HOPES TEMPERED WITH REALISM RISE FOR A BOKO HARAM DEFEAT
Apr. 6 (GIN) – The Boko Haram insurgency is facing a new combatant in their war on the Nigerian people. He is a seasoned former general and now…
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Sowore: Publisher Who’s Site First To Call Nigerian Election For Buhari Sees Lessons For All Africa
Sowore On March 31, a whole day before the official results of the Nigerian presidential election was announced, Saharareporters, the online news website, called the election in favor…
FORMER MILITARY MAN DECLARES VICTORY IN NIGERIAN POLLS
Mar. 31(GIN) – Showing a “commendable determination to register their vote and choose their leaders,” Nigerians by the hundreds of thousands lined up at polling stations across the…
CAMEROON IN LINE OF FIRE AS KIDNAPS RISE
Mar. 2 (GIN) – With kidnappings and violent attacks almost a daily occurrence in Nigeria, the disappearance of an American missionary appears to have stirred a new wave…
REVERSING COURSE, U.S. TO AID NIGERIA IN BOKO HARAM FIGHT
Feb. 16 (GIN) – After a widely-published plea from Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan for U.S. combat troops in the fight against Boko Haram fighters, the U.S. African Command…
OUTRAGE WIDENS IN NIGERIA OVER POSTPONEMENT OF ELECTIONS
Feb. 9 (GIN) - In a mounting chorus of voices, Nigerians from north to south, from the diaspora and at home, both Christian and Muslim flooded Facebook, blogs,…
DEATH TOLL RISES AS NIGERIANS PREPARE TO VOTE
(GIN) – As if things could hardly be worse, a bomb was detonated this week within a hair of striking President Goodluck Jonathan who had just appeared at…
BOKO HARAM COMMITS ‘DEADLIEST MASSACRE YET’ IN BAGA
Jan. 12 (GIN) – The northern Nigerian town of Baga was devastated over the weekend by a surprise raid conducted by Boko Haram insurgents apparently aimed at a…
NIGERIA JOINS ISRAEL, U.S. TO DEFEAT PRO-PALESTINIAN VOTE
Jan. 5 (GIN) – In a surprise turn of events, Nigeria lined up with the U.S. and Israel to defeat an effort by Palestinians to move the needle…