Tag: Boko Haram
Yobe governor reopens Gaidam Int’l market
Gov. Mai- Mala Buni of Yobe on Monday announced the reopening of Gaidam weekly market with immediate effect.
Army rehabilitates 15 ex-Boko Haram fighters
Fifteen former insurgents terrorists have been rehabilitated under the De-radicalisation, Rehabilitation and Reintegration (DRR) programme of the Federal Government.
Amulet-armed hunters to Boko Haram: We don’t fear guns, even lions fear us
Thousands of Nigerian hunters, armed with charmed amulets and intimate knowledge of harsh terrain, are preparing an offensive against the…
News Analysis: Boko Haram, Prayers, Indoctrination and Science
In recent times, two individuals dominated public discourse pertaining to the war by other means against Boko Haram: Lt. General…
Boko Haram: Gov Zulum resorts to prayers, engages 30 clerics
Apparently out of frustration and helplessness on the parts of the State and Federal Governments in surmounting the challenge of…
Army arrests Chukwudon, alleged logistics supplier to Boko Haram
The Nigerian Army on Sunday in Borno arrested a suspected Boko Haram insurgents’ logistic supplier and seized a car stacked…
Buhari far away from victory against Boko Haram: Bishop Kukah
In an interview with the Catholic newspaper Crux, Bishop Matthew Hassan Kukah, of Catholic Diocese in Sokoto speaks on Boko…
Gov. Matawalle alerts presence of Boko Haram in Zamfara
Gov. Bello Matawalle of Zamfara has alerted on the presence of elements of Boko Haram allegedly recruited by some politicians…
Reports: Nigerian soldiers using 40 year-old guns to fight Boko Haram
Nigerian soldiers deployed to fight Boko Haram terrorists in the North-East are using outdated weapons and equipment, including Shilka artillery…
Army intensifies campaign against insurgents in Lake Chad
The Nigerian Army has embarked on community sensitisation in northern Borno and Lake Chad basin, to rout out Boko Haram…
Boko Haram, ISWAP terrorists flee hideouts to Sudan, CAR
Boko Haram and Islamic State of West Africa Province terrorists in large numbers are fleeing their hideouts in Lake Chad…
Nigeria, proclaimed the 3rd most terrorised nation – Security expert
Chief Edinen Usoroh, Chairman, Association of Licensed Private Security Practitioners of Nigeria (ALPSPN), Plateau chapter, says Nigeria currently ranks third…
Nigerian Army dismisses rumour of Boko Haram planned attack on Maiduguri
The Nigerian Army on Thursday urged the public to disregard the alleged planned attacks on Maiduguri city and its environ…
Scores of Boko Haram fighters killed in Borno
The Nigerian Army troops on Sunday engaged the Boko Haram fighters, killing scores of them in Gworege community in the…
4 Boko Haram suppliers arrested in Borno
The Nigerian Army on Tuesday said it had arrested four Boko Haram insurgents’ suppliers in Borno, as part of a…
Nigerian troops kill two Boko Haram terrorists as bombing plot foiled
Nigerian troops of 26 Task Force Brigade have successfully thwarted terrorists efforts to plant Improvised Explosive Device (IED) for commuters…
Army moves to stifle Boko Haram economy
Brig-Gen. Abdul Ibrahim, the Acting General Officer Commanding (GOC) 7 Division, says the army has initiated new operational measures to…
Insurgency: Army deploys new strategy
The Nigerian Army on Sunday said it had deployed new strategies to counter resurgence of Boko Haram insurgents’ attacks in…
Read why Boko Haram terrorists are in serious trouble in Northeast
If the plan by the Nigerian Air Force (NAF) to deploy additional fighter jets and helicopter gunships to Northeast yo…
Nigerian Air Force bombs scores of Boko Haram terrorists
The Nigerian Air Force (NAF) says its Air Task Force (ATF) of Operation Lafiya Dole has neutralised scores of Boko…
Troops repel insurgents’ attack on Borno communities
The Nigerian Army says its troops repelled the attacks coordinated by Boko Haram insurgents on military units in Gubio and…
33 Boko Haram fighters, 37 aid workers killed
At least 33 Boko Haram militants were killed by Nigerian troops in a gunfight on Sunday, according to military sources…
Humanitarian community loses 35 aid workers in Nigeria – Shehu
Group Chairman of the Network of Civil Society Organisation in Borno, Mr. Ahmed Shehu, has revealed that lives of over…
Boko Haram: Female suicide bomber kills six
A suspected Boko Haram female suicide bomber detonated an explosive vest in the early hours of Wednesday, killing at least…
8 Boko Haram fighters killed, many wounded in Gubio
Eight Boko Haram militants and two Nigerian soldiers were killed following a gunfight in Gubio, Borno State between troops and…
After Gubio, Boko Haram has another bad day in Izza
It has been a bad weekend for the Boko Haram terrorist militants as they suffered several reverses. On Saturday, their…
NAF kills scores of Boko Haram
The Air Task Force (ATF) of Operation LAFIYA DOLE, has decimated a major tactical base of the Boko Haram Terrorists…
NAF destroys terrorists command control centre in Borno
The Nigerian Air Force (NAF) says its Air Task Force (ATF) of Operation LAFIYA DOLE has successfully destroyed a Boko…
Five killed, others injured as soldiers, Boko Haram fighters clash
Five civilians have been reportedly killed with several others injured following exchange of gunfire between security forces and members of…
Boko Haram slices off women’s ears in new level of brutality
There is really no limit to the brutality of Boko Haram insurgents as some women have found out in Kalagari…