Mar 23 Photos: More than 100 kidnapped Nigerian schoolgirls return home By Larisa Epatko "They kept us in a big, covered house where no-one could spot where we were, even by air we could not be seen," one of the girls said. Continue reading
Mar 21 Boko Haram returns Nigerian kidnapped schoolgirls, witnesses say By Haruna Umar and Ismail Alfa Abdulrahim, Associated Press Boko Haram extremists returned almost all of the 110 girls abducted from their Nigeria boarding school a month ago with an ominous warning, witnesses said Wednesday. Continue reading
Nov 21 Watch 4:09 News Wrap: Suicide bomber blasts Nigerian mosque By PBS News Hour In our news wrap Tuesday, at least 50 are dead after a suicide bomber blew himself up in a mosque in Nigeria. Also, the U.S. military said it killed more than 100 al-Shabab militants in a recent airstrike in Somalia… Continue watching
Oct 24 Inside Nollywood, the booming film industry that makes 1,500 movies a year By Elizabeth Flock Nollywood is now the world’s second largest film industry in terms of number of films produced. Here's how it happened. Continue reading
Aug 23 Boko Haram has used 83 children as human bombs so far this year By Synclaire Cruel The radical militant group Boko Haram has already used four times as many child suicide bombers in northeast Nigeria this year than it did in 2016, the United Nations Children’s Fund reported Tuesday. Continue reading
May 07 Dozens of Nigerian school girls freed by Boko Haram By Michael D. Regan Dozens of Nigerian school girls who were released by Boko Haram this weekend years after they were kidnapped met with the country's president on Sunday. Continue reading
Jan 30 5 important stories that aren't getting much attention this week By Joshua Barajas, Erica R. Hendry During Week One of Donald Trump's presidency, there was a dizzying array of executive actions. Here are some stories you might've missed. Continue reading
Dec 11 Nigerian church collapses on worshippers, killing 160 people By Kamala Kelkar Mortuaries in the southern Nigerian city of Uyo were overflowing on Sunday as rescuers pulled bodies of more than 160 people from the debris of a church that collapsed during a service on Saturday. Continue reading
Nov 01 Women fleeing Boko Haram abused by forces meant to protect them, report finds By Alison Thoet The Nigerian president has ordered police and state leaders to investigate claims that government officials and soldiers raped and assaulted refugees fleeing the Islamist militant group Boko Haram. Continue reading
Oct 27 Photos: Nigerian mothers face new nightmare in wake of Boko Haram By Danielle Villasana Boko Haram’s insurgency in northeastern Nigeria has claimed thousands of lives, but the millions of survivors must now contend with hunger. Continue reading