A roadside bomb exploded in northern Nigeria’s volatile city of Bauchi, injuring four people, the latest in a series of attacks to hit the region in recent months, police said Saturday. “There was a bomb blast in Wuntin-dada suburb of … read more
Days after the United States Government alerted that members of the dreaded Boko Haram sect might attack three luxury hotels in Abuja, the hospitality business in the city took a dangerous nosedive. Deputy Editor Investigations, Ibanga Isine writes. While Transcorps … read more
French Foreign Minister Alain Juppe arrived in Nigeria on Friday for a visit to include talks on cooperating to fight terrorism, with the West African nation hit by scores of recent attacks. Juppe was to meet President Goodluck Jonathan and … read more
Police say women are protesting insecurity that led to the killing of a traditional ruler in a part of north central Nigeria that has seen repeated riots over the last few days. Kaduna state police chief Bala Nasarawa told The … read more
France says it is investing $1 million to help fight piracy off West Africa’s Gulf of Guinea, where there has been a spike in pirate attacks in recent months. A spokesman for the French embassy in Cotonou, Benin, told The … read more
At least 43 villages in Nigeria continue to present cases of lead poisoning, 18 months ago after cases were first discovered in the region, the United Nations reported today, calling for an increase in preventive measures in the African country. … read more
The Pentagon’s shadow war in Africa could have a new front, if reports coming out of Nigeria are accurate. U.S. troops are headed to Nigeria to help local forces do battle with Boko Haram, an Islamic terror group that has … read more
A violent Islamist sect responsible for scores of killings in northeast Nigeria is increasingly linking up with global jihadist movements like al Qaeda, a military commander in the area told Reuters Thursday. Lieutenant Colonel Hassan Mohammed, a senior military official … read more
The U.S. Embassy in Abuja, Nigeria, issued a warning Nov. 5 indicating it had received intelligence that the Nigerian militant group Boko Haram may have been planning to bomb several targets in the Nigerian capital during the Muslim holiday of … read more
PRESIDENT GOODLUCK JONATHAN recently invited a group of businessmen to a cattle ranch for a retreat to discuss how to generate faster economic growth. At one point he handed the assembled notables unmarked brown envelopes. Raised eyebrows rippled around the … read more