Nigeria

Boko Haram has kidnapped at least 1,000 girls since 2013: UNICEF

Apr 13, 2018 02:56

The United Nations children’s agency has slammed repeated attacks by the Daesh-linked Boko Haram terrorist group against children in Nigeria, announcing that at least 1,000 children have been abducted in the African country since 2013.
About 18 killed as Boko Haram attacks Nigerian army base, villages

Apr 02, 2018 07:04

At least 18 people have been killed and over 80 others wounded after suspected Boko Haram Takfiri terrorists staged several attacks in Nigeria’s restive northeast.
Boko Haram frees 100 Nigerian girls but issues warning

Mar 21, 2018 08:57

Nigeria’s homegrown Boko Haram Takfiri terror group has surprisingly returned more than a 100 of 110 girls it had abducted from the country’s northeast last month, but has served the parents with a stern warning.
25 killed in fresh clashes in central Nigeria: Police

Mar 14, 2018 09:06

Herders are believed to have killed 25 villagers in central Nigeria's Plateau State, police said on Wednesday, in the latest violence linked to land, water, and grazing rights.
Group threatens to sue Nigeria government over girls' abduction

Mar 14, 2018 08:52

A rights group in Nigeria has threatened to take legal action against the government for its “criminal negligence” allegedly resulting in the kidnapping of hundreds of schoolgirls.
Nigeria struggles to contain dramatic spread of deadly Lassa fever

Mar 13, 2018 02:43

Nigeria is battling on two fronts against an unprecedented outbreak of Lassa fever, a cousin of Ebola, that has already killed 110 people this year.
Violence in central Nigeria leaves at least 5 dead: Police

Mar 10, 2018 14:17

At least five people have been killed in central Nigeria by gunmen suspected to be herdsmen, police say, in the latest flare-up linked to tensions over grazing rights.
Violence leaves 16 dead in central Nigeria

Mar 06, 2018 14:15

At least 16 people, mostly women and children, were killed in clashes between youths and cattle herders in central Nigeria, police said Tuesday.
At least 10 die in Nigeria farmer-herder clashes

Mar 05, 2018 13:56

At least 10 people were killed in several days of violence between herdsmen and farmers in eastern Nigeria, police said on Monday, but the cattle drivers gave a higher toll.
Nigerian army rescues 76 girls after Boko Haram terror attack

Feb 22, 2018 10:52

The Nigerian military has managed to rescue 76 schoolgirls and recovered the bodies of two others out of an estimated 90 girls who had gone missing following an attack by the Takfiri Boko Haram terrorist group on a school in the country’s northeast.