At least 48 people have been killed when dozens of militants attacked a Kenyan coastal town overnight, targeting a police station and two hotels. The…
Renowned author and poet Maya Angelou passes at 86
Maya Angelou, the renowned poet, author and civil rights activist, has died. Sources in her hometown of Winston-Salem, North Carolina, confirmed the News. The author…
Boko Haram: The Growing Threat to Schoolgirls in Nigeria and Beyond
A presentation by Sarah Sewall, Under Secretary for Civilian Security, Democracy, and Human Rights House Foreign Affairs Committee, Washington, DC. Chairman Royce, Ranking Member Engel,…
$300,000 Reward to find Abducted Nigerian Girls
Nigeria’s police have offered a $300,000 (£177,000) cash reward to anyone who can help locate and rescue more than 200 abducted schoolgirls. The police high…
UK Foreign Secretary comments on abduction of school girls in Nigeria
LONDON – Foreign Secretary William Hague has described the kidnapping in Nigeria as “disgusting and immoral”. Speaking at a Council of Europe meeting in Vienna…
Justice Chukwudifu Oputa Passes
Justice Sylvester Chukwudifu Akunne Oputa (Nwa Uzoukwu) has died in Abuja at 96 according to sources from his immediate family. Justice Oputa was appointed to…
Nigerians Demand Release of Abducted Girls
Nigerians took to the streets Thursday to demand the government do more to rescue scores of girls abducted by militants more than two weeks ago. Militants…
Abuja Blast Maims at least 80
ABUJA—A rush-hour bomb blast on Monday at a bus station on the outskirts of Abuja killed at least 71 people, an attack that is likely…
Nigeria poised to become Africa’s biggest economy
Lagos (AFP) – Nigeria could leap-frog South Africa to become Africa’s biggest economy this weekend, when the results of a new way of calculating national…