Nigeria's President,Muhammadu Buhari has received the backing of his party's national executive committee to seek re-election in next year's elections.
Nigeria's government has confirmed that 110 school girls from north eastern part of the country are missing days after Boko Haram militants attacked a girls’ boarding school in the Yobe state of Nigeria.
Some parents in northern Nigeria have said that more than 100 girls are still missing three days after Boko Haram militants attacked a girls’ boarding school in the Yobe state of Nigeria.
The Nigerian army has said that some of the schoolgirls missing after a militant attack on a girls’ boarding school in the Yobe state of Nigeria have been rescued.
Boko Haram has attacked a girls' school in the Yobe state of Nigeria with fears that several school girls might have been abducted as they are uncounted for.
The Nigerian government has said that more than 200 people have been convicted on various charges related to their involvement with militant Islamist group Boko Haram.
475 Boko Haram suspects who have been facing trial have been ordered to be released by a court in Nigeria to enable these suspects access rehabilitation services.
