Tag: Boko Haram
Chibok Girls: OBJ, Soyinka, Kolade Back Campaigners
Ayorinde Oluokun/Abuja Nobel laureate, Professor Wole Soyinka, former President Olusegun Obasanjo and respected boardroom guru and diplomat, Ambassador Christoper Kolade,…
Nigeria’s Military Needs Reforms
By Oluwagbenga Oyebanji The first military intervention in Nigeria was through a bloody coup. Led by Major Kaduna Nzeogwu on…
Massacre by Boko Haram ‘crime against humanity’, says Kerry
US Secretary of State John Kerry said Thursday that massacres in two Nigerian towns by the “evil” Islamist group Boko…
Mbaka: A Man Of God Or Just An Impostor? (2)
By Jonathan Ekene Ifeanyi Now back to Mbaka: It is interesting to note that before this blistering New Year eve…
Boko Haram ‘killed woman in labour’ – Amnesty
Boko Haram fighters killed a woman as she was in labour during what is feared could be the deadliest attack…
Chad pledges support to Cameroon against Boko Haram
Chad’s government on Wednesday pledged “active support” for neighbouring Cameroon in fighting Boko Haram, after another cross-border raid this week…
Nigerian troops ‘repel Boko Haram attack’
Nigeria’s military on Wednesday said that soldiers had repelled a new Boko Haram attack after a two-hour gun battle in…
Jonathan Tired, He Should Go Home —Egberongbe
The lawmaker representing Apapa constituency 2 at the Lagos State House of Assembly, Mufutau Egberongbe, is one of many Nigerians…
Boko Haram: US urges Nigeria not to postpone elections
The United States on Tuesday urged Nigeria to go forward with planned February 14 presidential and legislative elections, despite being…
Humanity Against The Narcissists Of Death
By Wole Soyinka Our predicament is universal, and this is what we have stressed from the very beginning. The nature…
Latest Boko Haram attacks send ‘over 11,000 fleeing into Chad’
The United Nations on Tuesday said that the latest wave of Boko Haram’s “vicious, ruthless attacks” in northeastern Nigeria had…
Boko Haram: Jonathan Rejected Australian Help Four Times
Australia has repeatedly offered help to the Nigerian government to combat its terrorism scourge and find over 200 hundred Chibok…
Elections In The North-East
With the prevailing insecurity occasioned by relentless gruesome attacks by Boko Haram in North-Eastern states in the country, many Nigerians…
UNICEF condemn killings in Baga
The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), on Monday, condemned the killing of children, women and the elderly in Baga town…
Cameroon pushes out Boko Haram from military base
Cameroon’s army repelled an attack Monday by Nigerian Boko Haram Islamists on a military base bear the northwest border after…
Boko Haram: UN ready to assist Nigeria, says Ban
The United Nations has promised to assist the Nigerian Government and all affected neighbouring States in bringing an end to…
Boko Haram: Nigeria ‘needs same support as France’ – Catholic Archbishop
A Nigerian archbishop called Monday for the same international support to tackle Boko Haram as France has received since it…
Boko Haram: NEMA distributes food to 32,000 families in Borno
The Borno State Emergency Management Agency (SEMA) said on Monday that it had targeted 32, 000 families for its `Food…
Two female suicide bombers kill four in Potiskum
Two explosions ripped through a crowded mobile phone market in the northeast Nigerian city of Potiskum on Sunday, residents said,…
Nigeria army begs for support after Boko Haram attacks
Nigeria’s military has called for support in tackling Boko Haram after a major attack on a key northeast town that…
US condemns intensifying Boko Haram attacks in Nigeria
The United States condemned a spike in attacks in northeastern Nigeria by Boko Haram, urging all responsible for the “recurring…
Breaking: 20 killed by girl-suicide bomber in Maiduguri
A suicide bomb attack by a young girl thought to be as young as 10 in the northeast Nigerian city…
All now quiet in Damaturu, after Boko Haram attack
Sounds of gun fire and explosions quietened overnight in Damaturu, the capital of the Nigerian north east state of Yobe,…
Boko Haram clash with Nigerian troops in Damaturu
Boko Haram gunmen fought running battles with Nigerian troops on the streets of the northeastern city of Damaturu on Friday,…
Boko Haram destroys at least 16 towns, villages in Borno
Boko Haram razed at least 16 towns and villages in a renewed assault after capturing a key military base in…
Nigerian troops can’t do anything to us, Boko Haram’s Shekau
Boko Haram leader Abubakar Shekau has stated that Nigerian security operatives cannot do anything to halt the Islamist sects bid…
You’ll taste what has befallen Nigeria, Shekau threatens Cameroun
Boko Haram leader Abubakar Shekau has threatened Cameroun in a video message on YouTube, warning that the same fate would…
Things Must Change
By Gen. Muhammadu Buhari Good morning my friends, Many of you believe something is wrong with Nigeria. Some of you…
Fears over latest Boko Haram town, military base seizure
Boko Haram’s seizure of a key town and military base in Nigeria’s far northeast has tightened its grip on the…
Fayose And 2015 Elections: Open Letter To The Army And The Police
By Joe Igbokwe “In the speech of Mr. Ayo Fayose he said propaganda would only waste time and that attack…