DALORI, Nigeria (AP) — A survivor hidden in a tree says he watched Boko Haram extremists firebomb huts and heard the screams of children burning to death, among 86 people officials say died in the latest attack by Nigeria’s homegrown Islamic extremists. Scores of charred corpses and bodies with bullet wounds littered the streets from […]
Families were getting ready to have a great holiday when tragedy struck at a southeastern Nigerian gas plant.
KANO, Nigeria (AP) — An official says a fire has gutted the dormitories of a girls’ high school in northern Kano state, killing 7 students and injuring 25. Deputy Kano state Gov. Hafiz Abubakar said Monday that a committee will investigate the cause. He said Sunday night’s fire gutted the hostel of the Government Girls’ […]
It is unknown if any of the young women are victims of the highly-publicized kidnapping of hundreds of schoolgirls from a secondary school last April. The mass kidnapping sparked the hashtag #BringBackOurGirls.
On the shooting, Governor Bobby Jindal said: "“This is an awful night for Lafayette. This is an awful night for Louisiana. This is an awful night for the United States."
It’s one thing to be targeted for having a lot of money, but according to Janelle Monae’s discovery Jidenna that mind state has spilled over into his skin tone. https://instagram.com/p/2Gq-2tR_-P/?taken-by=jidenna In a recent interview with Vlad TV, the singer opened up about how being light-skinned is cause for him and his family being on […]
MAIDUGURI, Nigeria (AP) — Boko Haram extremists gunned down nearly 100 Muslims praying in mosques in a northeast Nigerian town during the holy month of Ramadan, a government official and a self-defense fighter said Thursday. The attack Wednesday night on the town of Kukawa came the day after the Islamic extremist group attacked a village […]
Baltimore continues to suffer from issues in its police department while Nigeria and the U.S. enter a new political era.
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YOLA, Nigeria (AP) — The taunts wouldn’t stop. “Boko Haram wives,” the schoolgirls were called because they had been briefly held by Nigeria’s Islamic extremists before escaping. The teasing was so relentless that some of the Chibok girls left their town and families. Their plight does not bode well for hundreds of girls and women […]
The girls' intense and long period of social isolation will require special practices to aid their integration back into the public.
YOLA, Nigeria (AP) — Even with the crackle of gunfire signaling rescuers were near, the horrors did not end: Boko Haram fighters stoned captives to death, some girls and women were crushed by an armored car and three died when a land mine exploded as they walked to freedom. Through tears, smiles and eyes filled […]
