Some 4,000 Nigerian refugees in Cameroon are said to be scared to return to the country for fear of their safety. This is coming after 133 refugees of Adamawa State origin voluntarily returned from Cameroon to their homes. The Executive…
40,000 more flee Cameroon conflict to Nigeria — UN (Guardian)
The United Nations on Monday said nearly 40,000 more people had been forced to flee to Nigeria by worsening humanitarian situation in north-west and south-west regions of Cameroon. Briefing UN correspondents in New York on Monday, a spokesman of the organisation,…
7 separatists killed in Cameroon’s troubled Anglophone region (Guardian)
Seven armed separatists were killed in fresh clashes with government forces early Thursday in Cameroon’s locality of Esu located in troubled English-speaking region of Northwest, according to military sources. “There were 11 of them generally but we only handled those…
#AFCON2019 Favourite: The Eagles are king of air and land
On the field at the Alexandria Stadium, Egypt, Nigeria’s Super Eagles dominated the Indomitable Lions of Cameroon. Reeling from a roller-coaster-kind-of-comeback from 1-2 to defeat the Lions 3-2, they weren’t just footballers, they were game changers. Three-time Africa Cup of…
#AFCON2019: The Super Eagles’ impressive comeback
Watching Saturday’s match between our very own Super Eagles of Nigeria and the Indomitable Lions of Cameroon, for the quarterfinals position at the 2019 AFCON championship happening in Egypt, was a roller coaster experience. One minute the Super Eagles…
Nigeria, Cameroon troops eliminate 27 Boko Haram terrorists (Guardian)
Nigeria and Cameroon troops killed 27 Boko Haram terrorists in a joint clearance operation, destroyed gun trucks and recovered arms and ammunition belonging to the terrorists. Col. Sagir Musa, the Acting Director Army Public Relations, confirmed this in a statement…
Nwora dismisses Cameroon’s match-fixing allegation against Nigeria (Guardian)
D’Tigers Head Coach, Alex Nwora has described as a charge borne out of frustration Cameroon’s allegation that Nigeria was induced to willfully lose to Cote d’Ivoire to aid their qualification for the FIBA World Cup. According to the Nigeria Basketball…
Nigerians seek safety in Cameroon as Boko Haram crisis escalates (IrinNews)
A wave of increasingly sophisticated militant attacks in northeastern Nigeria has forced almost 60,000 people to flee since November, the largest number for more than two years, raising fears from the UN and aid groups of a renewed Boko Haram…
UBA’s Leo Chatbot clocks one, crosses 1m user milestone across Africa
Leo, United Bank for Africa (UBA)’s Chatbot recently clocked one and also surpassed one million user mark across Africa. The pan African financial institution says it will be celebrating its landmark achievement and successes in the course of the year.…
Boko Haram: Buhari convenes LCBC security meeting
President Muhammadu Buhari, in his capacity as Chairman of the Summit of Heads of State and Government of the Lake Chad Basin Commission (LCBC), has convened a consultation of Heads of State and Government of the LCBC scheduled to take…
