Lagos, Nigeria (CNN) Police in Nigeria have rescued 67 men and boys who were subjected to “inhumane and degrading treatments” at an Islamic school in the northern state of Katsina, a police spokesman said Tuesday. The religious school, which also served as a rehabilitation center, was run by a 78-year-old Muslim cleric in Daura, the birthplace of Nigeria’s President Muhammadu… Read more »
All Africa As a campfire burns in a remote village on Cameroon’s northwestern border with Nigeria, seven men and five boys roast cocoa yam for supper. The eldest among them, 45-year-old Bruno Nfor, says the group has spent at least a week in the bush after violence broke out in the town of Tadu. Armed separatists attacked the town, he… Read more »
In this day of globalization, many nations are increasing the amount of foreign investments they allow in their businesses. Recently, Nigeria has had a lack of foreign private companies in their country due to the recession. However, Nigeria is currently exiting the recession and President Muhammadu Buhari has reported that many of these private companies are returning to Nigeria and,… Read more »
All Africa Elated over Nigeria’s exit from crippling recession, President Muhammadu Buhari has said that foreign private companies were coming back to Nigeria. The companies, he said, were making massive investments within the existing legal and regulatory frameworks.
France24 The Nigerian military rescued 76 schoolgirls and recovered the bodies of two others on Wednesday, after the students went missing during a Boko Haram attack on a village, three parents, a resident and a local government official told Reuters. “Everybody is celebrating their coming with songs and praises to God almighty,” said Babagana Umar, one of the parents whose… Read more »
France 24 The Nigerian government on Sunday confirmed that 110 girls were missing after a Boko Haram school attack in the northeast, following days of silence on the children’s fate. “The Federal Government has confirmed that 110 students of the Government Science and Technical College in Dapchi, Yobe State, are so far unaccounted for, after insurgents believed to be from… Read more »
(France 24) Boko Haram’s elusive leader Abubakar Shekau appeared in a new video on Thursday to dispute a claim that the jihadist group had been routed from its Sambisa Forest stronghold.
(France 24) Two female suicide bombers on Friday killed 45 people and wounded 33 others when they detonated their explosives in a crowded market in Nigeria’s restive northeast, the emergency service said The army had earlier put the death toll at 30. “From our updated records we have 45 dead and 33 injured in the twin suicide bomb explosions in… Read more »