Nigeria declares 55 Boko Haram fighters wanted
Nigeria on Monday released a banner containing photographs and names of 55 Boko Haram wanted for various attacks and terror activities in the northeast where the military currently prosecute war against the insurgents.
Nov 22, 2016, 06:26 AM IST
Suicide bombers kills two in northeast Nigeria's Maiduguri
Suicide bombers in the northeastern Nigerian city of Maiduguri, the heart of a seven-year-old insurgency by the Islamist militant group Boko Haram, killed two people, the state police commissioner said on Friday.
Nov 18, 2016, 16:07 PM IST
Suicide bombers attack Nigeria's Maiduguri, kills two
Suicide bombers attacked a checkpoint in Nigeria's northeastern city of Maiduguri, killing two of themselves before dawn on Friday. Two other explosions occurred hours later.
Nov 18, 2016, 14:59 PM IST
At least 75,000 children in Nigeria risk dying in months: UN
Fourteen million people in northeast Nigeria urgently need humanitarian assistance and 75,000 children risk dying in "a few months", the United Nations warned Tuesday.
Nov 15, 2016, 21:06 PM IST
Nigeria foils suicide attacks in restive northeast: Army
Nigerian military have thwarted attempted suicide attacks in the restive northeast, the epicentre of the seven-year Boko Haram insurgency, the army has said.
Nov 05, 2016, 18:57 PM IST
Nigeria officials `sexually abusing Boko Haram victims`
Human Rights Watch on Monday accused Nigerian officials of sexually exploiting women and girls living in camps for victims of Boko Haram in the restive northeast.
Oct 31, 2016, 14:26 PM IST
Two suicide bombers kill at least 8 in northeast Nigeria's Maiduguri
Two suicide bombers killed at least eight people on Saturday in the northeastern Nigerian city of Maiduguri, the heart of a seven-year-old insurgency by Islamist Boko Haram militants, the military said.
Oct 29, 2016, 14:54 PM IST
Nigerian activist held in solitary in Japan, prompting calls for her release
Elizabeth Aruoriwo Obueza said she fled Nigeria for Japan in 1991 to escape female genital mutilation and applied for asylum in 2011.
Oct 27, 2016, 08:37 AM IST
Boko Haram razes village near Chibok: Locals
Boko Haram has burnt down a village neighbouring the northeast Nigerian town of Chibok where the group kidnapped over 200 schoolgirls two years ago, local residents said Wednesday.
Oct 19, 2016, 19:26 PM IST
Chibok schoolgirls reunited with families
Most of the kidnapped students were Christian but had been forcibly converted to Islam during captivity.
Oct 17, 2016, 02:28 AM IST
Boko Haram faction ready to negotiate release of 83 more Chibok girls: Nigerian govt
The Islamic State-allied faction of Boko Haram which last week freed 21 of more than 200 Chibok girls kidnapped in April 2014 in northeast Nigeria is willing to negotiate the release of 83 more of the girls, the president`s spokesman said on Sunday.
Oct 17, 2016, 00:11 AM IST
Nigeria's President Buhari says wife "belongs in the kitchen"
Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari`s wife told the BBC in an interview that she might not back her husband in the next election unless he shakes up his government.
Oct 14, 2016, 21:32 PM IST
Boko Haram frees 21 Chibok girls, raising hope for others
Jihadist group Boko Haram has freed 21 of the more than 200 Chibok schoolgirls kidnapped more than two years ago, raising hopes for the release of the others, officials said Thursday.
Oct 14, 2016, 03:00 AM IST
Boko Haram releases 21 Chibok girls, says report
Twenty-one of the more than 200 girls kidnapped over two years ago in a raid on their school in Chibok town by Boko Haram militants have been released, the BBC reported on Thursday citing a government official.
Oct 13, 2016, 16:06 PM IST
Nigeria central bank governor confirms wife kidnapped, released
Nigeria`s central bank governor on Saturday confirmed his wife had been kidnapped and held for 24 hours before being freed, in the latest high-profile abduction in the country`s south.
Oct 02, 2016, 01:42 AM IST
14 soldiers killed in anti-Boko Haram operations: Niger
Niger`s Army said Friday that 14 of its soldiers and scores of Boko Haram fighters had been killed during a multi-month sweep operation in the nation`s southeast.
Oct 01, 2016, 00:51 AM IST
Vice President Hamid Ansari embarks on 5-day visit to Nigeria, Mali
Hamid Ansari today left on a five-day visit to Nigeria and Mali, where he will hold bilateral talks with the leadership of the two West African nations besides participating in a number of events.
Sep 26, 2016, 12:10 PM IST
Starving to death: Boko Haram`s food crisis in Nigeria
Doctors crowded around Abdullahi. One squeezed a drip and another prepared a plastic syringe. The young boy didn`t move. Only the shallow rise and fall of his chest indicated he was still alive.
Sep 21, 2016, 09:31 AM IST
14 killed, three soldiers wounded in Boko Haram attacks in northeast Nigeria
Two suspected Boko Haram attacks in northeast Nigeria have left up to 14 people dead and three soldiers wounded, the army and local residents said on Monday.
Sep 20, 2016, 03:58 AM IST
