The military has reportedly launched a fierce battle against Boko Haram militants in Chibok, Borno state North East, Nigeria. The same town where more than 200 school girls were abducted by the terrorists in April this year. The sect members … read more
The Nigerian army, aided by local hunters and civilian vigilantes, has recaptured two northeastern towns that had been overrun by Islamist insurgents, a state governor and residents told Reuters on Thursday. Boko Haram militants took control of Mubi in Adamawa … read more
Swiss group Bellevue Asset Management has cut exposure to Nigeria in its flagship African equity funds due to a ‘perfect storm’ of potentially damaging challenges on the horizon. The comments came in an update for the Bellevue F (Lux) BB … read more
Fuel giant Shell failed to act on its own internal advice to replace a 30-year-old pipeline years before it wreaked havoc on the Niger Delta by rupturing and spilling thousands of barrels of oil into the area, according to court … read more
A Nigerian air force helicopter burst into flames midair and crashed near a university in Nigeria’s restive northeast, witnesses and the military said on Friday. The crash — the second to down a military chopper in a week — occurred … read more
WHO has acknowledged that number of deaths is likely far higher, given fatality rate in current Ebola outbreak is known to be around 70%. The World Health Organization said today that 5,160 people have so far died of Ebola across … read more
A female suicide bomber injured four people at a teachers’ college in northwest Nigeria yesterday, while the US hit back at allegations it has not done enough to tackle Boko Haram militants. Police spokesman, Ibrahim Gambari, said the woman had … read more
Royal Dutch Shell said Thursday that two 2008 oil spills in Nigeria were larger than earlier thought, ahead of a compensation court case in England’s High Court. The Anglo-Dutch energy giant’s Nigerian arm said in a statement that the spills … read more
Nigeria has slammed the United States for refusing to sell it the weapons needed to defeat Boko Haram militants. Washington has banned arms sales to Nigeria because of alleged human rights violations in the crackdown on Islamist extremists. Nigeria’s ambassador … read more
A suicide bomber dressed in a school uniform, burst onto the students’ assembly ground of Government Science Secondary School (GSSS), Potiskum, Yobe State and killed 52 students yesterday. Seventy-nine others were injured. Potiskum is the largest commercial city in the state, … read more