Millions of Nigerians are ready to pin their hopes of defeating the Islamist group Boko Haram on a 72-year-old ex-military dictator with a checkered human-rights record. Retired Gen. Muhammadu Buhari is standing against President Goodluck Jonathan in Nigeria’s general election, … read more
Nigerian forces backed by air strikes seized the northeastern border town of Baga from Islamist group Boko Haram on Saturday, the military said, a significant victory in an offensive against an insurgency affecting four African states. “We have secured Baga. … read more
The Nigerian military has stated that it is currently carrying out an air raid on the notorious Sambisa forest and Gwoza, both in Borno state. Speaking on the recent airstrikes on the dreaded Sambisa forest, the director of defence information, … read more
IS has attracted thousands of foreign fighters over the past year – many of them from the West – while Boko Haram is struggling to do so. As Stephen Calabria writes, experts see numerous reasons for the disparity. The Associated … read more
There is fury over plans to resume oil exploration in Ogoniland 20 years after Shell was sent packing Drilling crude oil again in Ogoniland is tempting to crude oil prospecting companies after the Anglo/Dutch Shell Petroleum Development Oil Company, SPDC, … read more
Nigeria’s central bank scrapped its bi-weekly currency auctions on Wednesday and a market body said it would sell dollars only at 198 naira, a move that amounts to a de facto devaluation of the currency of Africa’s biggest economy. With … read more
An explosion and gunshots sent crowds running at an election rally in southern Nigeria’s Rivers state on Tuesday, in the latest unrest before polls next month. According to local sources at least 11 people have been killed . An explosion … read more
It had been two days since Nigeria’s presidential election was postponed at the behest of the military, and Idayat Hassan’s phone was ringing nonstop. “It’s like a coup against democracy,” said the director of the Center for Democracy and Development … read more
Boko Haram leader, Abubakar Shekau, vows to disrupt Nigeria’s general election in a new video after two suicide attacks in the country’s north-east are blamed on the Islamists. Boko Haram leader Abubakar Shekau has vowed to disrupt Nigeria’s general election … read more
The United States military will provide communications equipment and intelligence to help African nations in the fight against Boko Haram, the Commander of the United States Special Forces Operations in Africa has said. The U.S. military will share communications equipment … read more