Nigeria

Cholera spreading among Nigeria’s IDPs

Sep 07, 2017 00:24

Cholera is spreading fast through camps housing people displaced by Boko Haram militants in northeast Nigeria's Borno state, the United Nations said on Wednesday.
Boko Haram terrorists kill 18 people in northeast Nigeria

Sep 02, 2017 03:41

Suspected Takfiri Boko Haram militants have killed at least 18 people in northeastern Nigeria near the border with Cameroon in the latest surge of lethal assaults by the terror outfit in the restive region, local sources say.
About 27 killed in Boko Haram attacks on Nigerian villages

Aug 26, 2017 12:31

Boko Haram extremists killed at least 27 people by shooting them and slitting their throats as they attacked several villages in northern Nigeria's Borno state in the past week, residents said.
Use of children as ‘human bombs’ in Nigeria on the rise

Aug 23, 2017 08:10

The United Nations (UN) has expressed “extreme” concern about the “appalling” rise in the use of children as “human bombs” by Nigeria’s Daesh-linked Boko Haram terrorist group.
Boko Haram pushing refugees from one hell into another: NRC

Aug 18, 2017 11:46

Boko Haram terrorists have stepped up attacks on vulnerable people including those living in camps in northeastern Nigeria pushing the displaced from "one hell into another," a leading international aid agency says.
Thousand refugees saved in Niger desert: UN

Aug 09, 2017 16:58

Rescue teams have saved a thousand African refugees abandoned by people smugglers in the Niger part of the Sahara desert in recent months, the UN's International Office of Migration (IOM) said Wednesday.
At least 12 people killed in shooting attack on Nigerian Catholic church

Aug 06, 2017 12:23

At least 12 people have been killed after a group of unidentified gunmen stormed a church in southeast Nigeria and went on a shooting spree.
Calls for release of Sheikh Zakzaky

Jul 30, 2017 04:34

Following last Tuesday’s attack by the Nigerian military forces on a peaceful rally of Shi’a Muslims, coupled with rumours of plots by the government to murder Sheikh Ibraheem Zakzaky, the detained Leader of the Islamic Movement of Nigeria, voices of condemnations have been raised against President Muhammad Buhari. We present you excerpts in this regard.
Boko Haram attack on oil exploration team in Nigeria kills over 50: Sources

Jul 28, 2017 03:21

An ambush attack by Boko Haram terrorists in Nigeria against an oil exploration team has killed more than 50 people, according to sources, who said the death toll could rise further.
Bombers attack two camps in northeast Nigeria, kill 8

Jul 24, 2017 09:17

A civilian self-defense group says at least eight people are dead after female bombers attacked two displaced persons camps in northeastern Nigeria’s main city.