Protesters in Nigeria are planning to hold a rally to mark the six-month anniversary of the abduction of 219 school girls by Takfiri Boko Haram militants. Members of the Bring Back Our Girls campaign are set to walk to President … read more
Leading companies offering medical evacuation services are drawing a line at flying Ebola patients out of West Africa for treatment abroad as the cost and the complexities of the deadly epidemic grow. Several airlines have cut flights to the region, … read more
As Nigeria awaits the official certification as an Ebola-free country by the World Health Organisation (WHO) after it successfully contained the outbreak of the deadly viral disease, fears are rife that some visible lapses in the preventive efforts could reverse … read more
Military authorities prosecuting the war against terrorism in the North East states of Adamawa, Borno and Yobe have arrested several soldiers, who were discovered to have leaked vital security information on the troops’ strategies and tactics to Boko Haram that … read more
When a guest house belonging to one of Nigeria’s leading Christian pastors collapsed last month attention turned to the multimillion-dollar megachurches that form a huge, untaxed sector of Africa’s top economy. Of the 115 people killed in the collapse, 80 … read more
Nigerians have staged a sit-in to renew calls for the release of more than 200 girls kidnapped from their boarding school in April. The sit-in, organized by the Bring Back Our Girls advocacy group, was held in the Nigerian capital, … read more
The Nigerian military has intensified the search for the pilots of the Alpha jet that went missing September 12 during a “routine operational mission” against insurgents in the North-east state of Adamawa. Confusion still reigns over the fate of the … read more
SaharaReporters published that the Cameroonian authorities paid Boko Haram insurgents at least $400,000 in ransom in order to secure the release of Francoise Agnes Moukouri, wife of Vice Prime Minister Amadou Ali. Boko Haram insurgents had abducted Mrs. Ali in … read more
The Oct. 10 report from the World Health Organization (WHO) on the Ebola outbreak raises some questions about the reports that organization is receiving from the West African nations fighting the disease. The WHO has expressed concerns about the under-reporting … read more
The Lagos State Government has declared October 15, 2014 as “Horn Free Day” as part of measures to sensitise residents to the harmful effects of noise pollution.According to a statement by the Lagos State Government on Friday in Lagos, Governor … read more