What was it actually like to live in Maiduguri, one of Nigeria’s larger cities, and ground zero during the Boko Haram assault? Official restrictions on the media and all but non-existent security ...

Hundreds of hostages, mostly children and women, were rescued from Boko Haram extremists in northeastern Nigeria's Sambisa Forest. The hostages, totaling 350, including 209 children, 135 women, and ...

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A new journalistic work by Ahmad Salkida has revealed a hidden chapter in the life of Boko Haram leader Abubakar Shekau The account detailed how Shekau was secretly treated in Kano after being wounded ...

The Emir of Kano, Alhaji Mohammad Sanusi, led the special morning prayer at the Kano Central Mosque yesterday, urging all the Islamic sects in the country to unite and defend themselves against any ...

Vice -President Kashim Shettima and the Director General of the National Emergency Management Agency, Hajiya Zubaida Umar on Wednesday paid sympathy visit to the victims who were receiving treatment ...

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Troops of the Operation HADIN KAI (OPHK) have killed scores of Boko Haram terrorists and recovered a cache of arms and ammunition during renewed offensive operations across the North-East theatre. The ...

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YAOUNDÉ, Cameroon – Catholic bishops in Chad, a mixed Muslim/Christian nation in northcentral Africa, have called for a Nov. 2 day of prayer following a Boko Haram attack on a military base last ...

Joy Bishara and Lydia Pogu, who survived being kidnapped in Nigeria in 2014, are now graduating from a U.S. college. Nearly seven years after Boko Haram snatched them from their beds in the northeast ...