Officials think raid would be fraught with danger and not worth the risk the girls would be killed by their captors Nigeria's military knows where the more than 200 girls abducted by Boko Haram are but has ruled out using force to rescue them, the state news agency quoted chief of defence staff Air Marshal Alex Badeh as saying on Monday. Seven weeks since Boko Haram militants abducted more than 200...
Love it or hate it, you certainly cant ignore the noise and frustrations of Lagos life. But the locals give the city a unique energy Lagos is a city which is always on the move so much so that Lagos Hustle is a commonly used phrase among Nigerians. I have been hustling in Lagos for a year now, capturing the street life for my blog named Snap It Oga (Im a social media marketer by profession). Continue...
Suicide bomb explodes prematurely near soccer stadium in Jos, killing three, while gunmen murder civilians in other villages Suspected Islamist Boko Haram gunmen have attacked three villages in northern Nigeria, killing 28 people and burning houses to the ground in a pattern of violence that has become almost a daily occurrence, police and witnesses have said. Separately, a suicide bombing that was...
Common cause brings Muslims and Christians together as anger grows amid rumours militants are government-funded When Islamist militants set off two bombs that killed 123 people in Nigeria's volatile city of Jos on Tuesday, many feared it would also detonate bloody reprisals in one of Africa's most religiously tense cities. Umar Tijani, a Muslim, barricaded himself indoors, haunted by memories of seeing...
In an exclusive interview, the former UN secretary general says the world's reluctance to intervene in multiple emergencies is scuppering the search for peace The world has let down the people of Syria, leaving tens of thousands to die as neighbouring nations wage proxy wars instead of working to prevent the bloodshed that has engulfed the country for the past three years, according to the former UN...
Nigerian teachers stage nationwide rallies over Boko Haram's deadly terror campaign against children and colleagues Nigerian teachers have held a strike and staged rallies nationwide to protest against the kidnapping of more than 200 schoolgirls by Boko Haram and the killing of nearly as many teachers during its insurgency. Continue reading... ...
Traditional hunters have volunteered to help Nigeria's government find the Islamic militants holding dozens of school girls captive. Joe Penney photographed them at their camp Continue reading... ...
The dire consequences of the west's intervention are being felt today in Tripoli and across Africa, from Mali to Nigeria Iraq may have been a blood-drenched disaster and Afghanistan a grinding military and political failure. But Libya was supposed to have been different. Nato's war to overthrow Colonel Gaddafi in 2011 was hailed as the liberal intervention that worked. The western powers might have...
UN Women's executive director Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka has outlined her vision of the role of women in Africa over the next five decades. Minna Salami picks out the key points Defining African feminism - our partner panel This week, more than 3000 delegates are at the annual meetings of the African Development Bank (AfDB) in Kigali discussing new strategies to tackle poverty, underdevelopment, and put...
The aftermath of back-to-back bomb blasts in a crowded business district of the central Nigerian city of Jos on Tuesday. The blasts took place in Terminus, a central area of Jos which houses shops, offices and a market. The explosions destroyed several shops, shattered windows and sent rubble into the road. At least 118 people were killed Continue reading... ...
Death toll is 118 and rising after twin bombs rip through bustling area of Nigerian city and likelihood points to Boko Haram Usman Haruna arrived at his workplace in the central Nigerian city of Jos to find an unrecognisable wreck after twin bomb blasts ripped through the market where he had worked for twelve years. Continue reading... ...
Survivors of Islamists' attack see huts set ablaze as rescuers in Jos search rubble for people buried by car bombs that killed 118 Suspected Boko Haram militants attacked three villages in Nigeria, killing 48 people, residents said, as rescue workers in the central city of Jos searched rubble for the missing a day after two car bombs killed at least 118 . One of the villages that was attacked on Tuesday...
Obama says personnel deployed to Chad 'will support the operation of intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance' The United States has deployed about 80 military personnel to Chad in its effort to help find and return more than 200 Nigerian schoolgirls kidnapped by Islamist militant group Boko Haram, President Obama said in a letter to Congress on Wednesday. "These personnel will support the...
Boko Haram suspected of attack in ethnically mixed northern city of Jos, as anger grows over lacklustre government response Gabriel Uche never heard the sound of the explosion. All he knew was his brick, zinc-roofed electronics shop was suddenly pitch dark and silent. Then came a burst of searing pain and a high-pitched wailing from his nine-months-pregnant wife. Continue reading... ...
The British-Dutch group paid a huge fee to develop an offshore oil block. Wherever the money ended up, the loser is Nigeria Ben van Beurden, the new head of Shell, faced a packed room of global investors on Tuesday at the oil group's annual shareholder meeting. In post since March, the 56-year-old Dutchman can expect probing questions about cash flows, capital efficiency, investment projections and...
No immediate claim of responsibility for twin city centre blasts, which bear hallmarks of Boko Haram At least 118 people were killed in the central Nigerian city of Jos on Tuesday after two bombs ripped through a business district packed with commuters and traders. There was no immediate claim of responsibility for the explosions, but the bombs bore the hallmarks of other attacks by Islamist sect Boko...
Corporation's use of viral image of girl who was not Nigerian and not kidnapped highlights need for social media verification The BBC's news chief has said an incident in which the corporation used a photo of a girl who was not Nigerian that was trending on Twitter as part of the #BringBackOurGirls campaign caused "a great deal of strain and anxiety in the newsroom". Continue reading... ...
Blame for explosion in mainly Christian area likely to fall on Islamic militant group Boko Haram A bomb blast ripped through a street of bars and restaurants in Nigeria's second biggest city on Sunday night, killing five people, including a suicide bomber, police said. There was no immediate claim of responsibility for the attack on Kano, the commercial hub of the north, but blame is likely to fall...
Calls for Goodluck Jonathan to stand down over a perceived failure to react quickly to Boko Haram's mass abduction Campaigners for the release of more than 200 kidnapped schoolgirls in Nigeria plan to march on the office of president Goodluck Jonathan this week amid growing calls for him to stand down at the next election. Activists from the #BringBackOurGirls group said they will present a "charter...
Foreign Secretary William Hague, Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan and French President François Hollande are among attendees of a summit in Paris on the growing threat of Islamist militant group Boko Haram in Nigeria. Outrage at the kidnapping of more than 200 schoolgirls by the group has led Jonathan to accept help from French, British and US intelligence agencies Continue reading... ...