Mallam Nasir El-Rufai – a poweful ally of Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari warned “people from overseas” who sought to intervene in the country’s election to be held in little over a week would go back in “body bags“. Mallam Nasir El-Rufai, has warned the U.S, U.K and the EU against undue interference in Nigeria’s political affairs…
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IS claims lives of 30 Nigeria military
Islamic State claims killings of 30 Nigerian military in an attack on January 26 in northeastern Borno state, a claim disputed by the Nigerian Army. A Nigerian Army spokesman said an attack on troops by insurgents in the Borno village of Logomani was repelled, and eight soldiers were hurt, none with life-threatening injuries. The information spread by…
Niger strikes Boko Haram along Komadugu river
Niger governmental troops have eliminated more than 280 Boko Haram militants in combat and in air strikes since an operation against the radical Islam group last week, the defence ministry said. Niger Army Kills 280 Boko Haram Militants – Defence Ministry. https://t.co/mmiCg7X6iH pic.twitter.com/YHXcMsGpi0 — Channels Television (@channelstv) January 3, 2019 Boko Haram has intruded Niger, Chad…
Nigeria’s Buhari launches re-election
Nigeria’s ruling party has launched a rally of President Muhammadu Buhari’s (76) re-election bid in the southern city of Uyo, hours after naming a campaign team which includes Africa’s richest businessmen. Buhari Campaigns In Akwa Ibom, Asks Nigerians To ‘Sweat, Work’ For Survival. https://t.co/LJbzP7kJSZ pic.twitter.com/hEqrPR7FBB — Channels Television (@channelstv) December 28, 2018 An election is…
Abducted Polish sailors freed
All of the crew abducted by pirates from a container ship off the coast of Nigeria in October, including eight Polish nationals, are safe and will be reunited with their families, Poland Foreign Ministry said in a statement. Eight Polish sailors, three others freed in Nigeria https://t.co/OrHPg9fGor — Punch Newspapers (@MobilePunch) December 18, 2018 “We would…
Girls kidnapped in Niger
A group of armed men kidnapped 15 girls overnight in southeastern Niger, the local mayor said on November 24. (Photo: illustration). Boukar Mani Orthe, the mayor of Toumour in Diffa region near the border with Nigeria, said about 50 unidentified armed men seized the girls in a village about 9 km from the town centre….
Cameroon refugees continue to arrive to Nigeria
“The principal and one teacher are still with the kidnappers. Let us keep praying,” said Samuel Fonki, a minister of the Presbyterian Church in Cameroon who negotiated to free 78 children, adding that one child had escaped independently. The freed children were unharmed although their clothes were dirty and they appeared exhausted, UPDATE 2-Kidnapped children…
Boko Haram killed aid worker
Boko Haram jihadists have killed another kidnapped aid worker in northeast Nigeria, the government said, the news came a month after one of her colleagues was murdered. Information minister Lai Mohammed did not identify the victim but described her killing as “dastardly, inhuman and ungodly”, and vowed to push for the release of two remaining…
No renewal of Nigerian political landscape
Nigeria’s former vice-president Atiku Abubakar repeated bids for the presidency have excluded a renewal of political landscape in upcoming presidential elections in 2019. Having failed four times for the top job claims, the 71-year-old political veteran again has been given chance by the main opposition PDP party to challenge President Muhammadu Buhari in February’s election.PDP Abubakar…
Opposition elects Buhari challenger
This weekend Nigeria’s main opposition party selects its candidate to challenge President Muhammadu Buhari in the elections in February 2019. Nigerian opposition to pick presidential candidate as northwest… https://t.co/AOXIixJPd4 — Reuters Africa (@ReutersAfrica) October 5, 2018 Recent defection of 13 candidates from Buhari’s ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) to the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) added tension to…
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