A Nigerian intelligence official on Sunday denied arresting Cameroon separatists in Abuja, after a rebel movement said its top leaders had been "abducted by gunmen".
One more girl abducted by the militant group, Boko Haram has been rescued by the Nigerian military. The girl, Salomi Pagu according to the military leadership in a statement was found with another girl who was not part of the Chibok school girls kidnapped in 2014.
Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari has not yet declared his intention to seek re-election or not but his supporters are pushing for him to be re-elected as the country’s leader.
Thousands of residents in Nigeria’s Benue state town of Makurdi have staged a protest over the death of 20 farmers on New Year’s Day after they were attacked by herdsmen.
Gunmen killed at least 14 churchgoers returning from a midnight service on Monday in Nigeria's Rivers State, a police source told AFP, the latest violence to hit the oil-rich region.
Over 700 captives of Boko Haram have escaped from captivity after the Nigerian army claimed series of its operations have weakened the base of the militant group.
The UN children’s fund, Unicef has said in its latest report on conflict zones in the world that attacks on children in conflict zones including those in Africa has reached ‘shocking’ levels in 2017.
Gunmen have killed 10 people in attacks on two Christian-dominated villages in the northern Nigerian state of Kaduna, a hotbed of ethnic and religious strife, officials said Tuesday.
