Tag: Muhammadu Buhari

UPDATE: Nigeria: suspects in blasphemy case released

November 4, 2016 Blasphemy, Boko Haram, Hisbah, Imo, Jama'atu Nasril Islam, Kano, Muhammadu Buhari, Niger, Nigeria, Ramadan, Sabon Gari, Sharia, Sultan of Sokoto

Christian Center in Abuja, Nigeria, Feb. 2016 (World Watch Monitor) A court in Nigeria’s northern city of Kano has freed five people detained in relation with the killing of a pastor’s wife who had been accused of blasphemy. Bridget Agbahime, 74, wife of Mike Agbahime, pastor of Deeper Life Bible . . . Read More

Nigerian Fulani herdsmen’s attacks continue amidst government inaction

October 11, 2016 Nigeria Agatu, Benue, Enugu, Fulani herdsmen, Muhammadu Buhari, Nigeria

In Waku, Benue State, one of the numerous villages in Nigeria’s ‘Middle Belt’ displaced by Hausa-Fulani Muslim herdsmen, on 18 August a small frightened calf was tied to a stake by a group of Christian villagers. The angry mob was waiting for the arrival of its owners, herdsmen who’d destroyed . . . Read More

Talks to free Chibok girls failed three times

September 20, 2016 Nigeria Chibok girls, Kidnapping, Muhammadu Buhari, Nigeria

The Nigerian government has, for the first time, disclosed its failure to secure the release of girls kidnapped by the radical Islamist group Boko Haram from the northern town of Chibok in April 2014. On 16 September, Nigeria said that negotiations have gone on since July 2015, shortly after President . . . Read More

Hurricane of violence has left landscape of blood

September 19, 2016 Nigeria Fulani herdsmen, Kidnapping, Muhammadu Buhari, Nigeria, Sharia

Nigerian Catholic bishops, deploring have called on President Muhammadu Buhari to restore confidence amidst growing public frustration with his government. President Buhari was elected in Feb. 2015 on a platform of change and reform, but the clerics say “most Nigerians are today disillusioned by the frittering away of the high . . . Read More

Blasphemy rumour leads to arson, 8 dead

August 24, 2016 Nigeria Blasphemy, Islamic extremism, Muhammadu Buhari, Nigeria, Prophet Muhammad, Zamfara

A mob, outraged by reports that Islam’s holy prophet had been insulted, burned down a house in northwest Nigeria 22 Aug., killing eight people inside. Police confirmed the incident, the news organization . It began when a student of Abdu Gusau Polytechnic school in Nigeria’s Zamfara state was alleged to . . . Read More

Nigerian Fulani attacks ‘kill 1,269 since 2013’

August 12, 2016 Nigeria Agatu, Benue, Boko Haram, Christian Association of Nigeria, Fulani herdsmen, Islamic extremism, Muhammadu Buhari, Nigeria

Attacks by Fulani herdsmen in Nigeria’s central state of Benue have claimed at least 1,269 lives, a study by Premium Times magazine has shown. On February 21, in an attack in Agatu, for instance, one of the most serious in Nigeria in recent years – over 500 villagers were reportedly . . . Read More

Chibok girls’ life with Boko Haram

July 4, 2016 Nigeria Boko Haram, Chibok girls, Muhammadu Buhari, Nigeria

New details about the ordeal of the Chibok girls at the hands of Boko Haram have now emerged. A month ago, Amina Ali was the first of a group of 219 schoolgirls detained by the radical Islamist group to be rescued, prompting widespread coverage. Yakubu Nkeki, a spokesman for the . . . Read More

Rescued Chibok girl still missing

June 23, 2016 Nigeria Chibok girls, Children, Education, Kidnapping, Muhammadu Buhari, Nigeria, Women

“BringBackOurGirls”, an advocacy group which has been campaigning for the safe rescue of the kidnapped Chibok schoolgirls, has expressed concerns over the whereabouts of Amina Ali, the first girl rescued a month ago. On 19 May, Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari promised the government “will do everything possible” to ensure that . . . Read More

Lost, then found, then lost

May 27, 2016 Nigeria Chibok girls, Children, Kidnapping, Muhammadu Buhari, Nigeria, Women

On 19 May, Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari held a ceremony at the presidential palace to meet Amina Ali Nkeki, 19, the first of the 219 girls kidnapped from their Chibok school in April 2014 . The girl was there with her new baby, and her elderly mother. The three haven’t . . . Read More

Boko Haram still holds territory

March 11, 2016 Nigeria Africa, African Union, Boko Haram, Muhammadu Buhari, Nigeria, UN

Despite President Muhammadu Buhari’s victory claims, Boko Haram is still holding territory in northern Nigeria, said the head of the U.S. Africa Command (USAFRICOM). Gen. David Rodriguez’s assertion comes almost two months after Buhari told the Secretary-General of the United Nations, Ban Ki Moon, that the terrorist group was no longer . . . Read More

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