Two Yobe towns, Fika and Ngalda, were on Saturday attacked by the Boko Haram insurgents that were on a looting spree, the chairman of Fika Local Government Area of Yobe State, Alhaji Baba Abare, told journalists on Sunday. According to Abare, the militants shot sporadically on arriving at the two...

The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA), on Tuesday, disclosed that over 1.4 million Nigerians were currently in the custody of the agency, at its various Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) camps, located in the three states of the North-East of Adamawa, Borno and Gombe with Borno State hav...

MAIDUGURI—A Boko Haram suicide bomber yesterday sneaked into the Maiduguri Abattoir at Cattle Market (Kasuwan Shanu) killing 10 people and injuring scores of others. The incident occurred at the peak of trading at about 1:25 pm when the market was crowded with traders and buyers. This is coming l...

The President, Pentecostal Fellowship of Nigeria, Dr. Felix Omobude, has revealed that about 850 churches have been destroyed, with many people killed and injured through the activities Boko Haram in the northern part of the country. Omobude stated this on Tuesday during a visit to the Oyo State ...

The United Nation’s High Commission for refugees in Africa on Sunday said arrangements had been concluded to construct 500 housing units for the aged, physically challenged, orphans and the very sick persons who were displaced by Boko Haram insurgents in Adamawa State. The leader of the High Comm...

But for the alertness of a private security guard, hundreds of people would have been killed in the Sunday morning multiple blasts that rocked the Evangelical Church Winning All in Angwan Yanshi of Tudun Wada area of Jos North Local Government Area of Plateau State. The incident came as multiple ...

The Deputy Governor of Borno State, Alhaji Zanna Mustapha has urged returning Borno refugees from Cameroon to “identify and expose” any suspecting terror suspect among them. Mustapha gave the advice at the weekend, while addressing 12,000 returning refugees from Cameroon at Mubi IDPs camp. His...

In an emotion laden ceremony on Sunday, about 112 children were reunited with 49 families of internally displaced persons sheltered in at a camp in Edo State. Edo State Governor, Adams Oshiomhole, who hosted the parents and children to a sumptuous launch at the Banquet Hall in Government House, B...

After a lull in its aerial campaign against Boko Haram terrorist camps, the Nigerian Air Force (NAF) has carried out fresh air strikes targeted at terrorists’ bunkers in Sambisa forest. Military sources said the targeted strikes were aimed at hidden supply routes and fortified terrorist enclaves w...

Parmi les 37 pays à travers le monde ayant actuellement besoin d'une aide alimentaire extérieure, la FAO en recense 7 en Afrique de l'Ouest - Burkina Faso, Guinée, Liberia, Mali, Niger, Nigeria et Sierra Leone - soit au total 8,9 millions de personnes dont 8,1 millions dans le seul Nigeria, notammen...