Nigeria courts convict 125 Boko Haram Islamist insurgents in mass trial
Abuja, Nigeria Reuters Nigerian courts convicted 125 Boko Haram Islamist militants and financiers of a series of terrorism-related offences in a mass trial this week, the attorney-general’s office said. A Boko Haram insurgency has killed thousands of people and displaced millions since it began in 2009, creating a humanitarian crisis in north-eastern Nigeria and putting […]
Nigeria claims it has degraded extremists. New suicide bombings suggest they remain potent
Maiduguri, Nigeria AP For the first time since 2020, three female suicide bombers attacked the Nigerian border town of Gwoza, where Boko Haram extremists declared a short-lived caliphate 10 years ago, signaling that the world’s longest war on militancy is still ongoing. This came two days after officials touted success in their war against extremists, with […]
Amnesty International says Nigerian army detains girls who escape from Boko Haram
Abuja, Nigeria Reuters Amnesty International on Monday accused the Nigerian army of illegally detaining girls and young women who have escaped from Boko Haram captivity because the military believes they support the Islamist insurgent group. The military in a statement denied the allegations, which the human rights group said were based on 126 interviews from […]
Nigeria defence chief says bad intel hinders fight on kidnappings
Lagos, Nigeria Reuters Nigeria’s Defence Chief General Chris Musa said on Monday the military was being fed bad intelligence by informants, hampering the fight against armed kidnapping gangs who continue to abduct students and residents in the north of the country. The military announced on Sunday that it had rescued 137 students abducted by gunmen […]
Nigeria: Kidnaps break up families, keep children out of school
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Nigerian army hunts for kidnapped students, parents seek answers
Kaduna, Nigeria Reuters Nigerian soldiers were on Monday hunting for armed kidnappers who seized nearly 300 school pupils in Kaduna state last week, a security source said, as distraught parents sought answers on when they would be reunited with their children. The source said the army’s Kaduna-based One Division was leading the operation and “will […]
Second Nigerian “Chibok girl” freed in a week seven years after abduction
Maidugri, Nigeria Reuters A second young woman abducted seven years ago from the town of Chibok by Boko Haram militants was freed this week, Borno state’s governor said on Saturday. The kidnappings of some 270 teenagers in the northeastern town in 2014 sparked an international outcry and a viral campaign on social media with the […]
“I was crying”: Kidnapped Nigerian schoolgirl phones home after seven years
Abuja, Nigeria Thomson Reuters Foundation Nearly seven years since Islamist militants kidnapped two of his daughters from their school in north-eastern Nigeria, a hurried phone call let Ali Maiyanga know that his family’s ordeal might soon be over. The call on Thursday evening was from Maiyanga’s daughter Halima, who – along with her sister Maryam […]
Freed Nigerian schoolboys return home, tell of beatings and hunger
Katsina, Nigeria Reuters Scores of schoolboys who were rescued from kidnappers in north-west Nigeria arrived back home on Friday, many of them barefoot and wrapped in blankets after their week-long ordeal. The boys, dressed in dusty clothes, looked dazed and weary but otherwise well as they got off buses in the city of Katsina. Rescued […]
Six years after girls kidnapped in Chibok, Nigeria, attacks persist in area
Jos, NigeriaMorning Star News Nearly six years after Boko Haram kidnapped 276 girls from a high school in northeastern Nigeria, the Chibok area in Borno state is under threat of “annihilation” from the rebel group and the Islamic State in West Africa Province, area leaders said. While 112 of the kidnapped girls remain in captivity, Boko […]