It is important to speak plain facts. In West Africa, Boko Haram now has a capital, Gwoza, a well-equipped army and a leader, its "emir", Abubakar Shekau. It controls scores of towns and villages in ...

Why a horror game, and why Pocketpair? Those were our questions for Abubakar Salim, star of Raised by Wolves, House of the Dragon, and now, like so many others, a struggling indie developer. Tales of ...

Falmata Abubakar the mother of Abubakar Shekau, the leader of Boko Haram, granted her first media interview to VOA, saying she has not seen her son in 15 years. The interview took placein the village ...

A business student at Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University (ATBU), Bauchi, has caused quite a stir on social media owing to her unique surname. The lady, who hails from Nando in Anambra state, said her ...

Abubakar, has reaffirmed the Nigeria Police Force's (NPF) commitment to discipline and professionalism during a recent visit to the National Cybercrime Centre (NPF-NCCC) in Abuja. Upon arrival at ...

The 2023 presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku Abubakar, has unveiled plans to form a coalition of opposition political parties aimed at unseating President Bola Tinubu ...

The Islamic State-backed faction of Boko Haram, the Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP), formerly known as Jamā'at Ahl as-Sunnah lid-Da'wah wa'l-Jihād, has released a video showing the ...

The death of top leaders like Abubakar Shekau, the neutralisation of other senior commanders, and material losses, have weakened the group without definitively eliminating its capacity to wreak havoc.

A key turning point for the mass surrender was the death of Boko Haram leader Abubakar Shekau, which created a leadership vacuum. Many forcibly conscripted fighters saw an opportunity to escape the ...

Since the death of JAS leader, Abubakar Shekau, ISWAP has been consolidating its grip in locations around Lake Chad. The sect’s membership has swollen with the defection of hundreds of Boko ...

The most senior female police officer in Nigeria, Assistant Inspector General, AIG, Aishatu Abubakar-Baju, has said that Nigeria will have a female Inspector General of Police soon. Abubakar-Baju ...