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Black magic traps Nigerians in sex slavery abroad
When lesions broke out on Florence's face, she thought she had crossed a black magic curse that had been cast on her as she left Nigeria to work in Russia's sex trade. Florence is one of a rising number of poor women lured in recent ...
Boko Haram splinter Islamists kill up to 30 soldiers in northeast Nigeria
Islamist militants have killed up to 30 soldiers in an attack on a military base in northeast Nigeria, security sources said on Saturday, in one of the biggest attacks of its kind this year. Thursday's attack by suspected members of Islamic State in West Africa ...
Nigerian schoolgirl kidnapped by Boko Haram begs for freedom in audio release
The father of a Nigerian schoolgirl kidnapped by Boko Haram called on Tuesday for the government to do more to secure her freedom after audio of her begging for help was released. Leah Sharibu, 15, was taken hostage with more than 100 girls in the ...
At least 19 killed by Islamists in village in northeast Nigeria, survivor says
At least 19 people were killed in an Islamist militant attack on a village in northeast Nigeria in the early hours of Sunday, a survivor of the attack said. The militants attacked the village of Mailari in the Guzamala region of Borno state at around ...
18 killed in Boko Haram attack in Chad, 10 women abducted: military source
Eighteen people have been killed in an attack by suspected Boko Haram jihadists in the Lake Chad region, a Chadian military source said Sunday. "Boko Haram elements attacked a village south of Daboua," not far from Chad's border with Niger, at around 9:00 p.m. (2000 ...
Hundreds of Nigerian troops unaccounted for after Boko Haram overruns base
Hundreds of Nigerian troops are missing after Boko Haram jihadists overran a military base in the remote northeast, security sources said Sunday, in the second major assault on the armed forces in two days. The militants invaded a base holding more than 700 soldiers in ...
A second man has been jailed for his part in the mass kidnapping of more than 200 schoolgirls in Chibok, northeast Nigeria, more than four years ago, the government said on Thursday. Banzana Yusuf, from the northern state of Kano, was sentenced to 20 years ...
A British-based nurse who used the threat of voodoo on five women to traffic them from Nigeria to work as prostitutes in Germany was on Wednesday jailed for 14 years. Passing sentence, Judge Richard Bond said that Liberia-born nurse Josephine Iyamu was guilty of "vile" ...
10 soldiers killed, four missing in apparent Boko Haram attack in Niger
Ten soldiers were killed and four were missing Sunday after an attack blamed on the jihadist group Boko Haram on a military position in southeast Niger, near the border with Nigeria, the defense ministry said. "We have a provisional toll of 10 dead, four missing ...
Ahmed Musa gave Nigeria its first win at this year's World Cup, and gave Argentina a gift. Musa scored two second-half goals to help the Nigerians beat Iceland 2-0 Friday and move into second place in the group behind already-qualified Croatia. Nigeria will face Argentina in ...
Boko Haram fighters kill nine soldiers in Nigeria's restive northeast
Boko Haram fighters killed nine soldiers and wounded two others in northeast Nigeria, according to military sources, just days after 43 civilians died in deadly suicide bombings. Both attacks came as the government, which says the jihadis are on the verge of defeat, urges those ...
