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...
CHARLESTON CHRONICLE — Leaders of the opposition were roundly defeated in this month’s national elections that gave the six term incumbent Cameroon President Paul Biya a...
By D. Kevin McNeir (From The Washington Informer, NNPA Member) It’s been two years, April 14th to be exact, since the world witnessed the abduction of...
ABUJA, Nigeria (New York Times) — More than 100 people were killed Sunday evening in northern Nigeria in a quick succession of what appeared to be carefully coordinated...
EDWIN MOKI KINDZEKA, Associated Press YAOUNDE, Cameroon (AP) — Officials in Cameroon’s north on Monday praised a local self-defense group for confronting Boko Haram militants during...
(BBC) – At least three people have died when a bomb exploded at a camp in north-eastern Nigeria for people who have fled their homes because...
IBRAHIM ABDULAZIZ, Associated Press EDWIN KINDZEKA MOKI, Associated Press YOLA, Nigeria (AP) — At least 9,500 people have returned to Nigeria since the Cameroonian government said...
Dany Padire, ASSOCIATED PRESS N’DJAMENA, Chad (AP) — Chad executed by firing squad 10 members of Boko Haram on Saturday, the security minister said,...
HARUNA UMAR, Associated Press MAIDUGURI, Nigeria (AP) — Two suicide bombers killed an Air Force officer at a checkpoint in a late-night attack in Nigeria’s northeastern...
By Freddie Allen Senior Washington Correspondent WASHINGTON (NNPA) – This month, teenagers across the nation prepare to make the transition from high school to college and...
MICHELLE FAUL, Associated Press LAGOS, Nigeria (AP) — Boko Haram has a new commander willing to negotiate with Nigeria’s new government, Chad’s President Idriss Deby announced...
EDWIN KINDZEKA MOKI, Associated Press YAOUNDE, Cameroon (AP) — Suspected Boko Haram fighters have killed at least 9 people and kidnapped dozens, including children and teenagers,...
Julia Payne and Felix Onuah, REUTERS ABUJA, Nigeria (Reuters) — Nigeria’s army said late on Sunday that it rescued 178 people held by Islamist militant...
MICHELLE FAUL, Associated Press HARUNA UMAR, Associated Press MAIDUGURI, Nigeria (AP) — Nigerian soldiers rescued 71 people, almost all girls and women, in firefights that killed...
(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...
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...