Boko Haram kills 7 soldiers in Borno, Nigeria
At least seven Nigerian soldiers were killed in an ambush by Boko Haram terrorists in Borno state, reports said Wednesday. ...
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Nigeria’s president orders rescue of kidnapped students
Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari on Wednesday condemned the abduction of schoolboys from a school in central Nigeria and ordered a rescue operation, ...
Armed gunmen kidnap dozens of students in central Nigeria
Gunmen have abducted 42 people, including 27 students, from a school in central Nigeria, a local government official said Wednesday, ...
Civilians aid military offensive on rebels in Senegal
A military offensive in Senegal's southern region of Casamance has thrown separatist rebels on the back foot, raising the prospect ...
Senegal’s opposition leader may lose parliamentary immunity
Senegal is a step closer to revoking parliamentary immunity from opposition leader Ousmane Sonko, who is accused of rape by ...
Nigeria ministry of health to vaccinate 109 million citizens by 2023
Speaking at the Presidential Task Force (PTF) on COVID-19 media briefing in Abuja on Monday, Faisal Shuaib, head of the ...
Nigeria’s Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala becomes first woman to lead WTO
Three months after the Trump administration rejected her, former Nigerian finance minister Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala received unanimous backing on Monday to ...
Nigeria’s president calls for peace after ethnic clashes in southeast Nigeria
Nigeria's president appealed for calm on Sunday following reports of intercommunal violence between ethnic groups at a market in the ...
Government troops kill 81 Boko Haram in Northeast Nigeria
Government troops killed 81 Boko Haram militants in recent clearance operations in northeast Nigeria, the military said on Monday. The ...
Gunmen kill three vigilantes, abduct 30 travellers in Niger State
At least 30 travellers were abducted Sunday evening by gunmen who ambushed commuters along the Tegina-Zungeru highway in Rafi Local ...