World & Nation
Rebels from the Boko Haram extremist group claimed responsibility for abducting hundreds of boys from a school in Nigeria’s northern Katsina state.
Dec. 15, 2020
A rights group says at least nine people were killed by security forces in Nigeria during mass protests against the economic crisis gripping the country.
Aug. 2, 2024
Hollywood Inc.
With some help from CNN’s Anderson Cooper, Duthiers has become a TV news fixture after walking away from a high-paying job in finance.
Aug. 20, 2024
Books
Edna O’Brien, the award-winning Irish novelist known for ‘The Country Girls’ series and numerous other books, has died. She was 93.
July 29, 2024
Authorities in the northeastern city of Gwoza say at least 18 people were killed and 30 wounded, 19 seriously, in coordinated attacks by female bombers.
June 30, 2024
Boko Haram extremists have returned an unknown number of the 110 girls abducted from their Nigeria boarding school a month ago with an ominous warning, witnesses said Wednesday.
March 21, 2018
Boko Haram extremists have freed three university lecturers and 10 women the group had kidnapped in separate raids last year, Nigeria’s government said Saturday.
Feb. 10, 2018
Nigeria’s Boko Haram Islamic extremists attacked two villages on the outskirts of the northeastern city of Maiduguri late Sunday, killing at least 15 people, the military said Monday.
April 2, 2018
Military authorities say Nigerian soldiers have arrested more than 400 people associated with the Boko Haram extremist group hiding on the islands of Lake Chad, including fighters, wives and children.
Dec. 16, 2017
Nigeria’s government confirmed 21 of the 218 missing schoolgirls abducted in 2014 by the extremist group Boko Haram have been released.
Oct. 13, 2016