This week, the world’s deadliest terror group wrought extraordinary carnage on crowds of people going about their daily lives. The fruit and vegetable market in the northern Nigerian city of Yola was packed with customers buying food for dinner when a suicide bomber struck on Tuesday evening, killing at least 34 people. “The ground near … Read more
Nigerian military have successfully rescued 338 captives mostly women and children, from Boko Haram camps in a forest in the north-east of the country, the military has said. In a statement by the troops on Wednesday, they said 30 extremists were killed the previous day in raids on two camps on the fringes of the … Read more
Nigerian President-elect Muhammadu Buhari, a 72-year-old former military general, has traveled a long road to electoral victory. On Tuesday, Buhari defeated incumbent President Goodluck Jonathan in Nigeria’s presidential election, marking the first democratic change in power in modern Nigeria. While the final results have not yet officially been announced, tallies by Reuters and the Associated … Read more
Islamist Boko Haram militants disguised as preachers killed at least 24 people and wounded several others in an attack near a mosque in northeast Nigeria’s Borno state, a military source and witness said on Monday. The attackers arrived in cars late on Sunday and gathered people at a mosque in the remote village of Kwajafa, … Read more
Nigeria’s election commission on Saturday postponed presidential and legislative elections for six weeks due to security concerns. The vote was scheduled to take place on Feb. 14, amid concerns that millions of voters would be disenfranchised by Boko Haram’s brutal insurgency, as well as delays in distributing voter ID cards. Election commission chairman Attahiru Jega … Read more