Its name is synonomous with the declaration of independence and updates on the brutal conflict that followed, but nearly 50 years after Nigeria’s civil war,
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Tag: TERRORISM
How 10-Year-Old Boy Was Buried Alive, And Rescued 3 Days Later In Enugu
Before now, the town of Ngwo, home of the late Chief C.C. Onoh, in Enugu State was a great land and shining city on the
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Why Facebook changed its friend icon so the woman comes first
The female figure in Facebook’s friends icon used to be at the back, but now she’s been moved front and centre and we’ve found out
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BOKO HARAM: 150 Persons Died In Kukawa, Borno State, Nigeria Attack; Buhari Says Is Barbaric
President Muhammadu Buhari on Friday condemned the latest attacks by the Boko Haram sect which led to the death of about 150 persons in Kukawa,
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Military top brass meet in Nigeria on Boko Haram
Nigeria – Military top brass from Nigeria and surrounding countries met on Tuesday to thrash out plans to take on Boko Haram, as new Nigerian
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BOKO HARAM: Once bustling Niger border town in lockdown over Boko Haram
Diffa, Niger – A soldier in fatigues furiously pedals his bicycle through the alleyways of Diffa, puffing away after the biggest town in southeast Niger
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Nigeria army repels Boko Haram as new president starts term
Maiduguri Nigeria – Nigeria’s military on Saturday repelled a Boko Haram attack on the key northeastern city of Maiduguri, a day after President Muhammadu Buhari
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No exit: For female jihadis, Syria is one-way journey
FRANCE — When three British schoolgirls trundled across the Syrian border; when a pregnant 14-year-old ran away from her Alpine home for the second time;
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Boko Haram hacks 10 to death in NE Nigeria: local official
Kano Nigeria – Boko Haram fighters hacked to death 10 people in a remote village in northeast Nigeria, a local government official told AFP. Maina
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Islamic State raises flag over citadel in Syria’s Palmyra: supporters
Islamic State fighters have raised their flag over an ancient citadel in Syria’s historic city of Palmyra, pictures posted online overnight by the group’s supporters
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Bomb outside Afghan Justice Ministry kills five, wounds dozens
A car bomb exploded in the parking lot of Afghanistan’s Ministry of Justice on Tuesday, killing at least five people and wounding dozens as civil
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ISIS claims to have taken Ramadi, Pentagon admits terror group ‘has the advantage’
The Islamic State terror group claimed that it had seized control of the city of Ramadi Sunday in what would be the biggest loss for
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Abu Sayyaf, an ISIS Leader, Killed in Syria by Special Forces, U.S. Says
WASHINGTON — American Special Operations forces mounted a rare raid into eastern Syria early Saturday, killing a leader of the Islamic State and about a
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More abducted women and children freed in Nigeria
Nigeria was on Wednesday seeking to identify nearly 300 women and girls rescued from Boko Haram, raising hopes they may include schoolgirls seized in a
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Indonesia executions: Brazilian was ‘unaware until end’
A Brazilian man executed in Indonesia for drug smuggling did not know that he was going to die, says his priest. Father Charlie Burrows has
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