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Muhammadu Buhari was elected to office earlier this year with the hopes that he would address rampant corruption, the presence of Boko Haram, and a weakened economy. (AFP/File)

October 30th, 2015 - 07:00 GMT

Will Nigeria be free from Boko Haram by the end of this year?

Newly elected Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari has set a strict deadline for Nigerian military leaders to eliminate the terrorist group by this December.

Former military ruler and presidential candidate Muhammadu Buhari is significantly in the lead with at least nine states in Nigeria counted. (AFP/Pius Utomi Ekpei)

March 30th, 2015 - 04:44 GMT

Nigeria’s Buhari takes lead as poll results trickle in

"We announce to you to the good news of the expansion of the caliphate to West Africa," declared a Daesh spokesperson. (AFP/File)

March 13th, 2015 - 05:28 GMT

Daesh accepts Boko Haram's pledge of allegiance

March 8th, 2015 - 07:53 GMT

Boko Haram pledges allegiance to Daesh

July 10th, 2014 - 09:16 GMT

The Grand Delusion: the true Gaza story the Israelis are hiding

May 23rd, 2014 - 08:24 GMT

Nigerian terrorist group Boko Haram blacklisted by UN

May 12th, 2014 - 05:55 GMT

Israel joins effort to rescue kidnapped Nigerian schoolgirls

President Jacob Zuma addresseS the World Economic Forum plenary session on BRICS. (Photo: GCIS)

May 12th, 2013 - 10:48 GMT

Industrialization, development occupy central stage at Cape Town World Economic Forum

This image released by the SITE Intelligence Group, reportedly shows the executions of seven foreign employees of the Setraco construction company kidnapped by the Nigerian Islamist group Ansaru. (AFP PHOTO / SITE Intelligence Group)

March 10th, 2013 - 06:58 GMT

Nigerian Islamists capture and kill Lebanese and Syrian hostages

As the diplomatic continues, should the Nigerian women have been deported?

September 29th, 2012 - 10:29 GMT