Nigerian forces bombard Islamist militant camps from air
A poster advertising for the search of Boko Haram leader Abubakar Shekau is pasted on a wall in Baga village on the outskirts of Maiduguri, in the north-eastern state of Borno May 13, 2013.
View ArticleOfficial: Nigeria military shells camps, kills 21
Soldiers in northeast Nigeria shelled suspected camps of Islamic extremists in the first military action of a new offensive against the insurgents, killing at least 21 people, a security official said...
View ArticleOfficial: Nigeria military attacks camps, kills 21
Soldiers in Nigeria launched their first raid against suspected Islamic extremists in a campaign to take back control of the nation's northeast, killing at least 21 people, a security official said...
View ArticleIn Americanah, Adichie notices the things you're not supposed to
... later forced to seek his fortune in England, because post-9/11 America is no longer accepting male immigrants from Nigeria. Confronted by an American reality vastly different from the Cosby Show...
View ArticleThe Nigeria Natural Medicine Development Agency goes live on LibLime Koha 4.14
LibLime, a division of PTFS, announces that the Nigeria Natural Medicine Development Agency in Lagos, Nigeria is now live on LibLime Koha 4.14. North Bethesda, MD, May 16, 2013- LibLime, a division of...
View ArticleNigeria: Gunmen attack police station
Kano - Gunmen stormed a police station and a bank in a town in Nigeria's northwest, beyond a region covered by a military crackdown on an Islamist insurgency, a sign the offensive could provoke...
View ArticleNigerian troops begin biggest ever assault on Islamist sect
... Sharia law. But it remains far from clear who supports the insurgency or whether it is even the most deadly actor in Nigeria, despite the horror of its actions, which often take the form of church...
View ArticleDozens of insurgents killed in Nigeria
Zimbabwean PM Morgan Tsvangirai has set the tone for his party's election campaign, saying the terrain "will be determined by those that are able to give answers to Zimbabwe's challenges". Lagos - A...
View ArticleNigeria: states of emergency | Editorial
Boko Haram , a jihadi group seeking to establish a sharia-based state in northern Nigeria , has made little secret of the fact that it regards itself not only at war with the Nigerian state, and its...
View ArticleNigeria bombs Islamists, U.S. sounds alarm
... is the biggest foreign investor in Africa's most populous nation, notably in its energy sector, and buys a third of Nigeria's oil. Washington "condemns Boko Haram's campaign of terror in the...
View ArticleOfficial: Nigeria military attacks suspected Islamic extremist camps in...
Soldiers in northeast Nigeria shelled suspected camps of Islamic extremists in the first military action of a new offensive against the insurgents, killing at least 21 people, a security official said...
View ArticleHostage died 'minutes into rescue'
... as the special forces tried to save his life, but they were under AK-47 fire from the kidnappers at the compound in Nigeria's north-west city of Sokoto. The hearing in Salisbury heard the soldiers...
View ArticleNigerian soldiers kill 21 suspected Islamist fighters in northeast
... on the outskirts of Maiduguri, in the north-eastern state of Borno May 13, 2013. (Tim Cocks/REUTERS) Soldiers in Nigeria launched their first raid against suspected Islamic extremists in a campaign...
View ArticleNigeria military: 24-hour curfew in parts of a northeastern city as campaign...
Nigeria's military declared a 24-hour curfew Saturday on neighbourhoods in a northeastern city that's the spiritual home of an Islamic extremist network as soldiers continued the government's emergency...
View ArticleNigeria presses fight against I...
LAGOS: Nigeria's military said yesterday it had killed 10 insurgents and arrested 65 more as part of an offensive meant to wrest back control of parts of its remote northeast from an Islamist group...
View ArticleNigeria army says crackdown to go on
Nigeria's army has vowed to continue its offensive against militants in the north-east "as long as it takes" to achieve its main objectives.
View ArticleMba aims to deliver Sunday best
... to the CAF Confederation Cup this weekend as the contest for group places begins. Mba-inspired Enugu Rangers of Nigeria host twice title-holders CS Sfaxien of Tunisia Sunday in the highlight of...
View ArticleNigerian teen taking courts by storm
... he talks with her regularly on the telephone. He likes the food, especially "fries and burgers." He said his diet in Nigeria consisted mostly of rice. He said he has gained about 15 pounds in his...
View ArticleWarplanes, troops in NE Nigeria; mobile phones cut
Mobile phone service was cut off Thursday in areas of northeast Nigeria as jet fighters streaked through the sky and more soldiers were deployed to fight extremists waging a brutal insurgency.
View ArticleMichael Gove, David Beckham, Michael Le Vell and Nick Clegg
... achievements. AN inquest will resume today into the death of a British construction worker who was murdered in Nigeria by an Islamist sect before a failed commando rescue operation. The attempt on...
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