Nigeria launches attack against Islamist insurgents

Literary scholars and writers on Saturday paid tribute to Africa's iconic author Nigerian Chinua Achebe who died on March 21 as the continent prepared to bury the literary giant. The body of Achebe, considered the father of the African novel, will ...

Nigeria's military said on Saturday it had killed 10 insurgents and arrested 65 as part of an offensive meant to wrest back control of parts of its remote northeast from an Islamist group seen as the main security threat to Africa's top oil ...

MAIDUGURI (Nigeria), May 17: Nigerian forces used jets and attack helicopters to bombard militant camps in the northeast on Friday, their biggest offensive since Boko Haram began an insurgency almost four years ago to try creating a breakaway ...

An Indian team comprising IITians and a Nigerian team promoting low-cost farm products have triumphed at an India-Africa business competition held here.India's Life Catalyst Technologies and Nigeria's Jorsey Ashbel Farms won the 2nd Indiafrica Business ...

The Nigeria Police says it has successfully repelled the attack by a group of armed hoodlums who besieged the ancient town of Daura, in Katsina State. A statement signed by the Deputy Force Public Relations Officer, CSP Frank Mba says the hoodlums ...

Maiduguri/Yola, Nigeria - Nigerian forces attacked Islamist strongholds in the north-east on Thursday, security sources said as an offensive got under way to wrest back territory from increasingly well-armed Boko Haram insurgents. Soldiers raided ...

Geneva - Nigeria's Boko Haram Islamists could face charges of crimes against humanity, the UN's human rights office warned on Friday, also urging the government to ensure civilians are not swept up in an army counter-offensive. "Members of Boko ...

Maiduguri, Nigeria - A security official in north-east Nigeria says soldiers have shelled suspected camps of Islamic extremists fighting in the region, killing at least 21 people. The official said on Friday that the fighting happened on Thursday in ...

Talismanic Nigerian Edeh Chidi struck a hat-trick and set up a couple more as East Bengal thrashed Yangon United of Myanmar 5-1 to enter the AFC Cup quarterfinal for the second time after 2004. It was Chidi (25th, 71st, 76th) who made his presence felt with a ...