Boko Haram claims kidnapping of hundreds of Nigerian students
ABUJA, Nigeria: The Boko Haram group has claimed responsibility for the abduction of hundreds of school students in northwest Nigeria. More than 300 students are...
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Over 300 students missing after Nigeria school attack
ABUJA, Nigeria: More than 300 schoolboys are still missing after gunmen stormed a secondary school in Kankara, a town in Nigeria’s northwestern Katsina state. Authorities...
Boko Haram attack leave 12 villages dead in southern Niger
NIGER: A Boko Haram attack in southern Niger has left a dozen villagers deadr on the frontier with Nigeria, according to a local official. The...
Double bombing in mosque claims 64 lives, injures 126 in Nigeria
ABUJA: At least 64 persons were killed while 126 others serious injured followed by double bombing inside a mosque during Friday prayers in Nigeria, foreign...
More than 60 women, girls escape abductors in Nigeria
MAIDUGURI, Nigeria: More than 60 women and girls abducted last month by suspected Boko Haram militants in northeast Nigeria have escaped their captors, sources said Sunday....
At least 20 young mothers abducted in Nigeria
ABUJA (AFP): Suspected Boko Haram gunmen kidnapped at least 20 young mothers near a town in northeast Nigeria where more than 200 schoolgirls were abducted...
African Union intensifies search for abducted Nigerian girls
WASHINGTON (AFP): The African Union is involved in intensifying efforts to find more than 200 Nigerian schoolgirls kidnapped by Boko Haram two months ago, its...
80 US Air force to search abducted Nigerian school girls
N’DJAMENA: Eighty U.S. Air Force personnel have arrived in Chad and have begun their mission to help locate nearly 300 schoolgirls kidnapped in neighboring Nigeria,...
46 killed in central Nigeria twin bombings
ABUJA: Twin car bombings killed 46 people on Tuesday at a crowded market in the central Nigeria city of Jos, as emergency workers struggled to...
Traditional Nigerian hunters want to find abducted school girls
MAIDUGURI: Traditional hunters armed with homemade guns, poisoned spears and amulets have gathered in their hundreds, eager to use their skills and what they believe...