Nigeria mosque attack death toll rises to 86
Cii Radio| Ayesha Ismail|03 May 2018| 16 Shabaan 1439 Eighty-six people were killed in a double suicide bombing in northeast Nigeria, gravediggers said. The death toll given on Wednesday was…
President Erdogan says Muslims are primary targets of terror groups
Cii Radio| Ayesha Ismail| 05 March 2018| 17 Jumadul Ukhra 1439 Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Friday that the primary targets of the Daesh, al-Qaeda and Boko Haram terrorist…
90,000 children are expected to die in Nigeria over the next 12 months, Unicef warns
Cii Radio| Ayesha Ismail| 26 January 2017| 27 Rabi ul Aakir 1438 Unless action is taken, 240 children will die everyday, the United Nations children’s agency says Tens of thousands…
Nigeria grapples with starvation amid Boko Haram battle
Cii Radio| Ayesha Ismail| 07 December 2016| 07 Rabi ul Awal 1438 The United Nations warns of the ‘largest crisis in Africa’ as the offensive against Boko Haram moves at…
New MSF survey: Thousands of kids dying in northeast Nigeria
Cii Radio| Ayesha Ismail| 16 November 2016| 15 Safar 1438 Lagos – Thousands of children have died of starvation and disease in Boko Haram-ravaged northeastern Nigeria, Doctors Without Borders said…
Nigeria’s leaders meet Chibok girls, vows to free the rest
Cii Radio| Sabera Sheik Essop| 20 October 2016| 18 Muharram 1438 Nigeria’s president on Wednesday vowed to “redouble” efforts to secure the release of nearly 200 schoolgirls who remain missing…
Chibok girls release was not prisoner swap, Nigeria says
Cii Radio| Sabera Sheik Essop| 14 October 2016| 12 Muharram 1438 Nigeria’s information minister said on Thursday that the release of 21 of the more than 200 Chibok girls abducted…