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Girl, 13, blows herself up near mosque in suspected Boko Haram attack

YoopyaJul 9, 2015July 1, 20230

Teenager was only victim of blast in large city Kano, as Islamist militants increasingly use young girls and women as human bombs. A girl aged

Negotiator: Boko Haram asks Nigerian government to swap detainees for kidnapped Chibok girls

YoopyaJul 9, 2015July 1, 20230

LAGOS, Nigeria — Nigeria’s Boko Haram extremists are offering to free more than 200 young women and girls kidnapped from a boarding school in the

Two suicide bombers kill around 30 in northern Nigeria

YoopyaJul 8, 2015July 2, 20230

By Garba Muhammed KADUNA, Nigeria (Reuters) – Suicide bombers killed around 30 people in two blasts in northern Nigeria on Tuesday, witnesses and a state

Chad arrests five and bans burqa after suicide bombings

YoopyaJun 18, 2015July 2, 20230

N’DJAMENA Chad said on Wednesday it had arrested at least five suspects and had banned religious burqas after suicide bombings blamed on the Islamist Boko

Nigerian Military Claims to “Rescue Nearly 300 Women”, Girls

YoopyaApr 29, 2015July 1, 20230

LAGOS—Nigeria on Tuesday said it has rescued nearly 300 girls and women from a Boko Haram stronghold in the country’s northeast, but it remained unclear

Boko Haram adopts ISIS’ bloody religious cleansing strategy

YoopyaApr 20, 2015July 3, 20230

The Islamic militant group Boko Haram is adopting ISIS’ bloody strategy of stamping out Christianity with a frightening fervor, putting Nigeria’s 70 million followers of

Boko Haram: PDP Humiliated Nigeria – Buhari

YoopyaApr 14, 2015July 1, 20230

President -Elect General Muhammadu Buhari (rtd.) at the weekend spoke to newsmen in his home town, Daura, Katsina State after casting his vote on a

Opposition candidate appears ahead in Nigerian election

YoopyaMar 31, 2015July 3, 20230

Lagos, Nigeria (CNN) With partial results reported in the Nigerian presidential election, it appears opposition candidate Muhammadu Buhari is leading incumbent President Goodluck Jonathan. Reuters,

Chad Strongman Says Nigeria Is Absent in Fight Against Boko Haram

YoopyaMar 28, 2015July 3, 20230

NDJAMENA, Chad — Chad’s president, Idriss Déby, speaks in a soft mumble, wears spectacles and an immaculate white robe, and is to be found in

Nigeria’s military pushes extremists before elections

YoopyaMar 27, 2015July 9, 20230

ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — Beefed up by new weapons from China, Russia and the Czech Republic, and strengthened by training from foreign advisers, Nigeria’s military