Tag: Boko Haram
ACN Condemns Bama Killings
The Action Congress of Nigeria, ACN, has strongly condemned the attack on Bama town in Borno state by suspected Boko…
Army: 200 Boko Haram fighters attacked Bama
Nigerian soldiers blanketed the town of Bama on Wednesday, where residents stayed indoors after coordinated assaults by heavily armed Islamist…
55 killed in Boko Haram attacks, prisoners freed
Nigeria’s Boko Haram gunmen Tuesday launched coordinated attacks on military barracks, a prison and police stations in the northeastern town…
Monguno released after N50million ransom paid
Octogenarian and former Nigerian oil minister, Shettima Ali Monguno, who was kidnapped last Friday by gunmen in the northeastern city…
Family of abducted ex-oil minister begs for his release
The Family of Dr Shettima Ali Monguno, the elder statesman kidnapped in Maiduguri on Friday, has appealed to his abductors…
Baga Massacre: UN Human Rights Office expresses concern
The UN Human Rights Office on Friday expressed its concern about the large number of casualties, reportedly including many civilians,…
Boko Haram Bombs Ex-IG’s Home
Unidentified gunmen suspected to be Boko Haram on Sunday bombed many places in Ringim town in the Ringim Local Government…
Nigerian army: No mass grave in Baga
Nigeria’s Defence Headquarters (DHQ) fact-finding team to Baga has returned to present its report to the Chief of Defence Staff…
Boko Haram gets N500m to free French family
Nigeria’s militant group, the Boko Haram was paid $3.15million, about N500 million before releasing a French family of seven, a…
Bank robbed, 5 cops killed in ‘Boko Haram’ attack
The Commissioner of Police in the Nigerian north eastern state of Yobe, Alhaji Sanusi Rufai, said that five policemen and…
Boko Haram kills 2 Nigerian cops in Bama
At least two policemen were feared dead on Thursday, after some gunmen suspected to be Boko Haram insurgents attacked a…
Jonathan sued over amnesty deal for Boko Haram
Nnamdi Felix / Abuja As President Goodluck Jonathan battles to repair the ship of the Presidential Committee set up to…
Baga Massacre: Too Little, Too Late
The media was awashed this week with news of a mass murder, arson and outright brigandage perpetrated in the fishing…
Relief camps set up for victims of Baga carnage
Nigeria rescue workers have now set up temporary camps in the remote northeastern town of Baga and distributed aid to…
Amnesty panel chair says talks possible with Boko Haram
The head of the panel set up to seek an amnesty deal with Nigeria’s Boko Haram voiced confidence Wednesday that…
Baga Massacre: Jonathan Vows Action
President Goodluck Jonathan on Wednesday assured Nigerians and members of the international community of the commitment of his administration to…
Baga Massacre: Jonathan vows action
Ayo Oluokun/Abuja President Goodluck Jonathan on Wednesday assured Nigerians and members of the international community of the commitment of his…
Nigerian army confirms 30 Boko Haram insurgents killed
Nigeria’s Defence Headquarters (DHQ) has confirmed the death of 30 Boko Haram insurgents in an encounter with a multi-national Joint…
US condemns Baga massacre
The United States Monday condemned clashes between troops and Islamist militants in Baga, in Nigeria’s north eastern state of Borno,…
Jonathan orders probe of Baga Massacre
Nigeria’s President Goodluck Jonathan has ordered a full scale investigation into reports of high civilian casualties in the shooting war…
Massacre In Maiduguri As JTF, Boko Haram Clash
Several people have been killed and houses set ablaze following a clash between Nigeria’s military and suspected Boko Haram Islamist…
Freed French hostage recounts experience with Boko Haram
Tanguy Moulin-Fournier, the head of the French family kidnapped by Boko Haram on 19 February in northern Cameroon, has spoken…
Muslim Women Cry Out Over MEND’s Threat
Muslim women have cried out to Nigeria’s Federal Government to put security measures in place to protect the lives of…
French family kidnapped in northern Cameroon freed
Cameroon’s president, Paul Biya has announced the release of a French family of seven kidnapped by Islamic extremists in Cameroon…
Bomber lynched after mosque blast, another arrested
Muslim worshippers in northern Nigeria’s Kano city on Wednesday night lynched a suspected bomber after an explosive detonated outside the…
Politicians Behind Boko Haram —Sheik Ahmad
The Chief Missioner of Ansar-deen Society of Nigeria, Sheik Rahman Ahmad, has said that the Boko Haram insurgency is more…
Boko Haram: 271 Illegal Aliens For Deportation
In order to prevent Boko Haram from attacking Lagos, the Lagos State Police Command has handed over 271 illegal foreigners…
Unabating Bloodshed
As negotiations for an amnesty deal for its members intensify, Boko Haram is showing no let up in its killing…
Failed Peace Efforts
Past and present efforts to reconcile Boko Haram with the Federal Government remain a mirage Former President Olusegun Obasanjo, in…
Boko Haram: Roadblock To Amnesty
Boko Haram rejects offer of amnesty by the Federal Government, sticking a pin into the balloon of optimism that its…