Tag: Boko Haram
Boko Haram: UN Security Council arrives Sunday
The Security Council Visiting Mission to the Lake Chad Basin Region will arrive Nigeria on Sunday with a visit to…
Petrol Tankers Bombed In Borno Were Diverted – NSCDC
The Borno Command of Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), today revealed that the three tankers destroyed by three…
Boko Haram: UN Security Council Delegation Arrives Chad
The UN Security Council’s delegation on Boko Haram has arrived N’Djamena on Friday night to meet the Chadian leadership and…
Osinbajo Applauds Military Successes In North-East
Acting President Yemi Osinbajo on Wednesday lauded the performances of the armed forces in routing Boko Haram in the North-East…
Boko Haram Suspect Re-arrested
A Lokoja Chief Magistrates’ Court on Tuesday ordered the remand of one Muktar Suleiman, a suspected Boko Haram member, who…
Army, DSS Arrest 3 Suspected Chadian Boko Haram Members
The Nigerian Army in conjunction with the Department of State Service (DSS) has arrested three Chadians in Gombe State, suspected…
Boko Haram crisis: 14 donors pledge $672m
The Oslo Conference on Boko Haram humanitarian crisis realised $672 million in pledges from 14 donors, the UN Secretary-General António…
UN condemns Boko Haram attacks in Borno
The UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (UN OCHA) has condemned the attacks on Maiduguri by suspected female…
Boko Haram member kills 10 year old boy
Policemen attached to the Inspector- General of Police, Mr. Ibrahim Idris’ Special Intelligence Response Team (IRT), have arrested suspected Boko…
Skill centres to be set up in Borno
Borno Government is to set up skills acquisition centres in six Local Government Areas (LGA) liberated from the Boko Haram…
Boko Haram ambush Nigerian soldiers, kills 7
Troops of ‘Operation Lafiya Dole’ have gallantly fought their way through an ambush by Boko-Haram insurgents along Ajiri-Dikwa road in…
Shocking Confession! Boko Haram paid me N200 – Suicide Bomber
An 18-year-old Boko Haram suicide bomber, Amina, who was intercepted by men of Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC)…
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Boko Haram is broke, UN envoy tells Security Council
The destructive Boko Haram insurgency group is currently plagued by financial difficulties, the UN Under-Secretary-General for Political Affairs, Jeffrey Feltman,…
Boko Haram member surrenders to army
Muhammad Abubakar, a 31-year-old self confessed Boko Haram member, on Thursday said his hand and leg were chopped off because…
Ndume: Court adjourns hearing till March 27
The Federal High Court, Maitama Abuja, on Thursday adjourned the trial of Sen. Mohammed Ndume, charged with allegedly sponsoring Boko…
Boko Haram kills 3 Nigerian soldiers, injures 5
Nigerian Army on Wednesday said it has neutralised six terrorists, but lost three soldiers during an encounter between its troops…
Boko Haram ambush kills policeman, injures another in Borno
The Borno Police Command on Wednesday confirmed the killing of a policeman after suspected Boko Haram terrorists ambushed a patrol…
Prevent Boko Haram from regrouping’, UN tells Task Force
The UN Security Council has tasked the Multinational Joint Task Force (MNJTF) to prevent the destructive Boko Haram insurgents, recently…
Rann bombardment: Troops kill 15 terrorists, recover arms
Nigerian troops have killed 15 members of the Boko Haram terrorists, who were part of insurgents responsible for the mistaken…
Boko Haram: Fighter jet misfires, shoots civilians in Borno
The Army said a fighter jet had misfired and shot some humanitarian aid workers of the International Committee of Red…
Air Force strikes insurgents new hideout in Northern Borno
The Nigerian Air Force (NAF) has struck insurgents new hideout about one nautical mile south of Tumbum Rego in Northern…
Boko Haram: Buhari mourns with University of Maiduguri
President Muhammadu Buhari has condemned the terrorist attack on Monday morning at a mosque in the University of Maiduguri where…
Nigerian troops find terrorists’ corpses, grenades
Nigerian troops have recovered bodies of terrorists, 36 hand grenades and one 12.7 X 108mm round of ammunition concealed by…
Army kills 13 Boko Haram suspects in clearance operations
The Nigerian Army on Sunday said soldiers killed 13 suspected Boko Haram members during clearance operations in Bomboshe and Sinbaya…
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Nigerian soldiers arrest fleeing Boko Haram terrorists with 100 motorcycles
Nigerian soldiers have arrested four fleeing members of the Boko Haram sect with 100 motorcycles. Army spokesman, Brig.-Gen Sani Usman…
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4 fleeing Boko Haram members arrested at Oko-Oba, Lagos
The Department of State Services (DSS) on Tuesday arrested four suspected fleeing members of the Boko Haram at Oko-Oba in…
NSCDC discover Boko Haram bomb timers in Maiduguri
The Borno Command of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) on Tuesday said it had discovered ‘’Count down…
Army alert public on new suicide bombers’ tactics
The Nigerian Army has advised members of the public to be wary as suicide bombers have devised a new method…
Boko Haram strikes again, kills army captain, 4 soldiers
Reports reaching PMNEWS revealed that fleeing members of Boko Haram have ambushed some Nigeria soldiers attached to 27 Task Force…
LG Chairman denies Vice’s alleged link with Boko Haram
The Chairman of Kaga Local Government in Borno, Alhaji Lawal Wasaram, on Thursday, denied the claim by the Nigerian Army…