Tag: Boko Haram
Boko Haram turns robust trading town to ghost town
A deathly silence hangs over the once lively trading town of Amchide in the far north of Cameroun, abandoned to…
Boko Haram invades two towns in Adamawa
Scores of Boko Haram fighters on Thursday invaded two towns in northeast Nigeria’s Adamawa state after hunters and civilian vigilantes…
Boko Haram: Professing A Transcendent Deity In Fact And In Illusion
Let us reason together folks. In Iraq and Syria, you have the Islamic State militants unleashing terror on people in…
Courageous Hunters Set To Recapture Mubi
Hunters in Mubi, Adamawa State, northeast Nigeria, are said to be mobilising to retake the town captured by Boko Haram…
Whither Safe Schools Initiative?
The suicide bombing on Wednesday at Federal College of Education, Kontagora, in Niger State, two days after close to 50…
Curbing Boko Haram will determine success of 2015 election, says Gov. Aliyu
Governor Babangida Aliyu of Niger said on Wednesday in Minna that the success of the 2015 general elections would depend…
Boko Haram: Lt. Col., Others Killed In Mubi
Boko Haram insurgents reportedly overwhelmed Nigerian troops trying to reclaim Mubi in Adamawa State, northeast Nigeria, on Tuesday. According to…
10 feared dead after bomb rocks Niger State
At least 10 people were feared dead on Wednesday after a suspected suicide bombing at a Nigerian teaching college as…
Boko Haram: Over 13,000 Nigerian refugees flee to Cameroun, says UN
The UN Refugee Agency on Tuesday said violence by Boko Haram insurgents in Nigeria’s northeast continues to send thousands of…
Boko Haram: Nigeria blasts US for refusing to sell arms
Nigeria’s ambassador to Washington has blasted the United States for refusing to sell his country the weapons needed to deliver…
Jonathan announces second-term bid, vows to defeat Boko Haram
President Goodluck Jonathan on Tuesday declared his bid for re-election, vowing to finally defeat Boko Haram whose rise in strength…
Boko Haram Seizes Another LG In Adamawa
As different groups and politicians endorse President Goodluck Jonathan for a second term in Abuja, reports have it that Maiha…
Boko Haram attacks Cameroun, kills three
Islamists from Nigeria’s Boko Haram killed at least three civilians over the weekend as they attacked six communities in the…
Block oil theft to stop Boko Haram – Saraki
Senator Bukola Saraki of Kwara sate has stated that Nigeria must have to stop oil theft if it seriously wants…
My family trapped in Islamic Caliphate, says Alex Badeh
Nigeria’s Chief of Defence Staff, Air Chief Marshal Alex Badeh said on Monday that his family remains under Boko Haram’s…
New video shows inside ‘Boko Haram-controlled town’
A new Boko Haram video obtained by AFP on Sunday shows militants on an armoured vehicle parading down a road…
Army releases over 125 Boko Haram fighters
The 7 Division of the Nigerian Army, Maiduguri, on Saturday handed over another 125 suspected Boko Haram insurgents to the…
Boko Haram: Ohaneze Ndigbo seeks for summit of ex-military officers
Chief Emmanuel Iwuanyanwu, a PDP chieftain, has charged the Ohaneze Ndigbo leadership to summon a meeting of all retired senior…
Boko Haram principles are UnIslamic – Aregbesola
Governor Rauf Aregbesola of Osun on Friday said that Boko Haram principles and beliefs were not in line with Islamic…
More troops needed to stem Boko Haram, says Ngilari
Boko Haram has taken over at least five municipalities in northeast Nigeria’s Adamawa state, its governor said on Friday, calling…
Nigeria needs volunteers, troops to fight Boko Haram
A bomb concealed in a black plastic bag killed several people in Nigeria’s restive northeast on Friday, as Adamawa state…
Boko Haram attack in Borno kills 21, says Sen Lawan
Twenty-one civilians were killed after Boko Haram fighters clashed with troops in the restive northeast of Nigeria, a local lawmaker…
Boko Haram changes names of captured Nigeria towns
Boko Haram has renamed two towns it captured in northeast Nigeria as part of campaign to establish a caliphate in…
Chief Of Defence Staff’s Feckless Remarks
On Tuesday, Alex Badeh, an Air Chief and Nigeria’s Chief of Defence Staff was quoted as saying it is immaterial…
Only 64 Boko Haram fighters captured Mubi
Last week’s seizure of Mubi, Adamawa state’s second largest city was carried out by only 64 Boko Haram fighters, a…
Boko Haram: CAN asks military to fish out saboteurs in its rank
Ayorinde Oluokun/Abuja The Christian Association of Nigeria on Wednesday said it was ready to meet senior Muslim clerics with a…
Boko Haram: FG urges religious leaders to pray for Nigeria
The Minister of Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Sen. Bala Mohammed, on Wednesday urged religious leaders to pray for Nigeria to…
2,255 inmates set free in 5 years by Boko Haram, says NPS
By Ayorinde Oluokun The Nigerian Prison Service, NPS said on Wednesday that a total of 2, 255 prisoners have been…
Boko Haram: Gombe orders closure of schools
Gombe State Government on Wednesday ordered the closure of all public and private schools in the state, a day after…
Boko Haram attack Gombe town, raid French-owned factory
Suspected Boko Haram gunmen launched a series of attacks in Nigeria’s restive northeast on Tuesday, opening fire on troops in…