Christian girl Leah Sharibu turns 16, still a prisoner of Boko Haram Islamic terrorist group
Leah Sharibu’s 16th birthday will not be sweet. The Nigerian Christian girl was captured by Boko Haram on Feb. 19, 2018, along with 109 of her female classmates. Five girls died in captivity while 104 were released More...
25 Christians Killed by Boko Haram in Door to Door Attacks
(International Christian Concern) –On Monday, April 29, Boko Haram fighters invaded the Christian community of Kuda, located near Madagali in Nigeria’s Adamawa State. The terrorists surrounded the community More...
Boko Haram Kills 12 More Soldiers in Gudumbali, Nigeria
(International Christian Concern) –12 soldiers were killed yesterday in Northeast Nigeria, during another attack by Boko Haram. Several Dozen others are still missing. This is just another in a recent series of More...
Where is Arabic spoken and its importance
Arabic is the language of the Arab people. Its name ‘Arabic’ was taken from the word Arab which means ‘nomad’ and it started as the language of the nomadic people. Today it is the fifth most More...
Chad to host new African regional counter-terrorism center
Defense and foreign ministers from Sudan, Libya, Chad and Niger have agreed to set up a Joint (Security) Operations Center to strengthen regional border security and coordinate joint military operations against More...
35 sailors kidnapped for ransom as piracy returns to Gulf of Guinea
Petro-piracy in the West African Gulf of Guinea is on the rise although it is unlikely to reach the levels witnessed at the height of the crisis between 2011 and 2013, a leading global security risk analyst group More...
FinTech Takes Another Leap: Say Hello to the TransferWise Borderless Account
TransferWise has been in the news off late. The company popularly known for its bank-bashing advertisements has branched out by launching a new service that aims to disrupt how cross-border fund transfers are carried More...
Boko Haram terrorists attack northeast Nigeria, battling army at Jidari-Polo
At least four people were killed when Boko Haram suicide bombers attacked northeast Nigeria, near Maiduguri on Thursday night. Maj.-Gen. Rogers Nicholas, the Theatre Commander, Operation Lafiya Dole, said in a More...
Nigeria’s Islamic State terrorist group, Boko Haram, targeting refugees and the displaced as ‘soft targets’
In the latest chapter of heinous, evil attacks on human life, the Nigerian terrorist group, Boko Haram, is reportedly targeting refugees and internally displaced people as “soft targets.” Boko Haram More...
UNICEF: ‘It will take over 100 years to end child marriage in West and Central Africa’
Unless something drastic happens, it’s going to take about a century to end child marriage in West and Central Africa, according to a UNICEF report published earlier this week. Public domain image/Mondo Magic The More...
Boko Haram expands geography, attacks Niger, kills dozens
An attack by Islamist Boko Haram fighters in Niger has killed at least 38 people, officials say as the Sunni Muslim group expands beyond the borders of northern Nigeria in their fight to establish a caliphate – More...
New report: Boko Haram has murdered 5000 Catholics, displaced 100K
Over 5,000 Catholics in one diocese have been killed by Boko Haram militants, with an additional 100,000 Catholics forced out of their homes due to Boko Haram violence in the area, says a new report titled: Situation More...
Nigerian military report the rescue of nearly 300 women, girls from Boko Haram
Two hundred girls and 93 women have been rescued from Nigeria’s Sambisa Forest, according to a new report. They were kidnapped by Boko Haram, the Islamic terrorist group that is striving to establish a caliphate More...
Nigeria: Olusegun Obasanjo says Boko Haram has ‘legitimate grievances’
Former Nigerian president Olusegun Obasanjo has indicated that the Boko Haram terrorist group has “legitimate grievances” during a new interview with a British outlet. While criticizing the response More...
Boko Haram threatens region in video, attacks Niger, Cameroon
Abubakar Shekau in new YouTube video, threatening the region photo/ screenshot Boko Haram leader Abubakar Shekau vowed in a new video released on Monday that the group would defeat a regional force fighting the More...
Boko Haram violates ceasefire with government, raids three villages murdering citizens
Justa fter news broke that Boko Haram and government officials had agreed on a ceasefire and the release of kidnapped school girls, the militant Muslims shot and murdered citizens in three northern villages. The More...
Boko Haram overtakes, seizes Nigerian police academy
The Islamic militant group Boko Haram seized a Nigeria police academy located in Gwoza as their violence spreads across the African nation. “Several hundred” terrorists stormed the Liman Kara police More...
New data indicates 800 per day flee Nigeria in response to Boko Haram violence
PRESS RELEASE: Abduction of schoolgirls and unrelenting attacks on civilians may be the tip of the iceberg, highlights a new briefing paper released today by the Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre (IDMC), raising More...
US troops and drones search for missing Nigerian girls in Chad
The United States is sending 80 military personnel and one unarmed Predator reconnaissance drone to Chad as part of a growing effort to find the more than 275 Nigerian schoolgirls kidnapped by Islamic extremists More...
Nigeria: Kidnapped girls sold into marriage Boko Haram Islamic terrorists
More than 200 kidnapped Nigerian girls and women have been reportedly sold into marriage with their Boko Haram abductors for $12. Image/CIA Halite Aliyu, of the Borno-Yobe People’s Forum, told the Associated Press More...
