Nigeria suicide bomb threat: Boko Haram sets precedence Nigeria has witnessed its first suicide bomber attack. The attack was carried out days after Nigeria's police chief, Hafiz Ringim, vowed to defeat ... the the extreme islamist group Boko Haram. Some reports claim that the police chief may have been the target of the attack.
What Will an Obama’s visit mean to Nigeria? After shunning Africa's most populous nation in his first historic visit to Africa, United States President Barack Obama is, according to reports, ... planning to visit Nigeria before the end of his first term in office.
Nigeria: Citizens take action against internal terrorism The violent chain of events in Nigeria since the country's presidential election, which brought President Goodluck Jonathan back to power, has ... alarmed many Nigerians. Several people lost their lives on Thursday June 16, 2011, after a suicide bomber triggered an explosion that ripped through Nigeria's capital, Abuja, in the latest streak of violent attacks by Boko Haram, a northern Islamic outfit. The explosion set several cars on fire and covered the city's skyline with a thick black smoke.
U.S. claims credit for Nigeria’s 2011 electoral success Washington has claimed credit for some of the 2011 election succes in Nigeria. According to U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, America ... had offered technical support to Nigeria in the area of conducting credible polls.
Commentary: Nigeria’s Boko Haram and MEND quagmire Since 2006, militants of the Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (MEND) have threatened Nigeria's national security and civic stability, ... but analysts have described Boko Haram as a bigger danger to Nigeria's multiculturalism and national amalgamation. Espousing a theological framework of social analysis, Boko Haram fervidly opposes the pluralism, tolerance and civic mutuality generated by the survival of the Nigerian state.
ECOWAS: ‘Travelling from Ghana to Nigeria is like going through hell’ – ISODEC The ECOWAS Regional Integration effort is not moving as expected because of lack of commitment and poor communication among stakeholders, according ... to a Ghana-based NGO.
Nigeria to focus on HIV/AIDS cure research Nigeria will include HIV cure research in all discussions, political decisions and funding strategies, President Goodluck Jonathan promised world ... leaders at the United Nations General Assembly high-level meeting on AIDS (UNGASS).
At the Sharp end of Nigeria’s vote For a man whose public image has oscillated from hero to zero and back in the past few months, Professor Attahiru Jega speaks frankly about the ... rights and wrongs of Nigeria's April elections.
Disappointment and Surprise mark Ethiopia- Nigeria match Ethiopian football fans have expressed profound disappointment over their national team's two-game winless streak against the Nigerian national ... team in the group B of the African Cup of Nations qualifiers.
Nigeria’s battle against corruption hardens Nigeria's hard-line battle against corruption and financial misappropriation by public officials as promised by President Goodluck Jonathan's ... administration has begun with the arrest of the outgoing speaker of the House of Representatives, Dimeji Bankole, on Sunday June 5, 2011.