ABU DHABI, 2nd February, 2016 (WAM) -- A UAE newspaper has said that the shocking news from northern Nigeria that Boko Haram extremists have burnt scores of children to death among 86 people killed just outside Maiduguri, the largest city in the north east, bears the terrible trade mark of Daesh, wh...

Six people were reportedly killed while one person sustained gun-shot injury when suspected members of Boko Haram sect invaded Goniambari village in Kaga Local Government Area of Borno State. The insurgents, according to sources, also destroyed some houses and vehicles using Improvised Explosive Dev...

Abimbola Adelakun Lately, the Minister of State for Education, Prof. Anthony Anwukah, announced that French was on its way to becoming Nigeria’s second official language. As a result, learning French will be a compulsory subject in Nigerian schools up till tertiary level. Anwukah did not elaborat...

Adelani Adepegba, Abuja To address humanitarian crisis in Nigeria, Niger, Cameroon and Chad caused by the Boko Haram insurgency, Australia said it has allocated $3m to help fight hunger in the region. It also said that it had dedicated an additional $2.4m to existing projects to combat malnut...

• Planned terror attacks thwarted, Falae’s kidnapper killed • Presidency beefs up security at the Villa • Troops in North-east groan over unpaid allowances • Army blames delay on TSA, BVN, poor network Tobi Soniyi and Senator Iroegbu in Abuja and Michael Olugbode in Maiduguri with agency rep...

Health Minister, Prof. Isaac Adewole yesterday confirmed that 47 people have so far been killed by Lassa fever epidemic in the country. Adewole told the joint House Committee on Health during the 2016 budget defence at the National Assembly that he had instructed airport authorities to screen passen...

L'armée annonce avoir mené une importante incursion victorieuse contre le groupe Etat islamique en Afrique de l'Ouest (ex-Boko Haram) au Nigeria. Les combats ont eu lieu les 11 et 14 février à près de 20 kilomètres de la frontière avec le département camerounais du Logone et Chari, dans l'Extrême-No...

Michael Olugbode Borno State Government yesterday commenced the relocation of internally displaced persons (IDPs) from schools which have been serving as IDPs camps. The action commenced with the relocation of the first batch of 602 IDPs at Government Girls Secondary School (GGSS), Yerwa to Da...

Captures two terrorists kingpins, kill others Three soldiers, four vigilantes injured US trains 250 Nigerian soldiers on counter-terrorism Senator Iroegbu in Abuja and John Shiklam in Kaduna 
 The Nigerian Army in its continued offensive operations, has destroyed some remnants of Boko...

Un check point de l'armée malienne près de Ménaka dans la région de Gao au Mali a été attaqué par des hommes armés. Le bilan provisoire fait état de deux soldats tués, un blessé, du matériel militaire emporté par les assaillants, selon le correspondant de la BBC à Bamako. Une attaque au moment où...