Gunmen kidnapped a German citizen working on a construction site in Nigeria’s second city of Kano on Thursday, the police commissioner said, the latest violence to hit the city plagued by Islamist insurgents for weeks. “We got a report today … read more
President Goodluck Jonathan Wednesday fired Inspector-General of Police (IGP) Hafiz Ringim and replaced him, in an acting capacity, with Mr. Mohammed D. Abubakar, an Assistant Inspector-General of Police. A statement from the presidency in the capital city of Abuja quoted … read more
Boko Haram militants from Nigeria are bolstering links with al-Qaeda and other hardline groups in West Africa, according to a UN report released on Wednesday which highlighted the growing concerns of the region’s governments. Attacks, detentions of accused militants, seizures … read more
A security analyst says dismissed police chief General Hariz Ringim is not to blame for the failure of Nigeria’s security agencies to curb the violence perpetrated by the Islamic militant group, Boko Haram. Major (retired) Yahya Shunku says the replaced … read more
More than 100 Nigerian children have been branded as “witches” by church ministers and have been cast out by their families and shunned by society. Some of the children pariahs have suffered violence from their families and from others. The … read more
Nigeria has arrested 200 people, mostly Chadian “mercenaries,” after last week’s attacks in the north, a police source said Thursday, as pressure mounts on the security forces to stem the violence. Coordinated gun and bomb attacks in the northern city … read more
A fire at Chevron Corp.’s Funiwa field in Nigeria, which started from a gas rig on Jan. 16, may take another 30 days to put out, Andrew Fawthrop, managing director of the company’s unit in the West African country said … read more
Italy has finished training 340 Nigerian security personnel as the West African country steps up its campaign against Boko Haram militia. At the same time the Nigerian government has launched its Integrated Assistance for Countering Terrorism (I-ACT) project. The Italian … read more
(AP) — The aging Muslim spiritual leader of this northern Nigeria city, his eyes heavy with fatigue, leaned into a microphone Monday and whispered to God his wish for peace after the killing of at least 185 people in an … read more
More than 100 people were killed in bomb attacks and gunbattles in the Nigerian city Kano late on Friday, a local government security source said, in the deadliest strike claimed by Islamist sect Boko Haram to date. “Definitely more than … read more