Nigerian news
-
Nigeria Fires Defense Chiefs as Boko Haram Attacks Intensify
Paul Wallace and Yinka Ibukun, BLOOMBERG LAGOS, Nigeria (Bloomberg) — Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari replaced the heads of the…
Read More » -
Boko Haram Seizes Army Base in Northeast Nigeria
MAIDUGURI, Nigeria (Reuters)—Islamist militants have overrun an army base in the remote northeast Nigerian town of Baga, two security…
Read More » -
Suspected Islamists Abduct 40 People in Northeast Nigeria
MAIDUGURI, Nigeria (Reuters)—Gunmen abducted 40 boys and young men from a remote village in northeast Nigeria in a raid…
Read More » -
Desperate Parents of 200 Abducted Nigerian Girls Say They Have Turned to U.N.
Julia Payne, REUTERS ABUJA, Nigeria (Reuters)—Parents of 200 Nigerian schoolgirls kidnapped by Islamist rebels in April said they were…
Read More » -
Suicide Bomber Kills 48 Students in Nigeria
Adamu Adamu and Michelle Faul, ASSOCIATED PRESS POTISKUM, Nigeria (AP) — A suicide bomber disguised in a school uniform…
Read More » -
Nigerian Extremist Says Kidnapped Girls Married
Haruna Umar and Michelle Faul, ASSOCIATED PRESS MAIDUGURI, Nigeria (AP) — With a malevolent laugh, the leader of…
Read More » -
Escaping Boko Haram: How Three Nigerian Girls Found Safety
(BBC.com)—For six months the world has waited for news of the fate of more than 200 girls abducted by Nigerian…
Read More »