Tag: Boko Haram
Cameroon troops clash with fleeing Boko Haram fighters
Cameroon soldiers clashed with Boko Haram fighters in the border town of Fotokol on Wednesday as the Islamists fled an…
Chadian troops take control of Nigerian border town
Chadian forces scored a key victory over Nigeria’s Boko Haram on Tuesday, wresting control of the border town of Gamboru…
Jonathan, Buhari To Face ICC Trial Over Polls Violence
The two leading presidential candidates of the ruling Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, President Goodluck Jonathan, and Muhammadu Buhari of the…
Baga And Paris: A Tale Of Two Terror Attacks
By Tayo Ogunbiyi Without a doubt, terrorism has become a major global concern. There is hardly any part of the…
Chadian troops enter Nigeria to battle Boko Haram
Chad sent ground troops into Nigeria for the first time on Tuesday to fight Boko Haram as the Islamist militants…
Military recaptures 10 towns from Boko Haram
The National Information Centre said on Monday that the ongoing war against insurgency in the North East was yielding desired…
Boko Haram to be engaged on all fronts, including safe havens – DHQ
The military on Sunday said that it will engage Islamist sect, Boko Haram on all fronts including its safe have…
Breaking: 2 bomb blasts rock Gombe, 5 die
Two bomb blasts have rocked Nigeria’s Gombe city, part of the Boko Haram besieged north east Nigeria. Five persons have…
Chad troops continue assault on Boko Haram stronghold
Chadian aircraft struck Boko Haram positions in the Nigerian border town of Gamboru for a second straight day on Sunday,…
Nigerian troops contain Boko Haram attack on Maiduguri
An assault by Boko Haram on Sunday aimed at taking over the key northeastern Nigerian city of Maiduguri has been…
Boko Haram begins fresh attack on Maiduguri
Boko Haram fighters on Sunday launched a fresh attempt to take over the strategically crucial northeastern Nigerian city of Maiduguri,…
Chadian aircraft bomb Borno town in anti-Boko Haram raid
Chadian aircraft on Saturday bombed the Nigerian town of Gamboru in a raid targeting Islamist extremist group Boko Haram, security…
Ban Ki-Moon backs regional force to fight Boko Haram
United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Saturday welcomed an African Union proposal to set up a regional five-nation force of…
Boko Haram: Nigeria refugees big headache to Chad govt
Thousands of Nigerian civilians who fled the armed Islamists of Boko Haram have become a headache for Chadian authorities after…
3 Chad soldiers, 123 Boko Haram fighters killed in Cameroon
Three soldiers and 123 Boko Haram militants were killed when the Islamist group attacked a Chadian army contingent in northern…
Czech arms dealer supplies Nigeria weapons to battle Boko Haram
Czech arms dealer Excalibur Group is shipping weapons to Nigeria’s military to fight with the militant group Boko Haram, local…
Ex-Niger Delta Militants To Donate N30m Boko Haram Victims
Ayorinde Oluokun/Abuja Former Niger Delta militants undergoing the amnesty programme have signified their intention to donate N30 million for the…
Chadian troops chase Boko Haram away from Nigerian town
Troops from Chad have driven Boko Haram fighters from a northern Nigeria border town seized by the Islamist militants late…
Nigeria fighter jets bomb town held by Boko Haram
Nigerian fighter jets have bombed the northeast town of Malam Fatori, controlled by Boko Haram Islamists, the military said Thursday.…
AU calls for 7,500 troops to defeat Boko Haram
The African Union called Friday for a regional five-nation force of 7,500 troops to defeat the “horrendous” rise of Nigeria’s…
Nigeria military recaptures Michika from Boko Haram, says Jonathan
President Goodluck Jonathan said that the Nigerian Military had on Thursday liberated Michika town in Adamawa from the control of…
Don’t commit suicide over Boko Haram, Sambo mocks Buhari
Vice-President Namadi Sambo on Thursday advised the APC presidential candidate, retired Maj.-Gen.Muhammadu Buhari, against committing suicide by planning to personally…
Boko Haram devise new tactics to attack Nigeria – FG
The Nigerian government said on Thursday it had uncovered plans by insurgents to use cobblers, also called shoe shiners, and…
Chad not scared of Boko Haram – Interior Minister
Chad’s Interior Minister Abderahim Bireme Hamid has said the country does not fear any reprisal attacks following its decision to…
Nigeria’s army can’t handle Boko Haram alone: US commander
Turning the tide against Boko Haram will require a “huge” international effort, a top US military commander warned on Tuesday,…
Boko Haram’s Child soldiers: New nightmare for Jonathan
Boko Haram, the Nigerian-based insurgent group is notorious for sending young girls, some of them 10 year-old on suicide bombing…
Army ignored Boko Haram attack notices on Baga, Monguno
Amnesty International claimed today that the Nigerian military were repeatedly warned of impending Boko Haram attacks on Baga and Monguno…
Boko Haram ‘bomb maker’ arrested – Police
A man suspected of being behind the manufacture of explosives used in a series of Boko Haram suicide attacks has…
Fresh Boko Haram raids kill many in Adamawa
Scores of people have been killed and many others forced to flee to the mountains following a renewed series of…
Nigeria Can’t Be Fixed In 4 Years, Says Jonathan
President Goodluck Jonathan has declared that no government could solve Nigeria’s problems within four years. The President painted this gloomy…