A general election in Nigeria on 14 February is poised to bring a spike in piracy in the Gulf of Guinea as politicians seek campaign funding, say analysts. This assessment could tally with a reported hijacking of a tanker in … read more
Cameroon has freed 24 of a revised estimate of 80 hostages kidnapped during a cross-border attack by suspected Boko Haram Islamist fighters based in neighbouring Nigeria, a defence ministry spokesman has said. The kidnapping, which occurred in the north of … read more
The Russian Government is reportedly planning to supply modern and sophisticated weaponry to the Cameroonian Army to help it to better fight the Nigeria-based terrorist group Boko Haram. Russian Ambassador to Cameroon Nikolay Ratsiborinskiy was quoted by The Cubic Lane … read more
Nigeria has summoned Indonesia’s ambassador over the execution of two of its citizens by firing squad for drug trafficking, echoing protests from Brazil and the Netherlands which also each had one of their nationals executed. The southeast Asian country executed … read more
The Federal Government last night announced a reduction in the price of premium motor spirit (petrol)from N97 to N87 per litre. The reduction follows the crash in the price of crude oil in the international market. Mrs. Diezani Allison-Madueke, the … read more
Daniel Enemuo and Solomon Okafor, Nigerian citizens, were executed for drug trafficking in Indonesia. The duo are one of the first convicts to be killed under the newly elected president, Joko Widodo, as the execution was signed in December, reports … read more
Boko Haram fighters have kidnapped at least 60 people in a deadly attack in northern Cameroon, police said, in the latest cross-border raid by the Nigeria-based Islamist group. The assault on Sunday came a day after neighbouring Chad deployed troops … read more
GOING TO school can be a matter of life or death in certain parts of the world. Like the worried parents in regions of Afghanistan and Pakistan, families in Nigeria’s northeastern states are facing the terror of militants, justifying their … read more
Amnesty International released new satellite images this week of a horrific attack in northeastern Nigeria by Boko Haram militants. Earlier this month, insurgents rampaged through the town the town of Baga. Amnesty International says as many as 2000 civilians were … read more
Goodluck Jonathan, Nigeria’s president, finally made it to Borno state last week, almost two weeks after the Islamist terrorist group known as Boko Haram seized the town of Baga and killed hundreds, possibly thousands, of civilians. Jonathan, making a brief … read more