Tag: Boko Haram militants
Boko Haram militants kill 11 in Cameroon
Suspected Boko Haram militants killed 11 people and kidnapped eight others in an overnight raid on a village in northern…
Boko Haram militants kill nine in Niger village
Suspected Boko Haram militants have killed nine people in south-east Niger, an official said on Monday.
State of emergency declared at Lake Chad amid rising militant attacks
Chad’s government on Monday declared state of emergency in the Lake Chad region on the ground that the area has…
Boko Haram militants completely destroy Borno village
Suspected Boko Haram gunmen on Sunday returned to a village in northeast Nigeria where 106 people were killed last week,…
Niger Republic arrests 20 Boko Haram militants
Niger has arrested about 20 Boko Haram Islamist militants from neighboring Nigeria who are suspected of planning attacks in Niger’s…
Boko Haram storms Bama Barracks
Nigeria’s Defence Headquarters (DHQ) said Boko Haram terrorists’ launched an attack on Bama Barracks, Borno in the early hours of…
24-hour curfew imposed after Boko Haram attacks Maiduguri
Boko Haram militants have staged dare-devil attacks overnight in Maiduguri, the north eastern Nigerian city, prompting military authorities Monday to…
9 Boko Haram militants killed, says Nigerian army
Nigerian troops said Friday they had killed nine suspected terrorists belonging to the Boko Haram in a gunfight in Borno…
Nigeria’s troops kill 37 Boko Haram militants
Nigeria’s military said Tuesday it killed 37 suspected Boko Haram fighters in a ground and air assault on an insurgent…
Report: 1000 detainees die in Nigeria, AI claims
Nearly 1,000 people, mostly suspected Boko Haram militants, died in Nigerian jails in the first half of this year, Amnesty…
Boko Haram gunmen massacre 40 sleeping students
Boko Haram gunmen on Sunday opened fire in the hostel of the School of Agriculture, Gujba, Yobe State, killing at…
Hungry Boko Haram militants turn cannibals
Dozens of suspected Boko Haram militants in Magumeri forest, Borno state, north east Nigeria, have turned to human eaters after…
Boko Haram gunmen kill another nine students
Few days after suspected Boko Haram gunmen killed seven students and two teachers in Nigeria’s north eastern city of Damaturu,…
Troops Recapture Boko Haram Strongholds
Nigeria’s military said Monday it had re-established control in five remote areas of the northeast where Islamist insurgents had seized…
Nigerian troops kill Boko Haram militants
Nigeria’s special military task force, fighting Boko Haram terrorism has reported yet another success in its campaign, with the destruction…
Boko Haram bomb police station, school, phone towers
Boko Haram gunmen with explosives have attacked a police station, a primary school and two cellphone towers in Fika, Yobe…
Kano Militants kill traffic officers
MADUABUCHI NMERIBEH/Kano Terrorists suspected to be members of Boko Haram sect Wednesday afternoon attacked a Federal Road Safety Commission,FRSC, patrol…
35 Boko Haram militants killed, says JTF
Nigeria’s military said Monday it has killed 35 suspected Boko Haram Islamists in a crackdown on the insurgent group in…
Re-Boko Haram Militants Burn Down Primary School
By Joe Igbokwe My heart bled profusely when I read Wednesday morning that Boko Haram militants burnt down Gwange 3…
Soldiers Kill 200 Boko Haram Members
Ben Adaji/Jalingo At least 200 Boko Haram members have been killed since the renewed attack on the group by security…
Nigerian forces kill 16 Boko Haram members
Nigerian soldiers have killed at least 16 militants, the army said Wednesday in Maiduguri, after gunfire and blasts rocked an…
5 Igbo Traders Killed by Boko Haram gunmen
Suspected Boko Haram gunmen have killed seven people in a market in the Nigerian north eastern city of Maiduguri in…
Boko Haram Kingpin Re-Arrested, Vocal Critic Gunned Down In Kano
Security operatives have re-arrested the escaped mastermind of Madalla Christmas Day bombing, Kabiru Sokoto. A police source said Sokoto was…
Non Natives Flee as Nigeria’s President Visits bombed City
MADUABUCHI NMERIBEH/Kano Nigeria’s President Goodluck Jonathan today visited the city of Kano, the scene of the most deadly offensive, so…
Death Toll in Kano Attacks Rises to 150
.Police claimed 7 Died, But Witnesses, hospital, mortuary and Red Cross sources said between 120 and 150 died The death…
Bomb wounds three soldiers in Nigerian city
A bomb blast blamed on Boko Haram militants targeted a patrol team in violence-wracked northeastern Nigeria on Saturday, leaving three…
Bomb Blast Kills Police Inspector In Borno
The Borno State Police Command announced on Thursday that a police inspector was killed in a bomb explosion in “London…