Tag: Boko Haram
Chad sentences 10 Boko Haram members to death
Reuters – Chad, a leading country in a military task force against Boko Haram, has sentenced 10 members of the…
DSS uncovers Boko Haram spy ring at Abuja Airport
Nigeria’s Department of State Services (DSS) says it has uncovered a spy cell run by militant Islamist group Boko Haram…
Boko Haram kills three in southern Niger
(Reuters) – Suspected Nigerian Boko Haram militants raided a village in southern Niger, killing three people including a soldier, security…
In Video: Nigerians mark 500 days of Chibok Girls abduction
Women for Peace and Justice in a peaceful protest at Alausa today to mark over 500 days of Chibok girls…
500 Days: Nigerians mark Chibok girls abduction
Abuja (AFP) – Relatives of over 200 Nigerian schoolgirls kidnapped by Boko Haram militants marked, on Thursday, 500 days since…
8,700 troops to combat Boko Haram
8,700 troops to combat Boko Haram Member countries of the Lake Chad Basin Commission are to deploy 8,700 troops to…
APC lauds Service Chiefs for personally leading war against insurgency
The All Progressives Congress (APC) has commended the Service Chiefs for showing leadership by example by personally taking charge of…
A Pardon Well Deserved
The decision of the Nigerian Army to re-instate 2,500 soldiers and 102 officers who were dismissed and put on trial…
Nigerian Air Force destroys two Boko Haram trucks
Two trailers suspected to be carrying logistics support to members of the Boko Haram Terrorist (BHT) sect have been intercepted…
Ban Ki-moon in Nigeria to mark bombing, Chibok girls
United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon arrived Nigeria on Sunday to commemorate the bombing of UN’s headquarters by Islamist sect,…
Regional military chiefs finalise plans to end Boko Haram
Reuters – Military chiefs from the Lake Chad region have finalised details of the deployment of a joint force to…
Boko Haram strengthens ties with ISIS, fights in Libya
AP — Nigeria’s Boko Haram extremists are strengthening ties with the Islamic State group, as shown by reports that Nigerian…
Troops advance to clear Boko Haram camps in Borno
The 7 Brigade of the Nigerian Army, on Saturday entered and cleared Gudumbali town in Guzamala Local Government Area of…
Boko Haram: Nigerian Army loses soldiers, Armed Personnel Carrier to landmines
Two soldiers lost their lives while two others were critically injured when troops of 5 Brigade Explosive Ordinance Devices (EOD)…
Chad: Around 40,000 displaced by Boko Harm in two weeks
Reuters – Around 40,000 people have fled their homes in Chad in the past two weeks following attacks by Islamist…
Tackling the threat of global terror by Iyoha Darlington
There have been terror attacks here and there which are still ongoing. Is there any country on earth that has…
Adamawa varsity reopens, recruits 80 hunters, vigilante
The authorities of Adamawa State University (ADSU), Mubi, have recruited 80 vigilante men and hunters to ensure the security of…
Boko Haram will be defeated soon, Buhari reiterates
President Muhammadu Buhari in Abuja on Thursday reaffirmed his conviction that the end of the Boko Haram insurgency is in…
Boko Haram did not kill 150 in Yobe – DHQ
Nigeria Defence Headquarters has denied media reports which claim that over 150 people from Kukuwa-Gari village were shot dead by…
Nigerian Army arrests two key members of Boko Haram
Two key members of Boko Haram terrorist fleeing from the ongoing operations by the military have been arrested in Geidam,…
150 drowned, shot dead while fleeing Boko Haram in Yobe
Kano (Nigeria) (AFP) – Up to 150 people drowned in a river or were shot dead fleeing Boko Haram gunmen…
Buhari assures military of adequate logistics against Boko Haram
President Muhammadu Buhari has assured the military that his government would provide the necessary logistics needed to successfully prosecute the…
I’m alive, says Boko Haram’s Abubakar Shekau in new audio
Lagos (Reuters) – Abubakar Shekau says he is alive and still the leader of Islamist sect Boko Haram, denying reports…
NAF pilots smoke out Boko Haram terrorists from Sambisa
Nigerian Air Force pilots have over the weekend being raining explosives to smoke out Boko haram elements from their fortified…
Boko Haram: 112 IDP’s children re-united with their parents in Edo
Jethro Ibileke/Benin No fewer than 112 internally displaced children from the Boko Haram onslaught living at the International Christian Centre…
Cameroon pledges 2,450 troops to fight Boko Haram
Cameroon (AP) — Cameroon’s president says his country will contribute 2,450 troops to a five-nation army to fight the Nigeria-based…
Where’s Shekau? Chad president messes with Boko Haram’s mind
ABUJA, (Reuters) – If Chadian President Idriss Deby is to be believed, Abubakar Shekau, the bearded and bandoliered leader of…
Boko Haram: Adamawa Govt to pay prayer warriors, vigilantes N200 mn
The Adamawa Government on Friday announced that it had earmarked N200 million to engage prayer warriors to seek divine intervention…
Six Cameroon villagers massacred by Boko Haram
YAOUNDE (Reuters) – Boko Haram militants massacred six villagers in Cameroon before the overnight attack was repelled by government soldiers,…
Buhari asks Service Chiefs to end Boko Haram in three months
Ayorinde Oluokun/Abuja “You need to brace up and continue to team up with other stakeholders to come up with a…