Recent News Headlines : Hawe - Nigeria

NIGERIA'S PRESIDENT BUHARI TO VISIT STATE WHERE 110 SCHOOLGIRLS WERE ABDUCTED


Aisha Wakil, who is also known as Mama Boko Haram, said the group assured her that the girls would not be harmed... READ MORE

6th March, 2018 0

BUHARI TO VISIT YOBE STATE WHERE 110 SCHOOLGIRLS ABDUCTED


From today, March 5, he will visit Taraba, subsequently Benue, Yobe, Zamfara Rivers States... READ MORE

6th March, 2018 12

ENI AND SHELL GO ON TRIAL OVER NIGERIA KICKBACK SCANDAL


The 2011 deal with the Nigerian government aimed to end years of litigation over the OPL245 block between Shell and Dan Etete's Oil and Gas Malabu company... READ MORE

5th March, 2018 0

MSF SUSPENDS MEDICAL WORK IN NIGERIA'S RANN AFTER DEADLY ATTACK


At least three aid workers were killed when suspected Boko Haram fighters attacked an army base in the northeastern town... READ MORE

3rd March, 2018 887

THREE AID WORKERS KILLED IN BOKO HARAM ATTACK-UN


Nigeria Three aid workers Killed in Boko Haram attack-UN... READ MORE

3rd March, 2018 8

SUSPECTED BOKO HARAM MILITANTS KILL 3 AID WORKERS, 8 SECURITY PERSONNEL IN NIGERIA


Borno state, where Rann is situated, is the epicentre of the Boko Haram insurgency, which aims to create an Islamic state in northeast Nigeria... READ MORE

2nd March, 2018 64

"AFRICAN MONA LISA" FETCHES $1.6M AT LONDON AUCTION


The painting dubbed the African Mona Lisa by the late Nigerian artist Ben Enwonwu, smashed sales estimates on Wednesday... READ MORE

2nd March, 2018 11

KAYAKING GIVES LAGOS RESIDENTS A DIFFERENT VIEW OF THE CITY


On a sunny afternoon in Lagos, Nigeria, Kayak business owner Diane Williams is marketing her services to customers on the shores of the Atlantic ocean... READ MORE

1st March, 2018 25

NIGERIAN GOVERNMENT RELEASES NAMES OF 110 GIRLS KIDNAPPED BY BOKO HARAM


CNN''s Nima Elbagirl reports, descriptionText Boko Haram militants have handed over 21 missing Chibok school girls to the Nigerian government... READ MORE

28th February, 2018 1358

NIGERIAN GOVERNMENT ADMITS MISSING SCHOOLGIRLS HAVE BEEN 'ABDUCTED'


EYE ON AFRICA The Nigerian government admits that 110 schoolgirls were abducted last week when Boko Haram militants struck their village. Also, two mor..... READ MORE

28th February, 2018 2

NIGERIAN ARMY, POLICE ARGUE OVER WHO SHOULD HAVE PROTECTED TOWN WHERE GIRLS DISAPPEARED


Nigeria's army and police disagree over what security arrangements were in place when more than 100 girls were recently kidnapped... READ MORE

26th February, 2018 189

SIX QUESTIONS ABOUT NIGERIA'S 'NEW CHIBOK'


How did suspected Boko Haram militants manage to kidnap more than 100 girls from a school in Nigeria?... READ MORE

26th February, 2018 522

NIGERIA STEPS UP SEARCH AFTER GIRL KIDNAPS


Nigeria has deployed extra troops and planes to search for 110 schoolgirls believed to have been abducted by Boko Haram militants last week... READ MORE

26th February, 2018 2537

110 NIGERIAN SCHOOLGIRLS STILL MISSING AFTER ATTACK


After a suspected Boko Haram attack, Nigerian minister says 110 schoolgirls remain missing, according to state media... READ MORE

25th February, 2018 1681

NIGERIAN SCHOOLGIRLS KIDNAPPED BY BOKO HARAM


Until these girls are brought back, the pressure is kept on the Nigerian government to make sure it does what it is supposed to do... READ MORE

24th February, 2018 139

'I HAVE SUFFERED SO MUCH': BOKO HARAM KIDNAPPING ORDEALS HAUNT RESCUED NIGERIAN WOMEN


Halina's family, including three of her children, were killed when Boko Haram stormed her village in the Damboa area of Borno state... READ MORE

24th February, 2018 384

NIGERIAN TOWN TALLIES 105 GIRLS MISSING AFTER BOKO HARAM ATTACK ON SCHOOL


More than 100 girls are reported missing after a Boko Haram school attack in northeast Nigeria that President Muhammadu Buhari on Friday called a national... READ MORE

24th February, 2018 16

NIGERIA'S PRESIDENT CALLS MASS SCHOOLGIRL ABDUCTION "NATIONAL DISASTER"


Scores of girls missing after boko haram attack in north-east nigeria... READ MORE

24th February, 2018 8

CONFUSION OVER MISSING NIGERIAN GIRLS, PARENTS DEMAND ANSWERS


The Yobe state government issued a statement on Thursday that the girls were rescued but retracted it within 24 hours saying the information was not credible ... READ MORE

23rd February, 2018 1497

ANGER ERUPTS IN NIGERIAN TOWN OVER GOVERNMENT'S BOKO HARAM 'ABDUCTION' RESPONSE


Police said on Wednesday that 111 girls from the state-run boarding school in Dapchi, in Yobe state, were unaccounted for following a jihadi raid on Monday night... READ MORE

23rd February, 2018 2

MORE NIGERIAN SCHOOLGIRLS MISSING AFTER LATEST BOKO HARAM ABDUCTION


New group of Nigerian schoolgirls missing after latest Boko Haram abduction... READ MORE

22nd February, 2018 288

NIGERIAN SCHOOLGIRLS ARE FEARED KIDNAPPED IN BOKO HARAM ATTACK


As they headed for the Government Girls Science and Technical School, students and teachers fled, some climbing fences to escape... READ MORE

22nd February, 2018 674

BLACK PANTHER WINS THE HEARTS OF AFRICAN CINEMA FANS


Black Panther has received rave reviews from critics and cinema goers who have flocked to its's premieres in Nigeria, Uganda and South Africa among others... READ MORE

22nd February, 2018 0

MORE THAN 100 NIGERIAN GIRLS FEARED KIDNAPPED AFTER BOKO HARAM STORMS SCHOOLA


Militants from the jihadist group had entered the Government Girls Science Secondary School in Dapchi, north-east Nigeria, on Monday evening... READ MORE

22nd February, 2018 810

DOZENS OF NIGERIAN GIRLS FEARED ABDUCTED BY BOKO HARAM


More than 110 schoolgirls are missing a day after suspected Boko Haram fighters attacked their school, police say... READ MORE

21st February, 2018 1403

82 CHIBOK SCHOOLGIRLS FREED FROM BOKO HARAM


Boko Haram militants mainly inhabit areas in the northern states of Nigeria, specifically Yobe, Kano, Bauchi, Borno and Kaduna... READ MORE

20th February, 2018 16

NIGERIA ANTI-GRAFT BODY TO PROBE HOW SNAKE 'ATE' OVER $100,000 GOVT FUNDS


In a veiled message via its twitter handle, the EFCC said The Eagle shows no mercy for money-swallowing snake's ... READ MORE

19th February, 2018 140

NIGERIA FREES 475 BOKO HARAM SUSPECTS DUE TO LACK OF EVIDENCE, PREPARING THEM FOR 'PROPER REHABILITATION'


Nigeria has freed another 475 Boko Haram suspects following a series of mass trials in which most cases were dropped for lack of evidence, the justice mini... READ MORE

19th February, 2018 3

NIGERIAN COURT RELEASES 475 BOKO HARAM SUSPECTS


Nearly 500 Boko Haram suspects have been released by a Nigerian court citing a lack of evidence, with some detainees held for years without charge... READ MORE

18th February, 2018 1351

BOKO HARAM BLAMED AS SUICIDE BLASTS KILL 19


Borno state is the part of Nigeria that is worst hit by the Boko Haram attacks... READ MORE

17th February, 2018 87

Trending News Headlines : Hawe

ENDLESS RAPE AS WAR REFUGE TURNS TO TERROR


They Fled Boko Haram, Only to Be Raped by Nigerias Security Forces... READ MORE

8th December, 2017 7064

SUICIDE BOMBER KILLS WORSHIPPERS AT MOSQUE IN MUBI


Police said a teenage bomber targeted the mosque in the town of Mubi, Adamawa state, as people arrived for morning prayers on Tuesday... READ MORE

21st November, 2017 5412

RED CROSS ADMITS EBOLA CASH LOST TO FRAUD


An investigation by Red Cross auditors has revealed that in Liberia 2.7m disappeared in fraudulently overpriced supplies, or in salaries for non-existent aid workers... READ MORE

3rd November, 2017 5035

A FARMER ARRIVED AT WSU WITH $6,000 TO HIS NAME. NOW HE'S WON $100,000 TO HELP FEED THE WORLD.


Six years ago, Adewale moved to Pullman with 6,000 in his pocket -- money he'd earned from the vegetable harvest at his farm in southwest Nigeria... READ MORE

31st October, 2017 4537

AFRICA'S RICHEST MAN TO INVEST UP TO $50 BILLION IN U.S., EUROPE


Africa's richest man, Aliko Dangote, plans to invest 20 billion to 50 billion in the U.S. and Europe by 2025, in industries including renewable energy and petrochemicals... READ MORE

17th August, 2017 3606

BOKO HARAM ATTACKS KILLED 400 SINCE APRIL


In neighbouring Cameroon, Amnesty said since April at least 158 civilians died in Boko Haram strikes, a figure four times higher than the preceding five months... READ MORE

5th September, 2017 3158

BOKO HARAM USE OF CHILD BOMBERS SOARS


The number of children, mainly girls, used by the Nigerian armed group Boko Haram as human bombs has quadrupled this year, according to UNICEF... READ MORE

23rd August, 2017 3126

BUHARI RETURNS AFTER LENGTHY UK MEDICAL TREATMENT


President Buhari is expected to speak to Nigerians in a broadcast by 7am on Monday, his office said... READ MORE

19th August, 2017 2408

MUHAMMADU BUHARI ADDRESSES NATION ON RETURN FROM UK


Nigeria's President Muhammadu Buhari has addressed the nation after spending more than three months in London for medical treatment... READ MORE

21st August, 2017 2348

MASS NIGERIAN ARRESTS FOR GAY SEX IN LAGOS STATE


Homosexuality, gay marriage, gay groups and displays of same-sex affection are all illegal in Nigeria... READ MORE

31st July, 2017 2336

BOKO HARAM ATTACK ON NIGERIA OIL TEAM KILLED OVER 50


There has been no serious suggestion that Boko Haram is motivated by a desire to control oil in northeast Nigeria... READ MORE

28th July, 2017 2078

CAN AFRICA LEARN ANY LESSONS FROM CATALONIA?


The crisis in Spain's Catalonia region is being closely watched in Nigeria and Cameroon, where secessionist movements have been stepping up campaigns for independence... READ MORE

17th October, 2017 1949

NEW BOKO HARAM VIDEO PURPORTS TO SHOW CHIBOK GIRLS


Boko Haram has put out a video that it says shows some of the girls kidnapped from a town in northeastern Nigeria nearly four years ago... READ MORE

15th January, 2018 1786

THE BBC IN PIDGIN PEOPLE LIKE IT WELL-WELL


In Nigeria, the largest former British colony in West Africa, Pidgin thrived as more and more people interacted with the colonizers... READ MORE

30th December, 2017 1727

16 NIGERIAN WOMEN ARE SAFE AFTER VOODOO DEATH THREATS AND FORCED PROSTITUTION, POLICE SAY


The women reflect a recent wave of Nigerians who have headed to Europe from Benin City, where poverty and traditional witchcraft suffocate opportunity... READ MORE

2nd February, 2018 1680

BEYOND BOKO HARAMS REACH, LOVE AND FEMINISM FLOURISH


MAIDUGURI, Nigeria -- Boko Haram kidnaps young women and girls, turns them into sex slaves and passes them around to its fighters like prizes... READ MORE

16th December, 2017 1561

AIDS EPIDEMIC: FOR 1ST TIME, OVER HALF TAKING HIV DRUGS


For 1st time, over half of people with HIV having treatment... READ MORE

20th July, 2017 1519

NIGERIA FUEL CRISIS SPAWNS THRIVING BLACK MARKET


I've been on queue since last night, motorist Abednego Abna told Al Jazeera, outside a petrol station in Abuja... READ MORE

29th December, 2017 1482

CAMEROON SEPARATIST LEADER TAKEN INTO CUSTODY IN NIGERIA


Cameroon separatist leader taken into custody in Nigeria sources... READ MORE

7th January, 2018 1453

DOUBLE SUICIDE ATTACK KILLS 15 PEOPLE IN NIGERIA


Suspected Boko Haram assault targets aid distribution point in Mashalari village in Nigeria's northeastern Konduga area... READ MORE

18th September, 2017 1367

'THAT I AM ALIVE TODAY IS A MIRACLE'


ABUJA, Nigeria -- Amina Ali Nkeki was calm as she recalled her two years of torment while held captive by Boko Haram terrorists... READ MORE

23rd December, 2017 1311

'I SHARE MY HOME WITH 28 REFUGEES'


Emergency officials in Nigeria say more than 40,000 refugees have poured over the border from Cameroon since last October... READ MORE

9th February, 2018 1292

DEATHS AS SUICIDE BOMB ATTACKS HIT MARKET IN BIU


However, local officials believe the attacks had the signature of Boko Haram, he added... READ MORE

2nd December, 2017 1285

FOUR SUICIDE BOMBERS KILL 18 IN MAIDUGURI


The first explosion on Wednesday evening took place at a prayer ground in the Muna Gari suburb of the regional capital, Maiduguri... READ MORE

16th November, 2017 1282

THE NIGERIAN WHO COMPOSED HYMNS FROM A LEPER COLONY


Ikoli Harcourt Whyte had lessons to teach Nigeria, Mr Achinivu said... READ MORE

26th November, 2017 1274

NIGERIA MOSQUE TARGETED IN DEADLY SUICIDE BOMBING


Boko Haram's recent attacks in the state had taken place farther to the north... READ MORE

22nd November, 2017 1253

RUSSIA TO BUILD NUCLEAR PLANTS IN NIGERIA


Russia has signed a deal to build two nuclear power plants in Nigeria, as Africa's largest economy seeks to end its energy crisis... READ MORE

1st November, 2017 1245

SUSPECTED BOKO HARAM FIGHTERS KILL 11 IN CAMEROON


Many people fled the village for a camp near Kolofata that houses thousands displaced by Boko Haram violence, he said... READ MORE

26th August, 2017 1220

SUSPECTED BOKO HARAM BOMBERS KILL DOZENS IN NIGERIA


Three suicide bombers detonate explosives near northeast city of Maiduguri in attacks bearing hallmark of Boko Haram... READ MORE

16th August, 2017 1168

NIGERIA'S GROWING TASTE FOR HAUTE CUISINE


This night market serves popular traditional Nigerian dishes in a relaxed and informal environment... READ MORE

1st November, 2017 1167


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