Tag: Boko Haram
Kwankwaso inauguarates school for children orphaned by Boko Haram
Governor Rabiu Kwankwaso of Kano State on Tuesday inaugurated Kano- Borno Boarding Primary School for children orphanded by Boko Haram…
Boko Haram: Death toll rises in Cameroon village, victims beheaded
Nineteen people were killed in Thursday night’s attack on a Cameroonian village by Nigeria-based Boko Haram militants, a security source…
Jonathan seeks UN support to rehabilitate Boko Haram victims
President Goodluck Jonathan on Thursday in Abuja urged the UN to focus more on helping Nigeria with the rehabilitation and…
Chibok Girls And Social Decadence In Nigeria
By Bilikis Bakare It has been a year now that over 200 girls were abducted from their hostel at the…
We Will Stop Boko Haram
By Muhammadu Buhari When Boko Haram attacked a school in the town of Chibok, in northeastern Nigeria, kidnapping more than…
Chibok Girls: The Task Before Buhari
It’s over one year since the terrorist sect, Boko Haram, abducted 219 Chibok schoolgirls from a secondary school in the…
We Will Stop Boko Haram by General Muhammadu Buhari
When Boko Haram attacked a school in the town of Chibok, in northeastern Nigeria, kidnapping more than 200 girls, on…
An Open Letter To President-Elect Buhari
By SKC Ogbonnia I am one of the millions of masses who yearned and prayed for the change that motivated…
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…