Nigerian soldiers on Tuesday succeeded in flushing out Boko Haram from camps located in Alagarno village of Sambisa forest. A statement signed by the Acting Director, Public Relations, Army headquarters, Colonel Sani Usman, said: “This morning, troops of the Nigerian … read more
A suburban New York teenager, accepted at all 13 colleges to which he applied, including the eight Ivy League schools, now faces his next big test: deciding where to go. Elmont High School senior Harold Ekeh is the second Long … read more
“I think, once a dictator, always a dictator,” said Sonnie Ekwowusi, a columnist for Nigeria’s This Day newspaper. “Many people are afraid that if (Muhammadu Buhari) wins, they will go to prison.” Well, Buhari did win the presidential election, and … read more
Many of the 200,000 Nigerian refugees now living in Cameroon say they expect their new president-elect, Muhammadu Buhari to end the Boko Haram insurgency that drove them from their homes. Chidi Lucas fled violence in the northeastern town of Ngoshe … read more
Nigerian commercial sex workers are offering three days of free sex in celebration of Muhammadu Buhari’s victory in the recent hotly contested presidential election, International Business Times says. The National Association of Nigeria Prostitutes (NANP) had said they would declare … read more
The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), says the number of internet users on the Global System for Mobile communications (GSM) networks has increased from 76,322, 802 in 2014 to 81,892,840 by January 2015. According to the data, there is an increase … read more
Boko Haram insurgents, escaping last Tuesday from the firepower of Chadian and Nigerien forces in Nigeria’s northeast employed crude tactics not to lose their women: They stripped them as they forced them to flee with them. Residents of Malam Fatori, … read more
Opposition presidential candidate Muhammadu Buhari beat incumbent Goodluck Jonathan in a landslide victory last weekend, producing some resentment in Jonathan’s home region. On Friday evening, in the town of Obrikom and the nearby village of Obor in Rivers state, gunmen … read more
President Goodluck Jonathan has reportedly put a halt to plans being made by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to challenge the victory of All Progressives Congress (APC) candidate, Muhammadu Buhari in the recently concluded presidential elections. Buhari emerged winner on … read more
Al Jazeera filed a case at a court in Abuja, the Nigerian capital, to free two of its journalists detained by the military more than a week ago in a northeastern city. The detention of Ahmed Idris and Ali Mustapha … read more