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Nigeria: Boko Haram forces International forces to flee to Chad

January 5, 2015 Steven Addamah 0

Nigeria has received a heavy blow from Boko Haram which has taken over its Baga military base near the Chadian border. The base which also […]

Cameroon: Boko Haram flees seized camp after Cameroonian airstrikes

December 30, 2014 Steven Addamah 0

Cameroon has foiled Boko Haram’s attempt to take military barracks located close to its border with Nigeria. The Cameroonian army routed the assailants and killed […]

Nigeria: Nigerians being recruited by ISIS

December 24, 2014 Steven Addamah 0

The NOA Director General and Coordinator, National Information Center (NIC), Mr. Mike Omeri has issued a statement warning Nigerians that the Islamic State of Iraq […]

Nigeria: Jonathan versus Buhari in 2015 presidential election

December 12, 2014 Geraldine Boechat 0

The February 2015 presidential election in Nigeria is destined to be most closely contested in the country’s history that has often been marred by military […]

Cameroon: Opposition warns President Biya not to sign anti-terrorism bill

December 11, 2014 Steven Addamah 0

Cameroon’s parliament has approved a bill on Wednesday geared towards fighting terrorism in the country but there are worries that it will empower the government […]

Nigeria: U.S justifies refusal to sell lethal weapons to Nigeria

November 14, 2014 Geraldine Boechat 0

US State Department spokeswoman, Jen Psaki, has replied to Nigeria’s Ambassador Prof. Adebowale Adefuye comments that the US has refused to sell lethal weapons to […]

Nigeria: HRW Denounces Boko Haram Violence against Women, Government’s Inadequate Response to Abuses

October 28, 2014 Steven Addamah 0

Human Rights Watch has vehemently denounced the horrific abuses committed by the Islamist Boko Haram group against the women and girls it abducts as well […]

WB Forecasts an African Growth Rate of over 5% in 2015-16

October 8, 2014 Khalid Al Mouahidi 0

Africa is forecast to remain one of the world’s three fastest growing regions and to maintain its impressive 20 years of continuous expansion with a […]

Four ‘Boko Haram’ members sentenced to life in prison

July 10, 2013 Geraldine Boechat 0

A Nigerian Federal High Court in Abuja has on Tuesday sentenced Four ‘Boko Haram’ members: Shuaibu Abubakar, Salisu Ahmed, Umar Babagana-Umar and Mohammed Ali to […]