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BOKO HARAM 'OUSTED FROM SAMBISA FOREST BASTION'
The Nigerian army has driven Boko Haram militants from the last camp in their Sambisa forest stronghold, President Muhammadu Buhari has said... READ MORE›
BOKO HARAM CRUSHED, FORCED OUT OF LAST ENCLAVE
Twenty-eight people were killed during a bombing attacks by Boko Haram militants during Christmas Day services at several churches in Nigeria... READ MORE›
BUHARI: LAST BOKO HARAM BASE TAKEN IN SAMBISA FOREST
Nigeria's President Muhammadu Buhari says the army has seized one of Boko Haram's last bases in northeastern Borno state... READ MORE›
NIGERIA TO SPEND $10BN TO END CONFLICT IN OIL-RICH NIGER DELTA
Mr Buhari's predecessor Goodluck Jonathan came from the Niger Delta, and managed to broker a peace deal with militants in the region... READ MORE›
NIGERIAN PRESIDENT'S FAMILY FEUD OVERSHADOWS GERMANY VISIT
EYE ON AFRICA In tonight's show Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari and his wife Aicha trade jabs after she criticised his cabinet appointments in So..... READ MORE›
NIGERIA'S PRESIDENT SAYS WIFE 'BELONGS TO MY KITCHEN'
More chibok schoolgirls likely to be freed soon, nigeria says... READ MORE›
NIGERIA'S PRESIDENT BUHARI SAYS HIS WIFE BELONGS IN THE KITCHEN
The Nigerian president is at the centre of a row after suggesting his wife belongs in the kitchen... READ MORE›
NIGERIA'S FIRST LADY CRITICIZED THE PRESIDENT. SO HE TOLD HER TO GO BACK TO THE KITCHEN.
Nigeria's first lady criticized the president. So he told her to go back to the kitchen... READ MORE›
NIGERIA DENIES PAYING RANSOM AND FREEING BOKO HARAM LEADERS FOR CHIBOK GIRLS
There is evidence the Nigerian government and Boko Haram have conducted previous prisoner exchanges... READ MORE›
MY WIFE AISHA BELONGS TO MY KITCHEN
Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari has responded to criticism of his leadership by his wife Aisha Buhari by saying that she belongs to my kitchen ... READ MORE›
NIGERIA: PRESIDENT LOSES HIS WIFE'S POLITICAL SUPPORT
President Muhammadu Buhari later laughed off his wife's comments at a press conference in Germany... READ MORE›
NIGERIA'S PRESIDENT WARNED BY FIRST LADY AISHA BUHARI
Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari's wife has warned him that she may not back him at the next election unless he shakes up his government... READ MORE›
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"THOSE RESPONSIBLE" WILL BE PUNISHED, PRESIDENT'S OFFICE SAYS, AFTER LINE FROM US PRESIDENT'S INAUGURATION SPEECH USED.
Nigeria, which ranks 136 out of 168 countries in Transparency International's Corruption Perception Index for 2015, has struggled for years to fight corruption among its political elite... READ MORE›
NIGERIA PRESIDENT MUHAMMADU BUHARI 'SHOCKED AND EMBARRASSED' BY PRIME MINISTER'S REMARKS
Speaking through his spokesman, President Muhammadu Buhari suggested Mr Cameron had been referring to Nigeria's past notoriety for corruption during the leadership of his predecessors... READ MORE›
NIGERIAN PRESIDENT BUHARI 'NOT DEMANDING' CAMERON APOLOGY
Speaking at an anti-corruption event in London, Mr Buhari said he was more interested in the return of stolen assets held in British banks... READ MORE›
NIGERIAN PRESIDENT-ELECT MUHAMMADU BUHARI SETS OUT HIS AGENDA
Boko Haram led Mr.Buhari on Wednesday to segue immediately into Nigeria's corruption problem, which attacks our national character and distorts the economy, he said... READ MORE›
NIGERIA MILITARY LEADERS FAULTED IN FIGHTING MILITANTS ARE FIRED
The Nigerian military's handling of Boko Haram's bloody six-year uprising has been widely seen as dismal... READ MORE›
MUHAMMADU BUHARI: REFORMED DICTATOR RETURNS TO POWER IN DEMOCRATIC NIGERIA
Muhammadu Buhari waves to supporters after voting in his hometown of Daura in northern Nigeria... READ MORE›
NIGERIAS NEW PRESIDENT HOPING TO HOST OBAMA VISITS WHITE HOUSE INSTEAD
Grant Harris, Mr. Obama's Africa adviser, said the invitation to Mr. Buhari should make clear how much Mr. Obama values Nigeria... READ MORE›
NIGERIA FINDS A NATIONAL CRISIS IN EVERY DIRECTION IT TURNS
But the Avengers seem bent on crippling Nigeria's economy while it is particularly fragile, striking at the core of Mr. Buhari's plans for the nation... READ MORE›
GLOBALISATION OF BOKO HARAM: NIGERIAN MINISTER WARNS THE WEST FACES A NEW TERROR THREAT
But there are fears that some Muslims among the large Nigerian diaspora in Western Europe and North America are at risk of being indoctrinated... READ MORE›
NIGERIA ELECTION: BUHARI SUPPORTERS CELEBRATE WIN
Watch as supporters of muhammadu buhari celebrate his presidential election win in nigeria... READ MORE›
BOKO HARAM TOPS AGENDA FOR NIGERIAN LEADER MEET WITH OBAMA
Nigerian soldiers have said they are outnumbered and outgunned by Boko Haram and often are sent into battle with no food and just 30 bullets each... READ MORE›
ARMED GROUP BLOWS UP MAJOR PIPELINE IN NIGERIA
Niger Delta Avengers claims attack on Nembe pipeline in restive Delta region forcing drop in production, officials say... READ MORE›
FIVE AFRICAN STATES AGREE TO FORM COALITION TO BATTLE ISLAMIST GROUP
The Nigerians will not allow us to cross the border and chase Boko Haram, he complained... READ MORE›
MAJORITY CHRISTIAN POPULATION IN NIGERIA IS LIKELY TO VOTE FOR A MUSLIM EX-DICTATOR
A recent poll by a local think-tank, the Centre for Public Policy Alternatives, showed a considerable lead for Mr Buhari in Lagos... READ MORE›
NIGERIA ELECTION: OPPOSITION CANDIDATE MUHAMMADU BUHARI WINS PRESIDENTIAL POLL AS GOODLUCK JONATHAN PAYS PRICE FOR FAILURE TO TACKLE BOKO HARAM THREAT
However, in a sign that there could be a peaceful transfer of power, Mr Jonathan called Mr Buhari to congratulate him on his win... READ MORE›
15 DEAD IN ATTACK ON CITY IN NORTHERN NIGERIA
A suicide bomb attack has left 15 people dead and around 50 injured in northern Nigeria... READ MORE›
GOODLUCK JONATHAN USING FEAR OF ISLAMISTS TO MANIPULATE ELECTION, SAYS OPPOSITION
Boko Haram in Nigeria Goodluck Jonathan using fear of Islamists to manipulate election, says opposition... READ MORE›
NIGERIA'S BUHARI SAYS GOVERNMENT TALKING TO NIGER DELTA MILITANTS
Nigeria's Buhari says government talking to Niger Delta militants statement... READ MORE›
REBRANDED AS DEMOCRACY ADVOCATE, EX-COUP LEADER BUHARI HAD TECH LEG UP IN NIGERIA POLLS
Technology played a decisive role in helping Muhammadu Buhari become the first Nigerian to oust a sitting president at the ballot box, from social media ca... READ MORE›
BOKO HARAM: NIGERIA'S PRESIDENT-ELECT MUHAMMADU BUHARI PLEDGES TO 'SPARE NO EFFORT' HALTING ISLAMIST THREAT
Boko haram nigeria's president-elect muhammadu buhari pledges to spare no effort halting islamist threat... READ MORE›
NIGERIA READY TO NEGOTIATE RELEASE OF CHIBOK GIRLS WITH BOKO HARAM, BUHARI SAYS
Boko Haram seized the girls from their dormitories in the northeastern town of Chibok in April 2014, sparking international outrage... READ MORE›
SUICIDE BOMBERS KILL AT LEAST THREE IN NORTHEAST NIGERIA
More than 100 people have been killed in northeast Nigeria in the past few weeks in a spate of bombings mostly in Maiduguri... READ MORE›
BOKO HARAM'S NONSTOP NIGERIA CARNAGE PUTS PRESSURE ON BUHARI
The Nigerian Army released 182 detainees recently cleared of any association with the Boko Haram insurgents... READ MORE›
'YES' NIGERIA IS CORRUPT, NIGERIA'S PRESIDENT MUHAMMADU BUHARI ADMITS
Asked in London whether his country was corrupt, Nigeria's president Muhammadu Buhari said, yes... READ MORE›
MUHAMMADU BUHARI WINS NIGERIAN PRESIDENCY IN FIRST POWER SHIFT SINCE 1999
Photo AP Since the end of military rule in 1999, Nigeria has been governed by a single, dominant party Mr Jonathan's Peoples Democratic Party... READ MORE›
NIGERIAN PRESIDENT SAYS BOKO HARAM LEADER HAS BEEN WOUNDED
Muhammadu Buhari repeats claim by Nigerian military that Abubakar Shekau was injured in airstrike... READ MORE›
NEWLY ELECTED NIGERIA LEADER WAS FORMER DICTATOR
Supporters of Muhammadu Buhari raise their arms in front of his election posters in Kano, Nigeria, on Friday... READ MORE›
BOKO HARAM KILLS NEARLY 200 IN 48 HOURS IN NIGERIA
Early Friday morning, as people were sleeping, Boko Haram militants dragged men out of houses in Miringa village and shot them for escaping forced conscription... READ MORE›
BUHARI RECALLS OIL-RICH NIGERIA'S GOLDEN DAYS, LAMENTS VANISHING WEALTH
During a two-day visit to southwest Ogun state, Buhari recalled the golden days of Nigeria's petroleum sector in the 1970s under military ruler Gen... READ MORE›
DAVID CAMERON'S 'CORRUPT' REMARKS ABOUT NIGERIA AND AFGHANISTAN SPARKS ROW
Anti-corruption movement Transparency International ranked Afghanistan as 166th and Nigeria 136th out of 168 countries and territories in its Corruption Perceptions Index for 2015... READ MORE›
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ARMY SEARCHING FOR CHIBOK GIRLS SEIZED BY BOKO HARAM
'Final defeat' Boko Haram's insurgency began in Maiduguri, though it has since spread beyond Nigeria's borders to Chad, Cameroon and Niger... READ MORE›
FREED CHIBOK GIRLS REUNITED WITH THEIR FAMILIES FOR CHRISTMAS
More than 20 Nigerian Chibok girls who were released by the Islamist group Boko Haram in October have rejoined their families for Christmas... READ MORE›
NIGERIAN ARMY CAPTURES KEY BOKO HARAM CAMP
Buhari said the capture of Camp Zero marked the final crushing of Boko Haram terrorists in their last enclave in Sambisa forest... READ MORE›
NIGERIAN ARMY CAPTURES KEY BOKO HARAM CAMP
Buhari said the capture of Camp Zero marked the "final crushing of Boko Haram terrorists in their last enclave in Sambisa forest," which is in northeast Nigeria's Borno state... READ MORE›
NIGERIA: SUICIDE ATTACKS KILL DOZENS IN MADAGALI
Attack on a vegetable market near a Boko Haram stronghold kills at least 30 people and wounds more than 50... READ MORE›
BOKO HARAM MAY HAVE A NEW LEADER
Some analysts say the report published on Tuesday might indicate that Boko Haram, under pressure for resources, is turning to the Islamic State for more help... READ MORE›
5,000 RESCUED FROM BOKO HARAM IN BORNO
The fighting led to the killing of one civilian and six Boko Haram fighters, it added... READ MORE›
'NEARLY 200 REFUGEES DIE OF STARVATION' IN NIGERIA CAMP
Her team reached Bama on Tuesday following a military convoy from Maiduguri, the Borno state capital that is the headquarters of Nigeria's military campaign... READ MORE›
BOKO HARAM MURDER 24 AT VILLAGE FUNERAL - MOSTLY WOMEN
Boko Haram militants have killed 24 people, mostly women, as they mourned at a funeral in a village in northern Nigeria, looting and burning their houses down... READ MORE›
SECOND GIRL KIDNAPPED BY BOKO HARAM SAID TO BE FOUND
Local vigilante fighters found a malnourished Ms. Ali two days earlier as they were scouring the area for Boko Haram militants... READ MORE›
CHIBOK SCHOOLGIRL ABDUCTED BY BOKO HARAM FOUND AFTER 2 YEARS CAPTIVE
The kidnapping of 276 schoolgirls from the town of Chibok, Nigeria is the most infamous of Boko Haram's atrocities... READ MORE›
CHIBOK GIRL KIDNAPPED BY BOKO HARAM FOUND PREGNANT AND TRAUMATIZED, UNCLE SAYS
She was found wandering in the forest, uncle Yakubu Nkeki said... READ MORE›