Call For Boko Haram Peace Talks Masks Ethnic Tensions
A group of community elders in northeast Nigeria where Boko Haram has waged a bloody eight-year insurgency are urging the ...
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Malala Meets Her Chibok ‘heroes’ In Nigeria
Nobel peace laureate Malala Yousafzai on Monday called for a "state of emergency for education" in Nigeria, as she visited ...
Eight Killed In Nigeria Suicide Bombing
Eight people were killed on Monday when a female suicide bomber detonated her explosives at a mosque in northeast Nigeria, ...
Toll Hits 19 From Nigeria Suicide Attacks
Nineteen people have now been confirmed dead after four female suicide bombers detonated their explosives in Maiduguri, northeast Nigeria, police ...
Nigerian University Digs In Against Boko Haram
A giant bulldozer digs a deep ditch among the bushes surrounding the University of Maiduguri in northeast Nigeria, turning it ...
Four Suicide Bombers Kill 15 In Maiduguri, Nigeria
At least 15 people were killed when four female suicide bombers detonated their explosives in Maiduguri, northeast Nigeria, police said ...
Conflict-Zone Contraception For the Boko Haram Homeless
Sixteen-year-old Aisha slips into the white family planning tent at the Bakassi camp for displaced people in Maiduguri, northeast Nigeria, ...
Nigerian Camps Under Strain From Returning Refugees
An upsurge in Boko Haram attacks and returnees from Cameroon are stretching camps for those made homeless by the conflict ...
Nigerian Widows Seek To Sue Shell In Dutch Courts
Four Nigerian women are taking legal action in the Dutch courts against Anglo-Dutch oil giant Shell accusing it of complicity ...
Nigerian University Builds Trench To Stop Boko Haram Attacks
Authorities in north-eastern Nigeria have begun digging a 27km (17 mile) trench around the University of Maiduguri to prevent attacks ...
Nine Dead As 7 Suicide Bombers Hit NE Nigeria
Nine people have been killed in a string of suicide attacks in Maiduguri, a city in Nigeria's restive northeast where ...
The Worst Oil Tanker Fires Around the World
At least 123 people were killed and scores injured in central Pakistan early Sunday when a fire erupted after crowds ...
Anger In Nigeria’s South Over Oil Spill Clean-Up Delay
Under a leaden sky in oil-rich southern Nigeria, young men hang around with nothing to do, covering their noses from ...
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 ...
‘Deadly Ambush On 200-Vehicle’ Convoy In Nigeria
Suspected militant Islamists have ambushed a convoy of about 200 vehicles on a major highway in north-eastern Nigeria, killing a ...
‘Half’ Nigeria Food Aid For Boko Haram Victims Not Delivered
Up to half the food aid meant for people who have fled Nigeria’s Islamist insurgency has reportedly not been delivered, ...
‘Half’ Nigeria Food Aid For Boko Haram Victims Not Delivered
Up to half the food aid meant for people who have fled Nigeria’s Islamist insurgency has reportedly not been delivered, ...
Rivers APC Could Be Ruined By Ameachi, Abe Crisis
A Chieftain of the governing All Progressives Congress (APC) Comrade Timi Frank has warned that if nothing is done urgently ...
Nigeria’s Next Security Problem?
In 2013, thousands of young men formed a rag-tag militia and rounded up Boko Haram members in Maiduguri, northeast Nigeria, ...
Heavy Downpour Sinks Kano Town of Gwarzo
Not less than 100 houses have been submerged and destroyed on Tuesday following a heavy downpour in Gwarzo local government of Kano ...