ISIS captures 88 Eritrean Christians in Libya

The ISIS terror group kidnapped 88 Eritrean Christians from a people-smugglers' caravan in Libya last week, a U.S. defense official confirmed Monday.The defense official confirmed initial reports of the mass kidnapping after seeing a recent intelligence report. The convoy was ambushed by militants south of Tripoli before dawn this past Wednesday morning.Meron Estafanos, the co-founder of the Stockholm-based International Commission on Eritrean...

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Gunmen kill Nigerian businessman in South Africa

A Nigerian businessman based in Johannesburg, South Africa, Mr Emmanuel Onyekaozuru, 50, was killed on Sunday by gunmen. The President of Nigeria Union in South Africa, Mr Ikechukwu Anyene, on Monday told newsmen in Pretoria, South Africa, that Onyekaozuru was shot by two gunmen. ‘’ The union has received a report that a Nigerian businessman, Emmanuel Onyekaozuru, was shot in his business premises at 9.00 p.m. yesterday (June 7). ‘’ The report said that the gunmen shot the deceased and escaped in a car. ‘’ The incident has been reported to the...

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BOKO HARAM: 43 Boko Haram child soldiers rescued in Borno state

43 Boko Haram child soldiers have been rescued by the Chadian army in Damasak, Borno state. Spokesperson of Chadian Army, Col. Azem Agouna, while revealing this yesterday April 22nd, said the children, all aged between 12 and above and of Chadian nationality managed to escape during the clashes between insurgents and soldiers, while local families helped them to hide from the militias.He explained that when it was certain that Boko Haram had been...

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Government forces invade Nigeria’s Sambisa Forest, last known stronghold of Boko Haram

BAUCHI, NIGERIA – Nigerian forces backed by warplanes invaded Islamist group Boko Haram’s last known stronghold, the Sambisa Forest, on Wednesday, in an effort to finally defeat their six-year-old insurgency, two military sources said. Armies from Nigeria and neighbors Chad, Niger and Cameroon have in the past two months launched a concerted push to try to crush the insurgents, who have killed thousands and kidnapped hundreds in their battle to establish an Islamic state. The Sambisa forest in northeast Nigeria, a vast former colonial game...

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Nigeria protests to S. Africa over anti-immigrant attacks

JOHANNESBURG: Nigeria has complained to South Africa about a wave of attacks targeting foreigners and called on Pretoria to punish the culprits and compensate the victims, the Foreign Ministry said on Wednesday.Junior Foreign Minister Musiliu Obanikoro summoned South Africa’s High Commissioner Lulu Mnguni “to register Nigeria’s protest over the ongoing xenophobic attacks against fellow Africans in South Africa”.“In the meeting, ambassador Obanikoro...

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S’Africa deploys troops to quell attacks on foreigners

South Africa deployed troops Tuesday to anti-immigrant hotspots to help quell xenophobic violence in which at least seven people were killed and shops run by immigrants were looted. Defense Minister Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula told the media that it is the right time for the country to deploy its troops to restore order in affected areas. The deaths of seven people in recent violence against migrants necessitates the deployment of troops, Mapisa-Nqakula...

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BOKO HARAM: ABOUT 100 BOYS MADE ORPHANS BY BOKO HARAM ATTACK IN KANO

About 100 boys orphaned by Boko Haram members in Borno State were at the Kano Government House today April 21st. The state governor, Rabiu Kwankwaso announced that a boarding Primary School has been built for them with full sponsorship that will be provided by the state governme...

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3 weeks later, another INEC office razed by fire in same zone

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) area office in Katsina-Ala, Benue, was razed by fire in the early hours of Sunday, April 19, NAN reports. No sensitive materials were lost to the inferno, according to the Commission. INEC Public Relations Officer in Benue, Louis Ochai, said the commission had removed sensitive materials, such as card readers, from the building immediately after the elections. In the past...

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Election 2015: Niger Governor, Aliyu, says Jonathan was the cause of PDP’s Downfall

The Niger State Governor, Babangida Aliyu, on Friday attributed the defeat of his party, Peoples Democratic Party, in the presidential election and governorship elections in some state to President Goodluck Jonathan’s refusal to honour a single term pact allegedly reached by its leaders.The governor spoke in Minna at a convocation lecture of the Federal University of Technology where he was the guest of honour. The lecture was titled, The Role...

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xenophobic attacks in South Africa affected 50 Nigerian

The Nigerian Union in South Africa has said it has concluded arrangements to resettle 50 Nigerians affected by the ongoing xenophobic attacks. The President of the union, Ikechukwu Anyene, made this known in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on phone from Pretoria, South Africa, on Saturday. Mr. Anyene said the Nigerians were displaced at Jeppes Town, near Johannesburg. “We met about 300 Nigerians in Jeppes town, near Johannesburg,...

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