Tag: Boko Haram
Boko Haram kidnapped 2000 women, girls – Amnesty
Boko Haram has kidnapped at least 2,000 women and girls since the beginning of last year, Amnesty International said on…
Chibok Girls: One Year In Captivity
Here is a timeline of significant events since the abduction of more than 200 schoolgirls from the town of Chibok…
UNHCR needs $174.4m to assist victims of Boko Haram
The United Nations Refugee Agency (UNHCR) has issued an urgent funding appeal for 174.4 million dollars to help 192,000 refugees…
Boko Haram kills 71 Chadian soldiers
Seventy-one Chadian soldiers have been killed and 416 injured in two-and-a-half months’ fighting Boko Haram, the Chadian army said on…
Nigerian troops capture Alagarno in Borno
Nigerian troops on April 7 successfully completed a raid on all terrorist camps in Alagarno in Borno state. Alagarno is…
Borno AG solicits donor agencies’ support for Boko Haram victims
Hajiya Mairo Bunu, the Borno Accountant-General, on Monday appealed to donor agencies to mobilise support for the rehabilitation of victims…
Israel to support Nigeria in fight against Boko Haram, corruption
Israel has promised to assist Nigeria in fighting corruption and terrorism and also help to develop the the agriculture sector.…
Boko Haram ‘open fire on dozens’ in Borno raid
Suspected Boko Haram gunmen opened fire on villagers and torched a number of buildings in a new attack in northeast…
Seven killed in Boko Haram attack in Chad
Seven civilians were killed in an attack in Chad blamed on Nigerian Boko Haram rebels, officials said Monday. The Islamist…
Boko Haram: Chad, Niger hope for fresh start with Buhari
Surveying the charred ruins of the northern Nigerian town of Malam Fatori, which Chadian troops and his own soldiers from…
African leaders to hold Boko Haram summit April 8
Leaders of central and west African states will hold a summit next week to try to draw up a joint…
Nigeria’s Malam Fatori: A liberated ghost town
The black letters crudely painted on a wall at the entrance to the devastated town of Malam Fatori, in northeast…
Boko Haram kills four in village raid
At least four people were killed Saturday when suspected Boko Haram fighters raided a local market in a village near…
Boko Haram ambush Chadian troops, kills 9
Nine Chadian troops and one Niger soldier were killed after being ambushed by Boko Haram fighters in northeastern Nigeria, army…
An Agenda For The President-Elect
General Muhammed Buhari will, on 29 May, be sworn in as President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria having been…
Boko Haram is unable to disrupt elections – UN
The of Head of the UN West Africa Office, Mohammed Ibn Chambas, says Boko Haram insurgents were unable to disrupt…
Troops rescue women, children, elderly from Gwoza – DHQ
The Defence Headquarters said on Monday that troops had freed a number of women, elderly and children locked up by…
Troops battle Boko Haram outside Bauchi
Nigerian troops battled scores of Boko Haram fighters outside the northeastern city of Bauchi on Sunday, residents and a military…
Two killed in Boko Haram attack in Gombe
At least two people were killed in a suspected Boko Haram attack on polling stations in northeast Nigeria on Saturday,…
Nigerian troops liberate Gwoza, HQ of Boko Haram Caliphate
Nigerian troops on Friday morning liberated Gwoza, a fairly big town in Borno state and the last stronghold of Boko…
Displaced persons by Boko Haram hope to vote
A woman in a pale and patterned hijab, stares blankly from a bed in a makeshift clinic at a camp…
UN Rights Council to hold special session on Boko Haram
The United Nations Human Rights Council will hold a special session next week on abuses by Boko Haram militants in…
Nigeria military reclaims Gwoza from Boko Haram
Nigeria’s military on Friday announced that troops had retaken the town of Gwoza from Boko Haram, from which the group…
Bama: a sight and stench of death after Boko Haram defeat
The devastation is visible from the air in Bama. Corrugated iron roofs lie ripped off among charred debris, the walls…
Chad, Niger troops reclaim Gachagar from Boko Haram
Chad and Niger troops have recaptured the northeastern Nigerian town of Gachagar from Boko Haram, as part of a regional…
Boko Haram will be wiped out of Nigeria on Friday – Jonathan
President Goodluck Jonathan on Wednesday in Abuja assured that Gwoza in Borno, the last town under Boko Haram terrorists, would…
FG denies report of mass Boko Haram kidnapping
Nigeria’s government on Wednesday denied reports of a mass kidnapping in the country’s northeast, as Boko Haram militants flee a…
Chibok Girls Who Escaped Boko Haram Return To School
The twenty-one Chibok schoogirls who escaped when Boko Haram abducted hundreds of them on 14 April last year are back…
Trending: Boko Haram kidnaps 400 women in ‘liberated’ Damasak
In a move that brought back bad memories of captured Chibok schoolgirls, Boko Haram militants have staged yet another mass…
Nigerian soldiers running from liberated towns – New York Times
Chadian soldiers and their counterparts from Niger are not happy that they have continued to secure towns in Nigeria while…