Governor Salfo Kabore said in a statement on Wednesday that the extremists attacked the village of Pobe Mengao in Soum province near the border with Niger on Saturday and Sunday.
Browsing: Burkina Faso
The President’s Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Femi Adesina, in a statement in Abuja said the Nigerian leader made the call at the Extraordinary Summit of the Authority of ECOWAS Heads of State and Government on Counter-Terrorism in Ouagadougou.
A statement from the Media office of the State House, Abuja, said the President was received on arrival at the Ouagadougou International Airport by President Roch Kabore of Burkina Faso, on Saturday.
Nigeria’s Flying Eagles on Friday succumbed to a 0-2 defeat in the hands of Burkina Faso in the final of the men’s football event at the 12th African Games in Rabat, Morocco.
1973 champions Nigeria will look to win their first gold in men’s football tournament of the African Games when they take on Burkina Faso in the final of the event in Rabat on Friday.
Comfort Ekaro, the Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Water Resources, made this known in her office when a delegation from Burkina Faso visited to understudy Nigeria on Community Water Safety Plan, on Monday.
Nigeria’s Flying Eagles were held to a 1-1 draw by Burkina Faso U20 in their 12th African Games men’s football first Group A encounter at the Stade Hassan Moulay, Rabat on Friday.
The National Emergency Management Agency on Friday said a total of 14,036 Nigerians have voluntarily returned home under the Assisted Voluntary Returnees Programme which began in April 2017.
Nigeria and Ghana go toe-to-toe in the semi finals of the WAFU Women’s Cup tournament for the second year running and the Black Queens are the ones truly in awe after watching the African champions ship 22 goals past opponents in three group phase matches in the Ivorian capital, Abidjan.
Top UN officials, including Secretary-General António Guterres, have condemned Sunday’s deadly attack on a Catholic church in Burkina Faso.
Suspected terrorists have killed a pastor and four churchgoers in northern Burkina Faso, a state-owned radio station reported on Monday.
African champions Nigeria will contend with Burkina Faso, Niger Republic and Mali in the group phase of this year’s WAFU B Women’s Tournament taking place in Abidjan from May 8 to 18.
Nigeria Customs started their 2019 Africa women’s volleyball club championship campaign on a good note by beating Burkina Faso’s USFA 3-0 in the opening match on Saturday in Cairo, Egypt.
Rangers International Football Club of Enugu were held to a 1-1 draw by their hosts Salitas of Burkina Faso in their CAF Confederation Cup Matchday 5 encounter in Ouagadougou on Sunday.
The Ecobank Foundation has said it is delighted to honour the African film portraying the most positive image of the continent at the prestigious 2019 Festival Panafricain du Cinéma et de la Télévision Ougadougou.
Rangers Technical Director, Christian Chukwu, has promised that the club will do well in the group stage of the Confederation of African Football Cup.
Nigeria’s Flying Eagles have been drawn against host Niger, South Africa and Burundi in Group A ahead of the 2019 Under 20 AFCON.
Nigeria’s national under-20 side will face their counterparts from Ghana, Niger Republic and Benin Republic in Group B of the WAFU Under-20 Cup Tournament, an official said on Tuesday.
Garba told the News Agency of Nigeria in a telephone interview that the team had qualified to the semi finals with the victory.
The Golden Eaglets fell 3-2 to Burkina Faso in their opening group game of the zonal U17 AFCON qualifiers in Niamey, Niger on Monday.