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Nigerian army to deploy troops in areas marked by land clashes
Clashes between semi-nomadic herdsmen and farmers over fertile land have killed dozens of people in the last few weeks.
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Nigerian army urges Boko Haram captives to submit to troops
The army has described the current phase of their operation against Boko Haram as the final one.
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Boko Haram suspects go on public trial in Niger
The Islamist insurgency has spread beyond its roots in Nigeria, killing 20,000 and uprooting nearly 3 million in the Lake Chad region.
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Nigerian air force killed dozens in attacks on villages – Amnesty
The report is the latest challenge to the military on human rights and the attacks suggest a deadly crisis between herders and farmers is spiralling out of government control.
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Nigeria holds mass burial for 73 people killed in communal violence
The killings occurred in remote parts of Benue, the state worst hit by clashes that have killed at least 83 people since 31 December.
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Four dead in ambush of World Food Programme convoy in Nigeria
Attacks on aid workers are relatively rare in the conflict with the Islamist insurgency, compared with assaults on the military and civilians in Nigeria’s northeast.
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Nigerian army captures Boko Haram commander
The captured Boko Haram commander identified as “Ameer” of Chawa, Amman Judee, is said to be undergoing interrogation.
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Nigerian army repels Boko Haram attack on town - spokesman
Three soldiers were killed and six others wounded while fighting the militants in Magumeri.
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Niger Delta leader calls on Avengers to hold off on oil attacks
The 2016 attacks slashed oil output to close to 1 million barrels per day from roughly 2.2 million bpd.
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More than half of schools in Boko Haram’s region are shut, Unicef says
It has embroiled the region in one of the world’s worst humanitarian crises, with at least 10.7 million people in need of assistance, according to the UN.
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Nigerian army claims surrender of 68 Boko Haram terrorists
The news of the surrender was, however, overshadowed by the suicide attack at Muna Garage area in Maiduguri, Borno state on Wednesday.
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Nigeria’s Buhari warns off separatists, takes back control after treatment
Buhari said he had been troubled by social media posts calling for splits in a country made up of a mostly Muslim north and a Christian south.
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Suicide bombers kill 27, wound 83 in northeast Nigeria
Two more suicide bombers detonated their devices at the gates to a nearby refugee camp, wounding many people, an emergency services official said.
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Suicide bomber kills seven in northern Cameroon
Another suicide bomb exploded in the town of Waza in north Cameroon on Saturday, but no casualties were reported other than the bomber, the sources said.
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Malala urges Nigeria to prioritise education system
Africa’s most populous country has some 10 million children of school age who do not attend, government figures state.
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Nigerian army rescues 9 minors, arrests Boko Haram terrorists
Also killed during the rescue operation is one of the terrorist's notorious leaders in the community, identified as Abu Nazir.
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Boko Haram launches major attack on northeast Nigerian city
Aid workers and Reuters witnesses reported explosions and heavy gunfire for at least 45 minutes in the southeastern and southwestern outskirts of the city.
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Boko Haram and famine hit efforts to rebuild lives in Nigeria’s northeast
More than seven million people risk starvation in the surrounding Lake Chad region, according to the United Nations.
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Boko Haram attacks Nigerian army base, 5 soldiers killed - military source
Boko Haram attacked an army brigade in Buni Yadi in Yobe state late on Saturday, an army spokesman said by text message.
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Man purporting to be Boko Haram leader denies Sambisa forest defeat
Nigeria’s military has in recent years said it has killed or wounded Shekau on multiple occasions.
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Nigeria buying warplanes from Russia, China & Pakistan
The Western arms boycott against Nigeria is based on concern for human rights abuses by the Abuja government.
