Boko Haram extremists slit the throats of 10 fishermen in villages near Baga on the shores of the Lake Chad in northeastern Nigeria, a leading fisherman and a resident said Thursday.
Nigerian military spokesman Major General Chris Olukolade said on last Tuesday that the new regional force would be operational “any moment from now”, without giving a specific date.
Hazare said that One Rank One Pension is a long standing demand of ex-servicemen and the government promised to implement it as soon as it comes to power but it turned to be false.
However, ground fighting broke out nearly immediately in the restive city of Taiz following random shelling by Shiite Houthi rebels in three neighborhoods, they said.
To a mixture of applause and laughter, Obama described being picked up at the airport on his first visit to Kenya in the 1980s by his sister in an old VW Beetle that often broke down.
President Muhammadu Buhari and United States President, Barack Obama at the Oval office of the White House during Buhari’s visit to Washington DC on Monday. Nigerian officials had turned down some of the assistance the United States offered to combat Boko Haram under former...
“It should be done in a non-violent manner”. Hazare urged to continue non-voilent protests until the demand of OROP is met. He also said that the protests will continue in several places all over the country.
The US and other G7 countries had promised to assist Nigeria discover the money – if the country could provide evidence that it had been stolen from the country.
The conflict between Boko Haram and the Nigerian government is displacing thousands on both sides of the country’s border with Cameroon to the northeast and Niger to the north, the United Nations refugee agency (UNHCR) said on Tuesday. He took office in May.
Washington is concerned that post-poll violence could undermine the stability of Africa’s top oil producer and hamper efforts to tackle the Islamist militants of Boko Haram.
Buhari’s visit, billed as a chance to “underscore the United States’ longstanding friendship with Nigeria”, was seen as a departure from previous rocky relations between the nations.