Tag: Boko Haram
Army engineers clear notorious Boko Haram camps, rescued 59 captives
As part of efforts to rid Nigeria of Boko Haram terrorists, troops of 21 Brigade and elements of Nigerian Army…
Nigeria, Cameroon Vow Closer Cooperation Against Boko Haram
The leaders of Nigeria and Cameroon pledged on Thursday to improve the exchange of intelligence and security cooperation along their…
Nigerian Air Force cuts off Boko Haram’s fuel supply routes
Ayorinde Oluokun/Abuja The Nigerian Air Force has announced on Wednesday that it has succeeded in blocking routes through which petroleum…
Buhari lands in Cameroon, strategises against Boko Haram
YAOUNDE, (Reuters) – Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari began a two-day visit to Cameroon on Wednesday in a bid to soothe…
NBA, ICAN, others necessary in fight against Boko Haram – Osinbajo
*says judicial reforms needed Vice President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo, has stressed the importance of the professional elite in the current…
Army rescues 30 abducted persons from Boko Haram in Borno
The Nigerian Army said on Tuesday that it had rescued 30 persons forcefully abducted by suspected Boko Haram terrorists as…
Nigerian troops repel Boko Haram from Buratai
For about the fourth time since February 2014, Boko Haram terrorists moved against Buratai, the home town of Chief of…
Buhari Takes Campaign Against Boko Haram To Cameroon, Benin Rep.
President Muhammadu Buhari will continue his ongoing effort to build a more effective regional coalition against Boko Haram with a…
Insurgents Kill 25 People In Borno
At least 25 people were killed by suspected Boko Haram Islamist militants in raids on Monday afternoon and Tuesday morning…
Buhari to visit Cameroon for Boko Haram talks
President Muhammadu Buhari will travel to Cameroon on 29 July for talks with his counterpart President Paul Biya. The duo…
Faction of Boko Haram approaches Buhari for peace talks
The federal government of Nigeria has been approached by a group that says it is a faction of the Islamist…
Cameroon to deploy 2,000 more troops after Boko Haram attacks
DOUALA, (Reuters) – Cameroon plans to send an additional 2,000 soldiers to its Far North region after three suicide bomb…
At least 16 killed in Boko Haram raids on Lake Chad villages
N’DJAMENA, (Reuters) – At least 13 suspected Boko Haram militants and three civilians were killed in separate attacks over the…
Major explosion rocks Maroua in Cameroon, kills 19
YAOUNDE, (Reuters) At least 19 people were killed in a suicide bombing in the northern Cameroonian town of Maroua on…
Nigerian Army to adopt offensive disposition to Boko Haram
The Chief of Army Staff, Major General Tukur Buratai, on Friday said that the Nigerian Military would adopt offensive disposition…
US Supported Boko Haram During Jonathan’s Administration – Tanko Yakasai
Alhaji Salihu Abubakar Tanko Yakasai ventured into politics in the early 50s, when he joined the defunct Northern Elements Progressive…
Boko Haram: Dankwambo urges public to be vigilant
Governor Ibrahim Dankwambo of Gombe State on Friday urged people in the state to be vigilant to avoid future attacks…
US condemns Boko Haram attacks in Nigeria, Cameroon
WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – The United States on Friday condemned Boko Haram suicide attacks in Cameroon and Nigeria as “horrific and…
I didn’t say US is aiding Boko Haram, Buhari says
President Muhammadu Buhari has dismissed claims that he stated that the United States and President Barack Obama is aiding Nigerian…
Boko Haram plotting to bomb VIPs, not VPs residence, says Presidency
The Senior Special Assistant to the Vice President on Media and Publicity, Mr. Laolu Akande, on Thursday said reports that…
Boko Haram planning to bomb my residence – Osinbajo
Nigeria Vice-President, Yemi Osinbajo who has been visiting camps of Internally Displaced Persons, IDPs in the North east as well…
US aiding Boko Haram, says Buhari
Washington (AFP) – Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari warned Washington on Wednesday that a US refusal to arm his troops because…
At least 29 dead in Gombe bomb blast
BAUCHI, (Reuters) – At least 29 people died and 60 were wounded in multiple bomb blasts at two bus stations…
Boko Haram resurgence deepens humanitarian crisis in Niger
Niger, (Reuters) – A wave of attacks by Islamist insurgents Boko Haram in northeast Nigeria and the islands of Lake…
Twin suicide attacks kill at least 13 in Cameroon
YAOUNDE, (Reuters) – Two suicide bomb attacks killed at least 13 people in northern Cameroon on Wednesday, the president’s office…
PZ Cussons profit crash after Boko Haram attacks, falling oil prices
The tumbling oil price, a weak currency and the threat of violence in Nigeria has hit profits at the maker…
Former Ministers Stole, Sold Crude Oil —Buhari
President Muhammadu Buhari, on Tuesday, in the United States, vowed that his administration would trace the accounts of individuals who…
Boko Haram attack family house of Buratai, new army chief, kills 2
MAIDUGURI, (Reuters) – Suspected Boko Haram militants burned down houses, including the family home of Nigeria’s new army chief, in…
Boko Haram kills 23 in Cameroon attack
YAOUNDE, (AP) — Suspected Boko Haram militants have killed more than 20 people including multiple children in their latest attack…
Buhari meets Obama, talk strategy on Boko Haram
United States President Barack Obama met with Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari on Monday at the White House and said the…