Nigerian officials say the bodies of 118 people have been recovered from the scene of a twin bombing in the crowded business section of the central city of Jos. Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan called the bombings “Cruel and evil,” and said he is…
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Frustration and despair over the fate of hundreds of schoolgirls kidnapped by Islamic extremists in northern Nigeria is forcing families to organize the rescue themselves. Mother of one of the girls, asking to remain unidentified out of fear of causing…
Nigeria’s president for weeks refused international help to search for more than 300 girls abducted from a school by Islamic extremists, one in a series of missteps that have led to growing international outrage against the government. The British Foreign…
Local reaction to missing Nigeria girls
The Premiership season heads to its final day, and football giants Man City and Liverpool will battle it out for the coveted Premier League title.
(NBC News) President Obama is sending U.S. advisers and drones to help find hundreds of Nigerian girls kidnapped from their school by the terrorist group Boko Haram.
The United States is setting up joint intelligence team at our embassy in Nigeria in a stepped up effort to find 300 girls who went missing from a school.
The death toll in Nigeria’s Nyanya bomb blast has increased to 20 after one of the victims died in hospital, the West African country’s ministry of health said Saturday. The number of injured according to the ministry is 85. Also, 14 of the 85 victims…
Chelsea manager Jose Mourinho on Tuesday hit out at the “philosophers” who have decried his tactical approach, ahead of Wednesday’s Champions League semi-final second leg at home to Atletico Madrid. Duration: 01:14
Five people are facing charges for kidnapping. Police say the kidnapping of a man was reported around 1 oâclock Wednesday morning near the 400 block of west locust.
Nigerian Islamist militant group Boko Haram is still holding 85 girls it abducted from a raid on a secondary school in northeastern Borno state this week, although the other 44 were free, the state government said on Saturday. Monday’s mass abduction…
Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger admitted Mesut Ozil has had an up and down first season at the Emirates, but thinks he is set to take the Premier League by storm next year.
Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger has dismissed comments from Everton boss Roberto Martinez that being in fifth is preferable in the race for the Champions League.
Jose Mourinho believes Chelsea’s “special spirit” was key in overcoming Paris St Germain and will worry whoever is pitted against them in the Champions League semi-finals.
Jose Mourinho admits Chelsea have no option other than to attack when they return to London for the second leg of their Champions League quarter-final with Paris Saint-Germain.
In Nigeria, Islamist militant group Boko Haram has killed thousands since it launched an uprising in 2009. Civilians are targeted almost daily and there are concerns that the violence will only escalate as the country gets close the 2015 elections.…
A prison gun battle in Nigeria has left 21 people dead. Security officials say detainees suspected of being members of Islamist militant group Boko Haram overpowered their guards at a prison near Nigeria’s presidential villa in Abuja on Sunday, seizing…
Hundreds of Africa’s most forward thinking, brands and web technology creators gathered recently in Nigeria to explore the growing role of social media. VOA’s Carolyn Turner tells us more.
Stoke boss Mark Hughes is feeling optimistic about the chances of 2013/14 ending up as a season of significant Premier League personal bests for the club.
Sunderland manager Gus Poyet says Adam Johnson has a chance of joining the England squad for the World Cup.