Tag: Boko Haram
Buhari will fish out Boko Haram sponsors, fighters, says Ex-VC
Prof. Shehu Riskuwa, Former VC Usman Danfodio University, Sokoto has expressed confidence that the present administration led by President Muhammadu…
UPDATE: 26 killed in Maiduguri Mosque blast
Twenty six people were killed on Saturday after a suspected suicide bomber detonated his Improvised Explosive Device (IED) in a…
Boko Haram dares Buhari, bombs Maiduguri mosque
MAIDUGURI, (Reuters) A suspected suicide bomber blew himself up inside a mosque in Nigeria’s Maiduguri city on Saturday afternoon killing…
Nigerian troops repel Boko Haram attack on Maiduguri
MAIDUGURI, Nigeria May 30 (Reuters) – Nigerian troops pushed back an attack by Boko Haram insurgents on the outskirts of…
Boko Haram violence cause Cameroon food stocks to dwindle
LONDON, May 29 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Food shortages threaten some 200,000 people in northern Cameroon after cross-border raids by…
Chadian troops kill 33 Boko Haram fighters
N’DJAMENA (Reuters) – Chad said on Friday that its army killed at least 33 militants from Nigeria’s Boko Haram Islamist…
We are ready to assist Nigeria fight Boko Haram – US
The United States is prepared to send military trainers to Nigeria to help new President Muhammadu Buhari’s armed forces improve…
Buhari vows to crush Boko Haram
President Muhammadu Buhari has vowed to end Boko Haram siege in Nigeria, shortly after he was sworn in as President…
UN optimistic Buhari can crush Boko Haram
GENEVA, May 28 (Reuters) – Nigerian President-elect Muhammadu Buhari’s promised campaign to defeat Boko Haram could drive more militants over…
Spain charges Boko Haram Abubakar Shekau with crimes against humanity
MADRID May 28 (Reuters) – Spain’s state prosecutor charged the leader of Nigerian Islamist militant group Boko Haram, Abubakar Shekau,…
Boko Haram: 290 Soldiers Dismissed
The Nigerian Army has dismissed 290 soldiers for allegedly refusing to fight the Boko Haram insurgents. Human rights lawyer and Senior…
Boko Haram penetrated Northeast due to illiteracy – Obasanjo
Former president Olusegun Obasanjo on Wednesday in Cotonou urged African nations to provide quality education to ensure peace and tolerance…
UN decries Boko Haram’s sexual abuse of captives
Ms Zainab Bangura, UN Special Representative of the Secretary-General on Sexual Violence in Conflict, on Wednesday decried reported rape and…
Boko Haram: NEMA deploys additional staff to Borno
The Natioonal Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) said on Monday that it had deployed more field workers to Borno to cater…
Army kills scores of Boko Haram fighters, rescues 20 women, children
The Defence Headquarters on Saturday said scores of Boko Haram terrorists had died and 20 women and children had been…
Boko Haram: Rescued 275 persons undergo psycho social therapy
Ayorinde Oluokun/Abuja The Nigerian military has confirmed the movement of 275 Women and Children from an Internally Displaced Persons (IDP)…
Chibok schoolgirls possibly hidden in bunkers: Borno elder
Four hundred days after Boko haram gunmen kidnapped 219 schoolgirls from Chibok in Borno state, a theory is being suggested…
The Return Of Boko Haram
After what seemed like a respite following the onslaught on Boko Haram by Nigerian security forces and their counterparts from…
Nigerian troops capture, destroy 10 Boko Haram camps
The Defence Headquarters on Sunday said an unconfirmed number of Boko Haram members fell to the superior power of the…
No cause for alarm over Boko Harams’ presence in Marte – DHQ
The Defence Headquarters said that there was no cause for alarm over the reported retaken of Marte town in Borno…
Boko Haram retakes Marte town in Borno
MAIDUGURI (Reuters) – Boko Haram militants retook the Nigerian town of Marte in Borno state, which had been liberated in…
Boko Haram attacks outskirts of Maiduguri
Kano (Nigeria) (AFP) – At least 55 people were killed in two Boko Haram raids this week near Maiduguri, capital…
Calm in Maiduguri after military repels Boko Haram attack
Calm has returned to Maiduguri in Borno, after the military repelled an attack on Wednesday by suspected members of Boko…
Nigerian troops foil Boko Haram suicide mission
Nigeria military authorities said a band of terrorists who detonated two female suicide bombers ahead of their attack on Ladi…
Boko Haram attacks Giwa Barracks in Maiduguri
MAIDUGURI, (Reuters) – Suspected Boko Haram militants attacked Nigeria’s northern city of Maiduguri in Borno state on Wednesday from a…
Boko Haram: Nigerian army to court martial 30 top officers – FULL LIST
The Nigerian Army has ordered 30 of its top officers to proceed to the Army Headquarters Garrison in Abuja to…
I won’t tell you where Shekau is hiding – Chadian President
Chadian leader, Idriss Deby Itno, who once said he knew where Boko Haram leader was hiding and demanded his surrender,…
Boko Haram: Nigerian Refugees Starve To Death
Some of thousands of Nigerians told to leave neighbouring Niger in the past week due to threats from Boko Haram…
The Criminal Silence Over Kidnapped Victims
The rescue of over 900 women and girls from Boko Haram camps in Sambisa forest has brought to the fore…
Ndume confirms rescue of 1000 women, children by military
Senator Ali Ndume (APC-Borno South) has confirmed the rescue of about 1000 women and children by the military in the…