Kellou Abakar knew she was in trouble as the contractions started, not long after the Islamic extremist group Boko Haram attacked her town in Nigeria. Her husband was nowhere to be found, and so she pulled her four-year-old son onto her back and grabbed her two little girls by the hand. The 30-ye...

Troops from Chad and Niger have freed two towns in northern Nigeria which were previously held by Boko Haram militants, the first gains made in a joint offensive launched at the weekend, Niger military sources said on Monday. Reuters have more details: About 30 Nigerien and Chadian soldiers w...

The Northern States Governors’ Forum on Monday, said terror activities in the country will soon be a thing of the past, especially as the military under the administration of President Goodluck Jonathan is doing its best to put an end to insurgency in the North. The forum described the recent bom...

About 80 children rescued from a Boko Haram camp in Cameroon cannot remember their own names or origins, according to an aid official who visited them. The children - aged between 5 and 18 - did not speak English, French or any local languages, says Christopher Fomunyoh, a director for the US-bas...

BAUCHI – The United Nations High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR), said it had concluded arrangements to train 35 emergency management related personnel on practical protection skills and legal frame work governing Internally Displaced Person (IDPs). This is contained in a statement signed by the Co...

The Nigerian Immigration Service, Bauchi State Command, has repatriated 43 foreigners residing in the state without valid documents. The exercise is part of efforts to ensure security of lives and property during the 2015 general elections. Speaking to newsmen, the state Comptroller of Immigrati...

THE 33 Brigade Nigerian Army, on Wednesday, concluded the dislodgement and clearing of Boko Haram Terrorists (BHT) from Lame/Burra forest, which traverse Ningi and Torro Local Government Areas of Bauchi State. The Disclosing this via a press release, The ​​​​​Acting Director Army Public Relatio...

Violence continued in Plateau State as gunmen swooped on Takowok and Rahol Gasa villages of Barkin Ladi Local Government Area of the state, killing at least six persons. THISDAY gathered that two men including a member of the state security outfit, Operation Rainbow, were attacked and killed at a...

The Nigerian military took us to towns taken back from Boko Haram in the north-east. Some are almost impossible to reach by road because the insurgents have blown up bridges. From one town to another, Boko Haram fighters have left their imprint of destruction - the charred remains of market pl...

Thousands of refugees are fleeing to Chad after Boko Haram's attacks in northeast Nigeria. We visited a refugee camp and town the militants attacked. The M&G's Lauren Clifford-Holmes reflects on her trip to Chad where she visited refugee camps filled with families trying to escape Boko Haram. W...