A radical Islamist sect blamed for more than 300 killings this year alone in Nigeria has found a new target for its anti-government rage: schools. The sect known as Boko Haram has set ablaze more than a dozen schools since … read more
Nigeria is open to eventual dialogue with resurgent Islamist group Boko Haram, which has been blamed on numerous violent attacks, the information minister said Wednesday. Labaran Maku said the government was appalled by Boko Haram’s methods, which he called “pure … read more
The third batch of 32 South Africans were deported by the Nigerian Immigration Service (NIS) on Wednesday, as the diplomatic row between both countries escalates. The South African travellers were deported on arrival at the Murtala Mohammed International Airport in … read more
Suspected Boko Haram members reportedly attacked a prison, police station and local government office in Konduga, near maiduguri, wounding at least three police officers, officials and residents said Wednesday. State police spokesman Mr. Sam Vel Tizhe confirmed the attack saying, … read more
A Ghanaian Professor of Botany at the Ambrose Alli University, Ekpoma, Edo State has been killed by suspected Niger Delta militants in Port Harcourt, the Rivers State capital. Prof. Peter Akomeah was killed along with a younger colleague while on … read more
Suspected gunmen from a radical Islamist sect stormed into the home Tuesday of the top customs official in northeast Nigeria, shooting the man dead only weeks after he took over the post, officials said. Another shooting blamed on the sect … read more
FIFTY-Six South Africans were barred last night from entering Nigeria through the Murtala Muhammed International Airport in Lagos. Twenty-eight were stopped on Sunday – in retaliation for the deportation of 125 Nigerians last Friday – as reported exclusively yesterday by … read more
The reported deportation of 125 Nigerians with alleged fake yellow fever cards by the South Africa immigration service has again been condemned by the federal government. Addressing a news conference in Abuja, the Minister of Health, Professor Onyebuchi Chukwu stated … read more
Troops in Nigeria’s northern city of Maiduguri on Monday shot dead three suspected members of the Islamist Boko Haram sect as they allegedly tried to burn down a school, the army said. “Around 3:00 am (0200 GMT) today, men of … read more
Officials in northern Nigeria say three young men were killed Friday when explosions went off at a secret bomb factory in the restive city of Maiduguri. A commander of Nigeria’s anti-terrorism Joint Task Force, Colonel Victor Oheneme, told VOA the … read more