Tag: Cameroon
Cameroon army drives Boko Haram militants into Nigeria
Cameroonian soldiers drove Boko Haram insurgents back across the country’s northern border into Nigeria on Friday, a day after the…
Insurgents kill 8 villagers in Cameroon
At least eight villagers in Cameroon’s far north region were killed and nine injured in a raid on Thursday by…
US donates vehicles to aid Cameroon in Boko Haram fight
The head of United States forces in Africa has donated armored vehicles to Cameroon to aid the country’s fight against…
Nigeria, Cameroon welcome US troops in Boko Haram fight
Nigeria and Cameroon on Thursday welcomed a US decision to send up to 300 military personnel to Cameroon to help…
Boko Haram: Obama sends US troops, drones to Cameroon
The United States is sending 300 US troops, along with surveillance drones, to Cameroon to bolster a West African effort…
Yobo charges Eagles to beat Cameroon
Former Super Eagles captain, Joseph Yobo has charged the Nigerian senior national team to go for early goals when they…
Congo DR beat Super Eagles 2-0
The Leopards of the Democratic Republic of Congo on Thursday defeated the Super Eagles of Nigeria in an international friendly…
Belgian Embassy delays Super Eagles’ trip
Nigeria’s Super Eagles won’t be travelling to Belgium on Sunday as scheduled, for their two friendly international matches against the…
Oliseh invites Arsenal starlet Iwobi for Congo, Cameroon ties
Super Eagles’ Head Coach, Sunday Oliseh, has added Arsenal FC starlet Alex Iwobi to the list of invited players for…
Five killed in suicide bomb attack in Cameroon
Reuters – At least five people were killed in a suicide bomb attack on Sunday in the northern Cameroon town…
Children displaced by Boko Haram hits 1.4 m —UNICEF
(Reuters) – The number of children forced to flee Boko Haram’s insurgency in Nigeria and neighbouring countries has reached 1.4…
Amnesty urges Cameroon to investigate abuses in Boko Haram fight
Reuters – Amnesty International urged Cameroon on Wednesday to investigate the death of 25 prisoners and disappearance of 130 people…
Nigerian refugees face deadly epidemics, hunger in Cameroon
Toby Lanzer, UN Regional Humanitarian Coordinator for Africa’s Sahel region, said Nigerian refugees in Cameroon, where they have sought refuge,…
Cameroon officials hail self-defence response to Boko Haram
AP — Officials in Cameroon’s north on Monday praised a local self-defence group for confronting Boko Haram militants during a…
NFF plans Congo, Cameroon ties for Eagles in Brussels
Taiwo Adelu President of Nigeria Football Federation, NFF, Amaju Pinnick, has disclosed that the senior national team, Super Eagles, will…
African Games: Nigerian boxers shine, win 4 gold, silver
The Nigerian boxing team at the ongoing 11th African Games, in Congo Brazzaville has placed second on the medals table…
Nigerian Army chief visits troops, hoists Nigeria flag at Gamboru Ngala
The Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Lt. Gen. TY Buratai has visited Nigerian troops in the front line at the…
Nigeria may play friendlies with Ghana, Cameroon
The Nigeria Football Federation, NFF, is reportedly lining up two international friendlies for the Super Eagles in a bid to…
9,500 Nigerian refugees return from Cameroon
AP — At least 9,500 people have returned to Nigeria from Cameroon since the Cameroonian government said last month it…
10 dead, 100 wounded in twin blasts in Cameroon
Reuters – About 10 people were killed and 100 wounded on Thursday when a bomb went off near an army…
Dangote inaugurates $250 m plant in Douala, Cameroon
Dangote Cement Plc, on Thursday, achieved another feat with the inauguration of 250 million-dollar (N48.75 billion) cement grinding plant in…
8,700 troops to combat Boko Haram
8,700 troops to combat Boko Haram Member countries of the Lake Chad Basin Commission are to deploy 8,700 troops to…
Lagos alerts residents over impending massive flooding
Kazeem Ugbodaga The Lagos State Government has alerted residents living in the coastal and low lying areas of the impending…
Regional military chiefs finalise plans to end Boko Haram
Reuters – Military chiefs from the Lake Chad region have finalised details of the deployment of a joint force to…
Cameroon pledges 2,450 troops to fight Boko Haram
Cameroon (AP) — Cameroon’s president says his country will contribute 2,450 troops to a five-nation army to fight the Nigeria-based…
Six Cameroon villagers massacred by Boko Haram
YAOUNDE (Reuters) – Boko Haram militants massacred six villagers in Cameroon before the overnight attack was repelled by government soldiers,…
As Cameroon Dares Nigeria Again
As Nigerians in Bakassi and Abana continue to rue the loss of their communities to Cameroon following the International Court…
Nigeria receives 12,000 refugees deported from Cameroon
Government officials on Saturday visited camps in Mubi, Adamawa, where over 12,000 Nigerian refuges repatriated by the Cameroonian authorities are…
Cameroon repatriating 12,000 Nigerians
ya ABUJA (Reuters) – About 12,000 Nigerians are being repatriated over the next three to four days after seeking refuge…
Boko Haram: Cameroon deports over 3000 Nigerians
YAOUNDE, (AP) — Cameroon has expelled over 3,000 Nigerians as part of the fight against Nigeria’s Islamic extremists who have…