KADUNA, Nigeria—A boat ferrying about 200 people capsized in the northwestern Nigerian state of Kebbi on Wednesday but the number of casualties remains unclear, a state spokesman said. The wooden boat capsized near Wara, a town on the shores of Kainji Lake, part of the Niger River, said Yahaya Sarki, a spokesman the governor of…
US Mission to Nigeria Faulted as Genocidal Violence Intensifies
For 34-year-old conflict reporter Lawrence Zongo, Nigeria’s so-called “silent slaughter” struck too close to home this week. “On Monday, I helped bury my cousin, Wiki Moses, and her two small children,” he told The Epoch Times. She was among the 27 citizens of the Northern Plateau state who have fallen victim to terrorist attacks since…
U.S. Mission to Nigeria Faulted as Genocidal Violence Intensifies
For 34-year-old conflict reporter Lawrence Zongo, Nigeria’s so-called “silent slaughter” struck too close to home this week. “On Monday I helped bury my cousin, Wiki Moses and her two small children,” he told The Epoch Times. She was among the 27 citizens of the Northern Plateau state who have fallen victims to terrorist attacks since…
Boko Haram Terror Leader Dead by Suicide Blast
Abubakar Shekau, terror mastermind of Africa’s longest running Islamic State affiliate known as Boko Haram, is dead, The Epoch Times has learned. Although Nigerian military have not issued a statement, Shekau’s death by suicide blast late Wednesday evening was reported to The Epoch Times Thursday by David Otto, a defense consultant with sources in the…
Boko Haram Terrorists Merge With Bandits in Nigeria
Both the Islamic-state linked insurgency known as Boko Haram and the Ansaru terror group have merged with bandit gangs in Nigeria’s northern states close to the nation’s capital, The Epoch Times has learned. This alliance threatens to worsen the violence afflicting this African nation. Cooperation between bandits and Boko Haram terrorists in the state of…
Gunmen Kill Seven Nigerian Police Officers in Oil State Attacks
YENAGOA, Nigeria—Gunmen killed seven Nigerian police officers in a night of attacks in the southern oil hub of Rivers state, police said on Saturday. The attackers opened fire at a checkpoint on Friday evening, then drove on to hit two police stations, the statement said. Officers fired back, killing two of the raiders and injuring…
29 Nigerian Students Released 2 Months After Being Kidnapped
KADUNA, Nigeria—Kidnappers have released the remaining 29 students they were holding captive on Wednesday, nearly two months after abducting them from a forestry college in Nigeria’s Kaduna state. Gunmen took 39 students from the Federal College of Forestry Mechanization in northwest Nigeria on March 11 and previously released 10 of them. The newly released students…
As Kidnapping Crisis in Nigeria Deepens, One Couple Decides to Move Out
For middle-aged couple Nehemiah and Tassi Ghata, the fact that Boko Haram terrorists threaten their Nigerian capital is the least of their worries. Having been kidnapped three times out of their own home within the last 14 months, they have decided to call it quits and sell their comfortable house. “When I think about my…
Boko Haram Moves to Northwest Nigeria, Threatening Nation’s Capital
The military of Nigeria, Africa’s most populous state, is scrambling to contain an invasion of ISIS-allied Boko Haram in its bandit-prone Northwestern State of Niger, The Epoch Times has learned. Gov. Sani Bello of Niger State called for an immediate counterattack by the Army to dislodge bandits and “elements of Boko Haram” that have displaced…
Gunmen Free More Than 1,800 Inmates in Attack on Nigerian Prison
YENAGOA, Nigeria—More than 1,800 prisoners are on the run in southeast Nigeria after escaping when heavily armed gunmen attacked their prison using explosives and rocket-propelled grenades, the authorities said. Nigerian police said it believed a banned separatist group, the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), was behind the attack in the city of Owerri, but a…
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