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In an interview with CNN’s Christiane Amanpour on Wednesday, Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan agreed that Boko Haram could pose an existential...

It was once a thriving city – a centre of learning and commerce on the old Trans-Sahara trade route. But Maiduguri, the capital of Borno State in...

Explosions and gunfire rocked Gashua, a town in Yobe state, Tuesday as well as prompted an army implementation, but there were no urgent records of casualties,...

It was an unusual sight of determination and courage on Sunday as hundreds of members of Saint Rita’s Catholic Church in Kaduna return to the church...

The President of the Nigeria Bishops’ Conference, Archbishop Ignatius Kaigama, has called on the international community to help Nigeria improve...

Nigerian troops have killed 20 suspected members of the militant Islamist group Boko Haram in the north-east of the country, the army says. One government...

The President of the Senate, Senator David Mark, has condemned the bombing attack on the Mosque of the Shehu of Borno, Alhaji Umar Kyari, in Maiduguri,...

MAIDUGURI, Nigeria, July 13 (Reuters) – A suicide bomber killed five people at the central mosque in the northeastern Nigerian city of Maiduguri on Friday,...

This is a poll created to know the mindset of the Nigerian public. We have recently received reports with regards to the state of things in Northern Nigeria,...

As earlier reported by SaharaReporters, the Jama’atu Ahlissunnah Lidda’awati Wal-Jihad sect, popularly known as “Boko Haram” which claims...

While violence across the country is, sadly, nothing new, few have been as open and notorious about their deeds as Boko Haram. Now that they haveclaimed...

A standoff between the leaders of the north and of the middle belt appears on the offing to further threaten the already fragile national polity. Information...

A police officer stands guard outside the Holy Trinity Catholic Church in Nigeria’s capital Abuja, June 24, 2012. Some churches in northern Nigeria,...

The President Goodluck Jonathan has said that Boko Haram wants to destabilise his government. He also spoke on why he had to attend the UN summit in Brazil The...

LAGOS, June 24 (Reuters) – Nigeria’s Islamist sect Boko Haram stormed a prison in their northeastern heartland on Sunday, freeing 40 inmates, police...