Boko Haram’s kidnapping of 276 schoolgirls in Nigeria last month has captured global attention. How common is it for teenagers to be abducted in West Africa and forced into sexual servitude? Where can they end up? WSJ’s Jason Bellini has #TheShortAnswer…
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Jake Tapper talks to Pentagon’s Rear Adm. John Kirby about how the U.S. plans to help Nigeria rescue kidnapped girls.
Christian Solidarity International’s Franco Majok gives insight into who is supporting the terrorists
President Goodluck Jonathan on Thursday expressed optimism that the abduction of over 200 school girls in Chibok, Borno, would be…
GE Foundation, the philanthropic organisation of General Electric, has collaborated with Duke University’s Developing World Healthcare Technology Laboratory and Engineering…
Residents and some government officials in Maiduguri have expressed dismay over alleged “ill treatment” of Borno State officials by the…
The Vatican on Thursday appealed for the release of more than 200 schoolgirls kidnapped by the Islamist group Boko Haram…
GENEVA, Switzerland, May 8, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ — A group of United Nations and African human rights experts on…
The All Progressives Congress, APC, on Thursday faulted the ban on the use of commercial motorcycles known as “achaba” by…
President GOODLUCK Jonathan DECLARING OPEN THE 2014 WORLD ECONOMIC FORUM ON AFRICA IN ABUJA ON THURSDAY (8/5/14). President Goodluck Jonathan…
Imo State Governor, Owelle Rochas Okorocha yesterday, predicted that the 2015 presidential poll will end in supplementary elections. The governor,…
Delta State has taken the lead in the generation of renewable energy as Canada invests five billion United States dollars…
Delta State Governor, Dr Emmanuel Uduaghan has described Justice Chukwudifu Oputa as an exceptional jurist who sacrificed his time, knowledge…
Governor Emmanuel Uduaghan has warned that his administration will not tolerate filth and dirt in public places even as he…
Delta State Governor, Dr Emmanuel Uduaghan has assured workers in the State of improved welfare, better working conditions and extra…
Delta State Governor, Dr. Emmanuel Uduaghan has advocated a national master plan for the development of small and medium scale…
The Osun State Government said on Wednesday that there were no plans by Governor Rauf Aregbesola to sack workers, if…
An Islamic group, the Muslim Rights Concern, on Wednesday described the activities of the Boko Haram sect as contradictory to the…
The Northern Governors’ Forum on Wednesday welcomed the U.S. government’s offer of military assistance to Nigeria to help locate and…
The Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) in the 19 northern states and FCT has released a statement expressing reservations and…