed After Road Attack In NE Nigeria
Boko Haram was on Sunday blamed for an attack on motorists in northeast Nigeria which left one person dead and ...
Nigerians Return To Homes Devastated By Boko Haram
Hundreds of internally displaced people in northern Nigeria are returning home to the villages and towns they fled to escape ...
Rival Boko Haram Groups Clash In NE Nigeria
In-fighting has broken out in Boko Haram after the Islamic State group announced a new leader of its Nigerian affiliate, ...
Some Officers Selling Arms To Boko Haram
Nigeria's military says some officers are selling arms and ammunition to Boko Haram, indicating the corruption bedeviling the country's fight ...
Boko Haram’s Shekau ‘wounded’ In Air Strike
Lagos (AFP) - Nigeria's military claimed Tuesday to have seriously injured Boko Haram's elusive leader Abubakar Shekau and killed other ...
Kerry Warns Against Crackdowns As Nigeria Claims Boko Haram Leader ‘wounded’
Sokoto (Nigeria) (AFP) - US Secretary of State John Kerry on Tuesday praised Nigeria for its recent gains against Boko ...
NIgeria’s Buhari Says Boko Haram Leader ‘wounded’
Abuja (AFP) - Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari said Sunday that Boko Haram leader Abubakar Shekau is "wounded", in his first ...
Terror Group, Boko Haram Declares War on Buhari, Says He’s an Infidel
The Boko Haram sect threatened Buhari in a new video released some hours ago, where the leader of the terrorist ...