Tag: Boko Haram
Nigerians abroad mull Boko Haram Appeal Fund
The Nigerians in Diaspora Organisation (NIDO) worldwide, says it is considering the establishment of a fund to help rebuild North…
Boko Haram Attacks Buni Yadi
Boko Haram militants attacked the northern Nigerian town of Buni Yadi in Yobe state late on Thursday and it was…
Boko Haram: UN urges FG to clean-up recovered towns
The UN on Thursday urged the Federal Government to clean up the communities liberated from Boko Haram to make them…
Cameroon repel Boko Haram attack, 3 militants killed
Cameroon’s army has repulsed an attack by Boko Haram and killed three of the Nigerian Islamist militants in heavy fighting…
Buhari meets BBOG campaigners, says military doing its best
ABUJA, (Reuters) – Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari on Wednesday held his first meeting with campaigners calling for the release of…
Boko Haram: UN to set up ‘Early Warning Systems’
The UN says it will set up “ICT-based Early Warning Systems” in Borno and other states in the North East…
End of Boko Haram is near, says Buhari
President Muhammadu Buhari has once again conveyed his sincere and heartfelt condolences to all Nigerians who lost relatives in the…
Army arrests mastermind of Jos, Zaria suicide attacks
The Nigerian Army on Wednesday confirmed the arrest of the mastermind of the two recent bomb and gun attacks in…
Boko Haram: 160, 000 Nigerians take refuge in Niger, Chad, Cameroon
The United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) has disclosed that about 160,000 Nigerians have fled the north eastern parts of the…
Enough Of The Bloodletting
The last few weeks have seen an upsurge in the attacks by Boko Haram, this time not only in its…
Ban Ki-moon commends Buhari’s determination to fight Boko Haram
UN Secretary-General, Ban Ki-Moon, on Tuesday in New York, commended President Muhammadu Buhari’s determination in the fight against Boko Haram.…
ECOWAS condemns Boko Haram attacks
The Senegalese Head of State and current ECOWAS Chairman, Macky Sall, has condemned the terrorists attacks in Nigeria in the…
Better Life For IDPs
The pathetic fate of internally displaced persons (IDPs) in the Northeastern part of Nigeria was fully brought home on social…
Zaria rocked by bomb blast
A bomb blast has occurred in the university town of Zaria, in Kaduna state, the latest in the terrorist attacks…
Boko Haram: Female suicide bomber blows self off in Kano, injures others
A female suicide bomber who attempted to attack the popular Umar Bin Khattab Mosque on Zoo Road in Kano metropolis,…
Bomb Blasts: Restore checkpoints in Plateau, Lalong tells FG
Governor Simon Lalong of Plateau has appealed to the Federal Government to restore checkpoints in the state to check the…
Boko Haram: Army frees 180 detainees, including babies
Nigeria’s military has freed 180 detainees held for months, including women carrying babies with toddlers clinging to their skirts, declaring…
UPDATE: Over 40 killed in twin blast in Jos
JOS, (AP) — Two bombs blamed on the Islamic extremist group Boko Haram exploded at a crowded mosque and an…
Bomb blast rocks muslim gathering in Jos
A bomb has exploded in Jos, Plateau state, central Nigeria, in the midst of a gathering of muslims listening to…
Saraki tells Boko Haram to agree negotiations with FG
President of the Senate, Bukola Saraki, has condemned in strong terms Sunday’s bomb attack on innocent worshippers at the Redeemed…
UN to Nigeria: Get ready for post-Boko Haram
The UN Development Programme (UNDP) on Sunday in Abuja, advised Nigeria to prepare for the post-insurgency rebuilding of the North…
Boko Haram: Cleric condemns killing of innocent Nigerians
An Islamic Cleric, Sheikh Kabiru Gombe, on Saturday described as “senseless” the killings going on in some parts of the…
Police confirm bombing of Redeemed Church
The Police in Yobe on Sunday confirmed the killing of six persons in a suicide bomb attack on a Redeemed…
Shehu of Borno urges more prayers against Boko Haram
Alhaji Abubakar Ibn Garbai, the Shehu of Borno, on Sunday urged Muslims to intensify prayers towards seeking divine intervention against…
Breaking: Suicide bomber kills 6 in Nigerian church
A suicide bomber killed six persons at a Redeemed church on the outskirts of Potiskum today. A Red Cross official…
Hollande ready to hold new summit on Boko Haram
YAOUNDE, (Reuters) – French President Francois Hollande said on Friday he is ready to organise a new summit of nations…
6 female suicide bombers kill dozens, death toll now 650
Scores of people have been killed in Zabarmari village, 10 kilometres from Maiduguri, capital of Borno state, north east Nigeria…
Nigerian troops recover vehicle loaded with bomb
Nigeria military authorities said a jeep full of Improvised Explosives Devises (IED) was among the weapons recovered by troops conducting…
FG will negotiate with Boko Haram from position of strength
Femi Adesina, the special adviser to President Muhammadu Buhari on media and publicity has stated that the federal government will…
Gov. Obiano assures Anambra people on relocation of Boko Haram detainees
Governor Willie Obiano of Anambra has reassured that he is on top of the relocation of Boko Haram suspects to…