Tag: Boko Haram
Chadian police to arrest anyone wearing full-face veil
Chadian police on Sunday warned that anyone found wearing the Muslim full-face veil would be arrested, after a Boko Haram…
Boko Haram attacks prison in Niger, four killed
NIAMEY, (Reuters) – Suspected Boko Haram militants launched an attack on the prison in the southern Niger town of Diffa…
Bomb blast: Jos church worshippers escape death
By Our Reporter There was no casualty in the explosion reported this morning at the ECWA Church in Tudunwada Area…
Police confirm 2 dead in Borno explosion
The Police in Borno on Saturday confirmed the death of two persons in an explosion that occurred around the Borno…
UPDATE: Man wearing burqa kills 14 in Chad
N’DJAMENA, (Reuters) – A man dressed in a woman’s burqa blew himself up in the main market in Chad’s capital…
Boko Haram takes cue from ISIS, releases first beheading video
Boko Haram has set a terrifying new precedent by releasing its first gruesome video of a beheading since it pledged…
APC to Ekweremadu: Boko Haram attacks are signs of a dying monster
The All Progressives Congress (APC) has said what Deputy Senate President Ike Ekweremadu interpreted as the worsening cases of Boko…
Ekweremadu goofed on recent Boko Haram attacks – Sen Adeola
Senator Solomon Adeola the All Progressives Congress (APC) member representing Lagos West in the Senate has called upon the Deputy…
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…