A suicide bomber disguised in a school uniform detonated explosives at a high school assembly in the northeastern Nigerian city of Potiskum on Monday, killing…
They’re Not Coming Home: Boko Haram Leader Claims Missing Nigerian Girls Are All ‘Married Off’
The Nigerian schoolgirls who were abducted by Boko Haram from Chibok in April may not make it home. The leader of Boko Haram, Abubakar Shekau…
FROM NEWSONE.COM According to Nigerian government officials, in addition to the ceasefire, the nearly 300 schoolgirls — who were kidnapped as they took exams in…
Over 200 girls were kidnapped right out of the school in Chibok, a village in Nigeria over two months ago by Islamic militant group, Boko…
Nigeria’s military has located nearly 300 schoolgirls abducted by Islamic extremists. The country’s chief of defense says there are fears that using force to try…
After kidnapping more than 200 schoolgirls last month, Boko Haram extremists have furthered their campaign against the Nigerian government. This time, the group attacked three…
Even though Beyonce and Jay Z are dominating what we read in the news, Nigeria is still in unrest. Residents of three northeastern Nigerian villages…
(HOUSTON) — The hashtag #BringBackOurGirls exploded on social media, but did it make any real difference? After 250 girls were kidnapped from their school in…
Chinua Achebe (pictured) — perhaps the most-influential voice in the history of African literature — died after a short illness, robbing the world of a…
Via: defendernetwork.com More than 150 people onboard a Dana Air jet perished in a crash in Lagos over the weekend, including two sisters from Missouri City. Jennifer Onita, 28, and Josephine Anita Onita, 23, died in the accident. Their eldest sister Christiana Onita Olojo told KHOU that they were in Lagos for a weekend. “She’s […]
via: cnn.com and khou.com CNN’s Vladmir Duthiers walks around the scene of the plane crash in Lagos, Nigeria, where 163 people were killed. See More See more on two sisters from Missouri City that were killed in the crash. (via khou.com) [VIDEO]
From the BBC: A man carrying bags containing more than 70 dead babies has been arrested in Nigeria. He was employed by the Lagos University Teaching Hospital to take the corpses to a cemetery. The worker was allegedly trying to dump the corpses as he could not afford burial fees. A hospital spokesman said it […]
