African leaders agreed to deploy 7,500 troops to fight the Boko Haram insurgency in northeastern Nigeria, an African Union spokesman said Saturday. The announcement was made in Ethiopia’s capital of Addis Ababa at the end of a two-day AU Summit, … read more
Details are still scarce however…. Insurgents attacked the outskirts of northeast Nigeria’s main city of Maiduguri on Sunday, triggering a gun battle with soldiers that killed at least eight people, witnesses and a security source said. Islamist group Boko Haram … read more
Nigeria’s military began a probe of officers in command positions at its base in Baga after the northeastern town was captured by Islamist militant group Boko Haram in a Jan. 3 attack in which hundreds of people died. The commanders … read more
Following recent intelligence indicating that Boko Haram militants were strategizing on a fierce offensive to capture Maiduguri before the February 14 elections, the army moved more than 70 female soldiers last week. Highly reliable security sources have told SaharaReporters that … read more
Soon after the Islamist group Boko Haram kidnapped nearly 300 teenage girls in Nigeria in April, the United States sent surveillance drones and about 30 intelligence and security experts to help the Nigerian military try to rescue them. Gen. David … read more
Youths angry at the government’s failure to fight Islamic extremists threw stones Thursday at President Goodluck Jonathan’s electioneering convoy in the eastern town of Jalingo, breaking windshields and windows on several vehicles. An Associated Press reporter was unable to see … read more
The West African coastline recorded 41 incidents of piracy, although many further attacks were unreported while pirates held 442 crew-members hostage compared to 304 in 2013, according to a report from the International Maritime Bureau (IMB) of the International Chamber … read more
Troops from Chad have driven Boko Haram fighters from a northern Nigeria border town seized by the Islamist militants late last year, military sources stationed in neighbouring Niger said on Thursday. Chad’s involvement in retaking the town comes as the … read more
The management of Anchorage Leisures Limited, owners of the Radisson Blu Anchorage Hotel, Victoria Island, Lagos has confirmed the commencement of renovation activities at the hotel. It, however, confirmed that its present focus was to ensure that the renovation exercise … read more
As tensions rise ahead of elections in Nigeria, some fear the country’s unity will face a new test and divisions will be exacerbated by a vote which sees a Christian presidential candidate from the south, Goodluck Jonathan, facing stiff competition … read more