The government is cracking down on weapons proliferation as it battles two insurgencies and prepares to hold important elections this year. The military says it discovered a large ... Read more »
Sixteen government employees have been detained for allegedly leaking official documents on social media since the start of the year as officials say leaking sensitive official ... Read more »
Despite warnings, Nigerian refugees and asylum-seekers who fled Boko Haram violence continue to be returned from Cameroon, the United Nations refugee agency has said, underscoring ... Read more »
The military is blaming armed separatists for razing at least eight villages in northwest, but residents say the fires were set by the military after the attackers had fled. Read more »
Paul Biya's ability to hold on to power for over three decades has been remarkable - perhaps all the more so because of how little he actually exercises it, writes Emmanuel ... Read more »
Breast ironing, also known as breast flattening, is a cultural practice of flattening or crushing the breast of an adolescent girl to disguise the signs of development as some men ... Read more »
Minister of territorial administration, Paul Atanga Nji, visited the south-west and north-west regions to plead with the thousands of people hiding in bushes and mountains around ... Read more »
As more and more Anglophones flee a violent crackdown in the region and seek asylum in Nigeria, the UN refugee agency has warned that without more funding and assistance, the ... Read more »
The Kidnaping took place as President Paul Biya dispatched a minister to the troubled English-speaking regions on a peace-building mission. Read more »
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