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The UN has negotiated the release of nearly 900 children detained by Nigeria’s army and security forces after they have retaken land from Boko Haram militants, a senior official said. The 876 children had been held in the barracks in Maiduguri, UNICEF’S Regional Director for Western and Central Africa, Manuel …

The country faces massive economic, political and security challenges. This month marks the fifth anniversary of the end of the more than 40-year Libyan regime of Muammar el-Qaddafi following a Western intervention that included the United Kingdom. A half decade later, the country faces massive economic, political and security challenges that …

A 72 year-old retired soldier blew himself up in a park in the Japanese city of Utsunomiya, killing himself and injuring three other people in an apparent suicide, state broadcaster NHK reported. A second explosion, separate from the blast that killed the former Self Defence Force member, caused a fire …

Night markets have resurfaced in Maiduguri, the Borno capital, nearly three years after they disappeared due to Boko Haram insurgents’ attacks, the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports. The markets disappeared in 2012 at the peak of the Boko Haram insurgency in the state. NAN reports that the markets started …

According to IANS Pakistan, Nigeria’s government has completed the agreement to buy 10 Super Mushshak aircraft from Pakistan to boost its air power for the Nigerian Air Force. Based on the 2016 Nigerian defence budget, the NAF plans to order up to 20 JF-17s from PAC at a cost of …

The emotional reunification with their families on Sunday of 21 of the girls kidnapped by Boko Haram more than two years ago in Chibok, northeast Nigeria, highlights the need for intensive support for women and girls who have been held by the group. “The release is great news and we …

US Strategic Command systems detected a failed North Korean ballistic missile launch Saturday evening near the northwestern city of Kusong, the Pentagon said. “We strongly condemn this and North Korea’s other recent missile tests, which violate UN Security Council resolutions explicitly prohibiting North Korea’s launches using ballistic missile technology,” Pentagon …

Q1. Was it a release or a rescue? Ans1. The girls were released by Boko Haram to the Department of State Services (DSS) following negotiations brokered by the Swiss Government. Kindly note that the Red Cross was not involved in the negotiations; their role was limited to providing medical care …

ABUJA—THE Presidency, yesterday, confirmed the release of 21 Chibok school girls, following dialogue with leaders of Boko Haram, their abductors, after 911 days in captivity. “We can confirm that 21 of the girls were released, safely, to us by 5.30 this Thursday morning (yesterday) and they were flown to Kaduna …

The presidency has made public the names of the twenty-one Chibok girls released by Boko Haram in the early hours of Thursday. The girls were freed after negotiation was brokered by the International Committee of the Red Cross and the Swiss government, Nigeria’s minister of information and culture, Lai Mohammed …