As a radical Islamist sect continues violent attacks across Nigeria’s north, the nation is searching for possible negotiators to serve as an indirect channel to a group whose very structure remains a mystery. Government officials, including President Goodluck Jonathan, have … read more
Nigeria has held its first indirect peace talks with Islamist sect Boko Haram, meeting mediators to discuss a possible ceasefire, political and diplomatic sources said on Thursday. Here are some facts about Boko Haram: THE GROUP: * Boko Haram became … read more
At least seven people were killed in separate attacks by suspected Islamist militants targeting security patrols in northern Nigeria on Tuesday, police said. Gunmen on motorbikes opened fire on a joint army and police patrol in the remote northeast Nigerian … read more
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The police headquarters yesterday said the report of the National Human Rights Commission accusing policemen of unlawful killing of 5,000 detainees annually across the country was not correct. The Chairman, Governing Council of the National Human Rights Commission, Prof. Chidi … read more
Nigeria’s police in central north Nasarawa State on Monday said eight persons were killed by unknown gunmen in a village overnight. State police spokesperson Cornelius Ocholi told reporters in Lafia, the state capital, that the gunmen attacked Tse Yaji Village … read more
Another round of fuel scarcity looms as the National Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers (NUPENG), on Sunday in Abuja gave the Federal Government a 72-hour deadline to intervene in its dispute with some banks or face a nationwide … read more
Plans to free two Western hostages were well underway when they were killed during a failed rescue bid in Nigeria, a spokesman for the kidnappers told the Mauritanian news agency ANI. The spokesman for a splinter cell of radical Islamist … read more
TWO kidnap gangs, Sunday, in Warri, Delta State, abducted five persons, including two daughters of a contractor to Chevron Nigeria Limited, aged two and nine years respectively and the wife a Shell Nigeria Exploration Production Company, SNPECO, employee. However, the … read more
Plans to free two Western hostages were well underway and some ransom paid by their families when they were killed during a failed rescue bid in Nigeria, a spokesman for the kidnappers told the Mauritanian news agency ANI. The spokesman … read more