Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari has received several sachets of artemisia-based tea, which the Malagasy authorities praise as a remedy against the...
Niger: About 75 Boko Haram terrorists killed – Defense Ministry
The Sahel state of Niger, which has been battling a bloody jihadist insurgency, said Wednesday around 75 Boko Haram combatants had been killed in the ...
Nigeria: Terrorists killed seventy soldiers
The Nigerian army suffered heavy losses. At least 70 soldiers were killed in the attack on their convoy in north-eastern Nigeria, a region plagued by ...
Nigeria’s Emir of Kano dethroned
The Emir of Kano, Muhammadu Sanusi II, has been removed from his throne, local media reported on Monday. The Nigerian most influential Muslim t...
Nigeria, Africa’s largest economy – Bloomberg
Nigerian economy has recovered—slowly after it suffered a recession in 2016. New data from Bloomberg shows that Nigeria is now Africa’s largest econom...
Nigeria: at least 30 people killed in northwest
At least 30 people were killed by a dozen assailants on motorcycles in an attack on two villages in northwestern Nigeria, security sources said. ...
Cameroon: Thousands flee Cameroon after upsurge in conflict
The UN refugee agency says about 8,000 people have fled from Cameroon into Nigeria in the past two weeks because of an upsurge in violence. According ...
Nigeria: villages destroyed by the army – AI
Amnesty International called on Friday for an investigation into military operations in northeastern Nigeria, where at least three villages have been ...
Nigeria: at least 60 killed in less than a week
An attack Monday on the village of Bakali, in the Giwa region, by several armed attackers killed at least 25 civilians and injured many others. In add...
Nigeria: at least 30 civilians killed, many kidnapped by jihadists
At least 30 people were killed and many women and children were abducted Sunday evening by the Islamic State Group in West Africa (ISWAP), near a vill...