Tag: Boko Haram
Boko Haram: Benue evacuates students from Mubi
The Benue Government said it had commenced the evacuation of students from Mubi in Adamawa following the recent attack on…
Nigeria military step up air, land deployment to fight Boko Haram
The Defence Headquarters said necessary deployment of troops and equipment was ongoing to reverse recent violation and breach of security…
Families of Chibok girls shocked at marriage claims
Families of the 219 schoolgirls held for more than six months by Boko Haram militants on Saturday said they were…
Boko Haram still holding kidnapped German hostage
Boko Haram’s leader Abubakar Shekau claimed in a new video obtained by AFP on Friday to be holding a German…
Mubi: Police warn residents against rumour mongering
The Adamawa Police Command on Friday warned residents of the state against spreading unfounded rumour that often leads to panic.…
Talks claims, ceasefire ‘lies’, says Shekau in new video
Boko Haram denied that they had agreed to a ceasefire in a new video obtained on Friday by AFP, describing…
Shekau in new video denies ceasefire, says Chibok schoolgirls married off
It is now certain that President Goodluck Jonathan will never be able to #bringbackourgirls. What a pity! The whole campaign,…
Boko Haram kills varsity lecturer and family, stamps authority on Mubi
Islamist Boko Haram militants have seized control of the northeast Nigerian town of Mubi, killing dozens of people and forcing…
Boko Haram attacks commercial hub in Adamawa
Boko Haram fighters on Wednesday clashed with Nigerian troops in the country’s remote northeast, forcing thousands to flee, after two…
Several killed in Boko Haram attack in Borno
Suspected Boko Haram gunmen killed several people in a village in Nigeria’s far northeast, a local administrator said on Wednesday,…
Chibok girls: Negotiations ongoing with Boko Haram, says FG
The Federal Government on Tuesday said negotiations were still ongoing between it and the Boko Haram sect on the abducted…
Chibok parents beg Boko Haram to release their girls
Some parents and relatives of the abducted students of Government Secondary School (GSS), Chibok, Borno, have appealed to the Boko…
Anxiety Over Release Of Chibok Girls
Anxiety continued to mount on Monday ahead of the release of over 200 Chibok schoolgirls abducted on 14 April this…
How Boko Haram abuses captured women: HRW
* Ex-captives give testimony of life with the insurgents *New Report by Human Rights Watch Africa Boko Haram has used…
Boko Haram abducts 30 boys, girls in fresh attack
Around 30 adolescents — some of them girls aged as young as 11 — have been abducted in northeast Nigeria…
Cameroun army kills 39 Boko Haram fighters
Camerounian troops killed 39 Boko Haram fighters in clashes with the Islamists, who were carrying out three raids on Cameroun’s…
Ceasefire with Boko Haram in doubt after fresh unrest
A deadly bombing in northern Nigeria and new details about kidnappings at the weekend blamed on Boko Haram cast further…
Boko Haram abducts more women, pays N1,500 dowry
No fewer than 60 women have now been confirmed abducted by Boko Haram militants from Wagga Mangoro and Garta villages…
Five dead in Bauchi bus station blast – Police
A bomb blast at a bus station in a north Nigeria area previously targeted by Boko Haram killed five people,…
Explosion rocks bus station in Bauchi
A large explosion rocked a bus station Wednesday in a north Nigeria area previously targeted by Boko Haram, witnesses said,…
FG hopes ‘deal’ with Boko Haram improves image in West
Nigeria’s disputed claim to have brokered a ceasefire agreement with Boko Haram and release deal for more than 200 kidnapped…
Borno elders question Boko Haram ‘ceasefire’ deal
Nigeria’s government may have negotiated a supposed ceasefire with only one faction of Boko Haram, an influential regional group has…
The Boko Haram Ceasefire Farce
The recent attacks and killings in northern Nigeria by suspected Boko Haram members only days after the Federal Government announced…
Boko Haram seizes 40 women in fresh raid
Militants of Boko Haram, have abducted 40 women following an attack on the Village of Wagga in Adamawa state, a…
Senior army officers raise doubts over Boko Haram ceasefire deal
Nigerian military and intelligence officials raised doubts on Sunday about the validity of a ceasefire with Boko Haram, with reports…
Senator cautions FG on ceasefire agreement with Boko Haram
Sen. Ahmed Zannah, representing Borno Central Senatorial District, on Sunday, advised the Federal Government to trade with caution in implementing…
Doubt over Nigeria-Boko Haram ‘ceasefire’, kidnap release
Nigeria’s announcement of a ceasefire with Boko Haram has surprised many and convinced few, particularly when talks with the militants…
Boko Haram breaks ‘ceasefire’, kills nine in 2 villages
On the day Nigeria announced a ceasefire agreement with Boko Haram jihadists, the militants attacked a Nigerian village, killing several…
Ceasefire: Rep urges sincere implementation
A member of the National Assembly, Rep. Dakuku Peterside, said on Friday that the ceasefire agreement between the Federal Government…
Kano residents commend FG over Boko Haram ceasefire agreement
Residents of Kano have commended the Federal Government for the ceasefire agreement it reached with members of the Boko Haram…