Nigeria’s Amina Yuguda Wins Komla Dumor Award
For the second time, a Nigerian has won the prestigious BBC World News Komla Dumor Award. Amina Yuguda from northeastern Nigeria ...
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Global Terror Attacks Down, Iran Again Top ‘state Sponsor’
The US State Department said Wednesday that global terror incidents and deaths fell last year, while it maintained its designation ...
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 ...
Boko Haram Traps Starving People In Nigeria, UN Warns
Two million people are teetering on the brink of famine in northeastern Nigeria but efforts to reach some are being ...
Peace Reigns In Nigeria’s Damasak But Children Still Missing
Yagana Bukar's younger brothers Mohammed and Sadiq were among about 300 children kidnapped by Boko Haram from the town of ...
Multiple Bomb Blasts Rock Nigeria’s Maiduguri
Most the people living in Muna camp have fled their homes due to the spate of attacks by Boko Haram ...
Four Dead In NE Nigeria Suicide Bombing
Four people were killed on Saturday evening when suicide bombers blew themselves up in a village on the outskirts of ...
Canada Gives $120 Mn For Famine-Hit Africa, Yemen
Canada's government pledged Can$120 million (US$90 million, 84 million euros) Friday to help relieve food crises in four countries where ...
Boko Haram Raid Nigeria Town, Loot Food Supplies
Boko Haram Islamists have raided a town in restive northeast Nigeria, looting food supplies and burning homes after overwhelming troops, ...
Boko Haram Splinter Group Head Charged With Kidnappings, Murders
The leader of Boko Haram splinter group Ansaru appeared in court in the Nigerian capital Abuja on Tuesday charged with ...
World Faces Worst Humanitarian Crisis Since WWII
The United Nations is warning that the world is facing its worst humanitarian crisis since the end of World War ...
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 ...
Nigerian Women Displaced By Boko Haram Hold Protest
Thousands of Nigerian women forced from their homes by Boko Haram jihadists held a protest on Sunday to demand better ...
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 ...
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 ...
USAID Donates Food To Boko Haram Affected Regions In Nigeria
USAID Deploys Disaster Assistance Response Team to Nigeria USAID is promoting an increasingly proactive monitoring approach to quickly report on ...
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 ...
Disastrous Living Conditions More Deadly Than Violence
The humanitarian emergency in northeastern Nigeria is reaching catastrophic levels. A massive relief effort is needed immediately in remote areas ...
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. ...
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 ...