NNPA NEWSWIRE — The two abductees were found at a military medical facility. The 276 girls were abducted from their school dormitories April 14, 2014 by...
(BBC) – The US has “aided and abetted” the Boko Haram Islamist militant group by refusing to provide weapons to Nigeria, President Muhammadu Buhari says. A...
MATTHEW PENNINGTON, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari said Tuesday a multinational African force will be in place within 10 days to take...
MATTHEW PENNINGTON, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari said Tuesday a multinational African force will be in place within 10 days to take...
BASHIR ADIGUN, Associated Press MICHELLE FAUL, Associated Press ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — President Muhammadu Buhari has fired all Nigeria’s military chiefs as a multinational army prepares...
Paul Wallace and Yinka Ibukun, BLOOMBERG LAGOS, Nigeria (Bloomberg) — Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari replaced the heads of the army, navy and air force on...
AHMED MOHAMMED, Associated Press MICHELLE FAUL, Associated Press JOS, Nigeria (AP) — A day of extremist violence against both Muslims and Christians in Nigeria killed more...
HARUNA UMAR, Associated Press MAIDUGURI, Nigeria (AP) — Boko Haram extremists gunned down nearly 100 Muslims praying in mosques in a northeast Nigerian town during the...
(BBC) – Cameroon has started to release some of the 84 children detained for more than six months after a raid on Koranic schools. The authorities...
(Reuters) – U.S. President Barack Obama will host Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari at the White House on July 20 to discuss fighting the Boko Haram militant group, among...
(BBC) – Boko Haram militants have killed at least 40 people in north-eastern Nigeria, according to witnesses. The attacks on Monday and Tuesday took place in...
HARUNA UMAR, Associated Press BAUCHI, Nigeria (AP) — Two girls blew themselves up on Monday near a crowded mosque in northeast Nigeria’s biggest city, killing about...
HARUNA UMAR, Associated Press BAUCHI, Nigeria (AP) — Two girls blew themselves up on Monday near a crowded mosque in northeast Nigeria’s biggest city, killing about...
Haruna Umar, ASSOCIATED PRESS BAUCHI, Nigeria (AP) — Two girls blew themselves up on Monday near a crowded mosque in northeast Nigeria’s biggest city, killing...
(BBC) – Chad’s military says it has carried out airstrikes in neighbouring Nigeria on suspected positions of militant Islamist group Boko Haram. The strikes were in...
(BBC) – Chad’s military says it has carried out airstrikes in neighbouring Nigeria on suspected positions of militant Islamist group Boko Haram. The strikes were in...
(BBC) – The US says it will give $5m (£3.2m) towards a multi-national task force being set up to fight Nigeria’s militant Islamist group Boko Haram....
Dany Padire, ASSOCIATED PRESS N’DJAMENA, Chad (AP) — Suicide bombers on motorcycles simultaneously attacked two buildings including the national police academy in Chad’s capital...
IBRAHIM ABDULAZIZ, Associated Press YOLA, Nigeria (AP) — Two suicide bombers blew themselves up in the main market in Nigeria’s northeastern city of Yola, killing 29...
MICHELLE FAUL, Associated Press LAGOS, Nigeria (AP) — Nigerian military abuses have caused the deaths of some 8,000 civilians in the fight against Boko Haram extremists,...
HARUNA UMAR, Associated Press MICHELLE FAUL, Associated Press MAIDUGURI, Nigeria (AP) — Boko Haram once again attacked the northeast Nigerian city of Maiduguri on Tuesday, waking...
Julia Payne, REUTERS ABUJA, Nigeria (Reuters) — New Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari promised on Friday to eradicate the “mindless, godless” militants of Boko Haram...
(BBC) – Nigeria’s army has sacked at least 200 soldiers for cowardice and failure to fight against Boko Haram militants, several soldiers have told the BBC....
(BBC) – Nigeria’s army has sacked at least 200 soldiers for cowardice and failure to fight against Boko Haram militants, several soldiers have told the BBC....
(BBC) – The UN children’s agency says there has been an “alarming” increase in the number of suicide attacks in northern Nigeria, with many of them...