Tag: Abuja

Nigerian Islamist extremists kill aid worker ‘for work for Red Cross’, Christians ‘slaves for life’

October 16, 2018 Nigeria Abuja, Boko Haram, Christian Association of Nigeria, Justin Welby, Leah Sharibu, Muhammadu Buhari, Nigeria

In Nigeria, a faction of Boko Haram – the Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP) – has killed a second aid worker kidnapped eight months ago. It’s also threatened to keep 15-year-old Leah Sharibu and Alice Loksha Ngaddah, a Christian nurse with UNICEF and mother of two (a boy, five, and . . . Read More

Buhari renews pledge to protect Nigerians as killings continue

July 6, 2018 Nigeria Abuja, Benue, Boko Haram, Christian Association of Nigeria, Fulani herdsmen, Muhammadu Buhari, Nigeria, Plateau, Zamfara

The Nigerian president Muhammadu Buhari has pledged to end the killings in the restive regions of the Middle Belt, amidst growing pressure to deal with the situation. A spate of attacks over three days – from Friday 22 to Sunday 24 June – left more than 200 dead in 11 . . . Read More

Nigerian government ‘not doing enough’ to protect citizens – Amnesty

June 29, 2018 Nigeria Abuja, Fulani herdsmen, Muhammadu Buhari, Nigeria, Zamfara

Amnesty International has accused the Nigerian government of not doing enough to curb the violence that has claimed more than 1,800 lives so far this year. By failing to hold murderers to account, Nigerian authorities are encouraging impunity that is fuelling rising insecurity across the country, said Amnesty in a . . . Read More

Nigeria: Fulani herdsmen conflict has growing religious dimension – BBC

May 11, 2018 Nigeria Abuja, Benue, Boko Haram, Borno, Christian Association of Nigeria, Donald Trump, Fulani herdsmen, Islamic extremism, Maiduguri, Muhammadu Buhari, Nigeria, Sahel, West Africa

Following the shooting dead of two Catholic priests and over a dozen parishioners at a church in Nigeria’s Middle Belt last month, the BBC has visited the village and spoken to survivors. Fr. Joseph Gor and Fr. Felix Tyolaha were killed during the morning Mass at St. Ignatius Catholic Church, in . . . Read More

104 Dapchi girls back home, but fate of Christian unknown

March 26, 2018 Nigeria Abuja, Boko Haram, Chibok girls, Dapchi, Education, Leah Sharibu, Muhammadu Buhari, Nigeria, Yobe

(From left) Zahra Bukar, 13, Fatima Abdu, 14, Fatima Abdulkarim, 15 and Yagana Mustapha, 15, were released by Boko Haram after they were abducted from their school in Dapchi, in February 2018. (Photo: AMINU ABUBAKAR/AFP/Getty Images)

The more than 100 schoolgirls released four days ago by Boko Haram in northeast Nigeria were returned to their families yesterday (25 March), the BBC reports. Immediately after their release they were flown to the capital, Abuja, for medical and security screening, and to meet with President Muhammadu Buhari. Meanwhile . . . Read More

42 Chibok girls graduate from secondary school

July 28, 2017 Nigeria Abuja, Boko Haram, Borno, Chibok girls, Education, Katsina, Nigeria, Plateau

Jubilant scenes after 81 Chibok girls were reunited with their families in May. Some of the first escapees were able to recommence their secondary-school education and graduated this week. (Photo: Getty Images)

From the 57 Chibok girls who escaped Boko Haram captivity in Nigeria shortly after their kidnapping in 2014, 42 of them graduated from secondary school last Tuesday (26 July). The girls were sponsored to study at private schools by the Borno state government and the non-profit organisation Girl Child Concern, . . . Read More

Food aid starts to reach 5m Boko Haram victims, now at risk of famine

July 10, 2017 Nigeria Abuja, Boko Haram, Cameroon, IDPs, Jos, Lagos, Migrants, Refugees

15,000 families who are facing 'acute food insecurity' in northern Nigeria receive food aid. (Photo: Open Doors)

It’s been called the “greatest crisis on the African continent“. The UN’s World Food Programme in mid-June warned that hundreds of thousands of Nigerians could starve to death in the famine-threatened northeast due to lack of aid funds to feed them. It needs $172 million to help. Now the militants . . . Read More

UPDATE: New video by Boko Haram claims some Chibok schoolgirls chose not to be rescued

May 15, 2017 Nigeria Abuja, Boko Haram, Borno, Chibok girls, Muhammadu Buhari

Fathers identify their kidnapped daughters. shown in a Nigerian newspaper, in September 2015. Photo courtesy Open Doors.

Boko Haram released a video on Friday (12 May) claiming to show Chibok schoolgirls who refused to be rescued as part of last week’s swap deal that saw 82 girls freed by the Nigerian government. In the three-minute video, a girl dressed in a veil and holding a gun says . . . Read More

UPDATE: Kidnapped German archeologists freed; no ransom paid

February 27, 2017 Nigeria Abuja, Fulani herdsmen, Kaduna, Kafanchan, Lagos, Middle Belt, West Africa

In the village of Goska, houses were destroyed, churches burnt and shops vandalised in a December attack.World Watch Monitor UPDATE (27 Feb): Two German archaeologists kidnapped in Nigeria’s north-western state of Kaduna were freed on Saturday (25 Feb). Peter Breunig and Johannes Buringer were taken by gunmen on 22 . . . Read More

At least 26 killed, despite increased Nigerian Army presence in S. Kaduna

February 22, 2017 Nigeria Abuja, Fulani herdsmen, Jama'atu Nasril Islam, Kaduna, Kafanchan, Lagos, Nigeria

UPDATE (22 Feb): Heavily-armed Fulani herdsmen carried out raids on communities in Kaduna State, central Nigeria, on 19 and 20 February, destroying homes and claiming at least 26 lives, including two policemen. According to CSW, hundreds of militiamen reportedly descended on Bakin Kogi in the Kaninkon Chiefdom of Jema’a Local Government . . . Read More

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