northeast nigeria

Nigeria has launched the Health and Nutrition Emergency Response (HNER) project to reduce high cases of “morbidity and mortality” of its citizens through provision of life-saving services to persons affected by insurgency in the northeast…

By Amos Tauna Emir of Kano, Alhaji Muhammad Sanusi II Lamido Sanusi, Wednesday in Kaduna, northeast Nigeria raised alarm that the federal government spends whooping 66 per cent of Nigerian revenue on servicing debt interest while 34 per…

Kaduna (Nigeria) -- Nigerian military has warned journalists against visiting and covering activities in Boko Haram region without military authorisation, saying taking such steps are dangerous. A statement by Defence Headquarters…

Nigeria has hired mercenaries to combat Boko Haram as military chiefs face a December deadline to crush the militants, according to senior military sources. Turkish news agency, Anadolu Agency, reports that the mercenaries, estimated at…

Gombe (Nigeria) - Residents of Dadinkowa town in Gombe state, northeast Nigeria have killed a notorious Hippopotamus that has been killing residents of the area. Residents say over the past two years, the animal had also been destroying…