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Feb
18
2023
By The African Mirror
U.N. seeks $1.3 billion for Nigerians affected by insurgency

U.N. seeks $1.3 billion for Nigerians affected by insurgency

NEWS
THE United Nations appealed for $1.3 billion to provide assistance to six million Nigerians who are suffering the impact of a long-running Islamist insurgency in the northeast of the country. The militant Boko Haram group and its offshoot, Islamic State West Africa Province, have been fighting Nigerian security forces in the northeast for over a decade, displacing more than 2 million people and killing hundreds of others, aid agencies say. Matthias Schmale, the U.N. resident and humanitarian coordinator for Nigeria said the "large-scale humanitarian and protection crisis shows no sign of abating". The number of children suffering from acute malnutrition…
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Oct
20
2022
By The African Mirror
Gunmen abduct at least 10 hospital workers in Nigeria’s Niger state

Gunmen abduct at least 10 hospital workers in Nigeria’s Niger state

NEWS
GUNMEN have abducted at least 10 healthcare workers in Nigeria's Niger state and killed an unspecified number after bandits invaded a general hospital early, a hospital and a military source said. Armed bandits operating for cash have kidnapped or killed hundreds across northwest Nigeria. Niger state officials have said that the Islamist militant group Boko Haram had taken over multiple communities in the state, offering villagers money and incorporating them into their ranks to fight the government. The hospital source said more than 20 staff were kidnapped, including patient relatives, while the security source said two people had been killed…
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Aug
04
2022
By The African Mirror
Christians in Nigeria feel under attack: why it’s a complicated story

Christians in Nigeria feel under attack: why it’s a complicated story

RELIGION
NIGERIA has a long history of religious tensions against which the current spate of violence against Christians must be seen. There are a number of factors that have heightened religious tensions in Nigeria. The first is the competition for space between the two main religions of Islam and Christianity. Secondly, there is the perception that Nigerian leaders use the state to promote their religion or faith at the expense of others. Thirdly, there’s a culture of insensitivity to the feelings of minorities. Author JIDEOFOR ADIBE, Professor of International Relations and Political Science, Nasarawa State University, Keffi The root of Islam…
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Oct
20
2021
By The African Mirror
Nigerian army says 24 Islamist insurgents killed

Nigerian army says 24 Islamist insurgents killed

NEWS
NIGERIAN troops killed 24 suspected Islamist insurgents in two attacks in the northeast and recovered some weapons, the army said on Tuesday. Boko Haram and its offshoot Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP) have been fighting the Nigerian armed forces for more than a decade in a conflict that has killed hundreds of thousands and displaced millions. Major General Christopher Musa, commander of the anti-insurgency task force, told Reuters that soldiers killed 16 Boko Haram insurgents a few kilometres from Maiduguri city, the capital of Borno state. Musa said that during the encounter with the insurgents two gun trucks were…
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Sep
17
2021
By The African Mirror
Nigerian jet kills civilians in pursuit of militants

Nigerian jet kills civilians in pursuit of militants

NEWS
NINE people were killed and 23 injured in a village in Nigeria's northeastern Yobe State that was hit by an airstrike by the Nigerian air force, which is battling Islamist insurgents in the area, the state's emergency response agency has announced. The air force said earlier it may have killed and injured civilians while pursuing insurgents in Yobe and that it was investigating the incident. Earlier, an air force spokesman said a fighter jet responded to intelligence on suspicious movements of suspected insurgents from either the Boko Haram group or ISWAP on Wednesday and fired "some probing shots", killing and…
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Sep
10
2021
By The African Mirror
‘Boko Haram’s bomb material seized’

‘Boko Haram’s bomb material seized’

NEWS
Islamist group Boko HaramNIGERIAN troops have seized 14 tonnes of fertiliser that the insurgent Islamist group Boko Haram had planned to turn into roadside bombs, the army has announced. Boko Haram has killed hundreds of people in bombings during its 12-year war against the armed forces in northeast Nigeria, a conflict that has spilled over into neighbouring Niger, Chad and Cameroon and caused an estimated 350,000 deaths. The army said it had broken up a urea fertiliser syndicate that supplied the insurgents with materials to make IEDs or improvised explosive devices. Troops seized 281 bags of urea, each weighing 50kg,…
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Jun
25
2021
By The African Mirror
‘Nigeria insurgency has killed almost 350 000’

‘Nigeria insurgency has killed almost 350 000’

NEWS
NORTHEAST Nigeria's conflict with Islamist insurgencies had killed nearly 350,000 people as of the end of 2020, according to the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP). The toll, given by the U.N. agency in a new study on the war and its impact on livelihoods, is 10 times higher than previous estimates of about 35,000 based only on those killed in fighting in Nigeria since the conflict's start 12 years ago. "The full human cost of the war is much greater," the UNDP said in a report, released with Nigeria's Ministry of Finance. "Already, many more have died from the indirect…
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Jun
19
2021
By The African Mirror
Boko Haram leader’s death confirmed

Boko Haram leader’s death confirmed

NEWS
A senior cleric with Nigerian Islamist group Boko Haram confirmed the death of its leader and urged fighters to stay loyal in its fight against rival Islamic State militants, according to a video seen by Reuters. Bakura Sahalaba, a cleric with the Lake Chad branch of Boko Haram, urged its men to fight on in the video, which appeared on social media after the rival Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP) said Boko Haram leader Abubakar Shekau had died. Three Boko Haram researchers verified its authenticity. ISWAP had said Shekau, one of the world's most notorious extremists, had died around…
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Jun
16
2021
By The African Mirror
Ten Nigerian captives freed by militants

Ten Nigerian captives freed by militants

NEWS
LANRE OLA TEN people who had been held captive by Islamist militants were freed this week in northeast Nigeria's Borno state, three security sources and two close associates of those released told Reuters. The people, including aid workers, had been taken by Boko Haram over the past year, the sources said. They were released at around noon (1100 GMT) on Monday and were taken to a hospital in Borno state capital Maiduguri. The sources said the Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP), a rival militant group to Boko Haram, had released the hostages after finding them in a Boko Haram…
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Jun
07
2021
By The African Mirror
Nigeria’s Boko Haram leader is dead – claim

Nigeria’s Boko Haram leader is dead – claim

NEWS
THE Islamic State West African Province (ISWAP) militant group said in an audio recording heard by Reuters on Sunday that Abubakar Shekau, leader of rival Nigerian militant Islamist group Boko Haram, was dead. Shekau died around May 18 after detonating an explosive device when he was pursued by ISWAP fighters following a battle, a person purporting to be ISWAP leader Abu Musab al-Barnawi said on the audio recording. "Abubakar Shekau, God has judged him by sending him to heaven," he can be heard saying. Two people familiar with al-Barnawi told Reuters the voice on the recording was that of the…
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