Muhammadu Buhari
UN says 75,000 children in Nigeria risk dying in 'months'
The United Nations warned Nov. 15 that 75,000 Nigerian children risk dying in "a few months" as hunger grips the country's ravaged northeast in the wake of the Boko Haram insurgency.
Boko Haram jihadists have laid waste to the impoverished region since taking up arms against the government in 2009, displacing millions and disrupting farming and trade.
British PM Cameron calls Nigeria and Afghanistan ‘fantastically corrupt’
Prime Minister David Cameron has been overheard describing Nigeria and Afghanistan as “fantastically corrupt” in a conversation with the Queen.
In comments that were caught by a microphone during a reception at Buckingham Palace to celebrate the Queen’s 90th birthday, he said Nigeria and Afghanistan were two of the most corrupt countries in the world, as the Guardian reports.
Turkey ready to help Nigeria fight terrorism: Erdo?an
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdo?an has said Turkey is ready to help Nigeria in its fight against terrorism.
Addressing a joint press conference alongside his Nigerian counterpart Muhammadu Buhari at the State House in the Nigerian capital Abuja on March 2, Erdo?an said Turkey will help Nigeria bring peace in the region.
Migration waves and terrorism to dominate Davos get-together
Europe's migrant crisis and devastating terror attacks will combine with the plunging oil price and China's economic slowdown to give the elite of the political and business worlds plenty to talk about when they gather in Davos from Jan. 18.
Several people killed in Nigeria Christmas Eve gas plant explosion
Tens of people were killed in an explosion at a gas plant in southern Nigeria, the presidency said on Dec. 25, with one journalist putting the death toll at 100.
Militants loyal to ISIL claim suicide bombings in Nigerian capital
Militants claiming loyalty to Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) said they were behind suicide bombings near the Nigerian capital Abuja which killed at least 15 people, a statement on Twitter said on Oct.4.
At UN, Obama marches on with coalition against ISIL
President Barack Obama sits down with more than 100 leaders at the United Nations on Sept. 29 to push ahead with the US-led campaign against the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) group despite Russia's rival plan.
Bomb blasts rock restive Nigerian city of Maiduguri: Army
Three bomb blasts on Sept.20 rocked the northeastern Nigerian city of Maiduguri, the stronghold of Boko Haram Islamists, the army said, but there were no immediate reports of casualties.
"There were three improvised explosive devices explosions at Gomari and Ajilari general area in Maiduguri at about 7:21 pm (1821 GMT)," military spokesman Sani Usman said in a statement.
500,000 more children uprooted by Boko Haram: UNICEF
Some 500,000 children have been forced to flee Boko Haram militants in the last five months after an upsurge in attacks in Nigeria, Cameroon, Chad and Niger, the UN children's agency said on Sept.18.
Boko Haram abducts 135, kills 8 in Cameroon raid
Boko Haram militants kidnapped 135 people and killed at least eight others in a raid in northern Cameroon, as the Islamists continued to strike beyond their strongholds in neighbouring Nigeria, police and local sources said on August 5.
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