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‘Squandered goodwill’: How Buhari failed Nigeria a second time

From the economy to security, Buhari’s legacy will be one of missteps and misdeeds as he hands over power, analysts say.

Al Jazeera

Kidnapped Nigerian girls freed, return to Chibok with babies

The Nigerian military says it has rescued two young women who were kidnapped nine years ago by the jihadi militant group Boko Haram

The Independent UK

'It’s like you’re a criminal, but I am not a criminal.' First-hand accounts of the trauma of being stuck in the UK asylum system

Warning: this story contains graphic descriptions of violence. Pseudonyms are used to protect the interviewees’ identities.

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Security in Nigeria: Bola Tinubu will increase tension in some parts of the country and reduce it in others

Bola Ahmed Tinubu will be sworn in as president of the country on 29 May 2023. That’s if the courts uphold his election victory.

The Conversation

Islamist militants kill at least 25 in Nigeria's Borno state

Islamist militants have killed at least 25 people in an attack in a fishing town in Nigeria's Borno state, police and residents said on Thursday.

Reuters

The Lake Chad Basin is a security nightmare. 5 guidelines for finding solutions

It is now 14 years since Boko Haram and other armed groups began to operate in the Lake Chad Basin. The region, which includes Niger, Nigeria, Chad and Cameroon, has become unstable and the people who live there are in dire need of humanitarian assistance.

The Conversation

Nigeria election 2023: Five reasons to care about the vote

Millions of Nigerians are set to elect their next president. Here’s what’s at stake.

Al Jazeera

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Islamist terrorism is rising in the Sahel, but not in Chad – what's different?

Since the rise of Boko Haram in Nigeria and the emergence of Islamist-Salafist groups in northern Mali in 2013, the Sahel has increasingly been caught in the maelstrom of Islamist terrorism.

The Conversation

Economy and security on the ballot in Nigeria – 5 things to watch in presidential election

Voters in Africa’s largest democracy will go to the polls on Feb. 25, 2023, to pick a new president.

The Conversation

Sub-Saharan Africa is 'new epicenter' of extremism, says UN

A new report by the U.N.’s international development agency says that sub-Saharan Africa is the new global epicenter of violent Islamic extremism and that people are increasingly joining as a result of economic factors and less by religious ones

The Independent UK

How men can help by becoming allies in the push for equality

As self-described misogynist, Andrew Tate, finds himself in jail, Annette Young talks to Sophie Gallagher, the UK author of 'How Men Can Help' about the dire need for men to become allies in making the world a more equal place. Also how Nepal is one of the most dangerous countries…

France 24

Armed men kidnap 32 passengers from Nigeria train station leaving several injured

Armed men attacked the station in Igueben town in Edo State, abducting an unknown number of people waiting to board, said Chidi Nwabuzor, the police spokesman for Edo State, in a statement

Daily Mirror

‘I think of them’: Abducted Nigerian schoolgirls remembered

On April 14, 2014, fighters for the Islamic extremist group Boko Haram stormed a school in the Chibok community of Nigeria's Borno state and abducted 276 girls who had been preparing for science exams

The Independent UK

Nigerian chess prodigy, 12, who won championship living in homeless shelter given asylum in US

Adewumi fled Nigeria along with his family in 2017, fearing attacks from Boko Haram

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Forced mass abortions are a new and disturbing phenomenon in Nigeria

Nigeria classifies abortion as illegal except under certain medical circumstances. A recent investigation by Reuters news agency has alleged that, since 2013, the Nigerian military has run a secret mass abortion programme in the north-east of the country, where it is at war with the militant Islamic organisation Boko Haram.…

Daily Record

Terrorists execute 33 'ISIS brides' in revenge slaughter by rival extremist group

Militants from Boko Haram killed the partners of so-called Islamic State fighters in retaliation for previous attacks.

Daily Mirror

Terrorists slaughter 33 ISIS brides in revenge execution by rival group

Boko Haram, an Islamist militant group, killed the partners of ISIS fighters as fighting escalated between the rivals after Ali Ngulde sent his troops to a camp to execute their wives

Radio France Internationale

Nigerian army denies carrying out mass illegal abortions on Boko Haram victims

Nigeria’s army has denied an explosive report that claims it conducted a years-long programme of carrying out abortions on women and girls who were impregnated by Boko Haram jihadists.

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Jihadists and bandits are cooperating. Why this is bad news for Nigeria

The Nigerian state has come under severe security stress in recent times. It has faced multiple national security threats: jihadist groups in the north-east; armed bandits in the north-west; militia secessionists in the south-east; and militancy in the south-south.

Asharq Al-Awsat

Human Rights Organizations Warn of Houthis' Obstruction of Girls Education in Yemen

Arab and regional human rights organizations warned that the Houthis in Yemen, the Taliban in Afghanistan, and Boko Haram in Nigeria obstructed girls' education. Coinciding with the UN's awareness campaign of "16 Days against Gender-Based Violence," the organizations held a seminar on "Girls' Education in the Islamic World" in Cairo.…

Al Jazeera

Chadian soldiers killed in attack by ‘shadowy’ Boko Haram

Presidency says at least 10 soldiers killed, but media reports suggest the number may be much higher.

Radio France Internationale

Dozens of Chadian soldiers killed in Boko Haram surprise attack

As many as 40 Chadian soldiers were killed when Boko Haram insurgents launched a surprise attack on their military unit in Lake Chad province, near the Nigerian border.

Reuters

Boko Haram fighters kill 10 Chadian soldiers near Nigeria border

Boko Haram militants killed at least 10 Chadian soldiers in an attack on a military unit in Lake Chad province near the Nigerian border on Tuesday, Chad's government said in a statement.

Al Jazeera

New homes spark joy, caution for hundreds of Boko Haram survivors

Boko Haram activity has displaced thousands in northeast Nigeria, but some are being resettled in their old villages.

Daily Mirror

Jihadists execute 26 women for being 'witches' after claiming children suddenly died

The fate of the other female detainees in Nigeria is currently unknown and the relatives did not specify how the women died but the term they used often refers to Boko Haram jihadists slitting victims' throats

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