Tag: Boko Haram
CBN Funding Of Boko Haram
Allegations by Stephen Davis, an Australian hostage negotiator, that Boko Haram is being funded by prominent politicians via the Central…
Islamic Caliphate: Where Boko Haram kill people like chicken
Boko Haram gunmen have killed scores of residents in a Nigerian town on the border with Cameroon that they captured…
Deploy soldiers against Boko Haram not elections, Tambuwal Tells FG
Jethro Ibileke/Benin Speaker of the Federal House of Representatives, Alhaji Aminu Tambuwal on Saturday added his voice to the condemnation…
Boko Haram Republic of Gwoza is a bad idea
Boko Haram Republic of Gwoza is both a bad idea and an omen of negative things for Nigeria because the…
Emir’s Palace Now Boko Haram’s Headquarters
Boko Haram insurgents have begun to relocate from their camp in Sambisa forest in Borno State to captured territories in…
Cameroun kills 27 Boko Haram militants
Cameroun state-owned radio, CRTV says its military has killed 27 members of Islamist sect Boko Haram near a northeastern town.…
Boko Haram seizes town on Nigeria, Cameroun border
Boko Haram has seized control of a Nigerian town after soldiers deployed there fled to take refuge across the border…
Boko Haram attempts to blow Nigeria-Cameroun bridge
Boko Haram on Tuesday attempted to blow up a bridge on the Nigerian border with Cameroun after overrunning a town…
Boko Haram seeking attention with caliphate call
Boko Haram’s declaration of a caliphate in Nigeria may have been prompted by the attention heaped on Islamic State (IS)…
Mixed Reactions Trail Fleeing Of 480 Soldiers
Some Nigerians have described as half-truth the claim by the military authorities that the 480 soldiers who were found in…
Boko Haram Introduces Sharia Law In Captured Borno Towns
The leader of Boko Haram said his fighters were now ruling the captured northeastern town of Gwoza “by Islamic law”…
Shettima calls for calm over Boko Haram’s Caliphate
Governor Kashim Shettima of Borno on Monday advised residents of the state to remain calm following alleged proclamation of Islamic…
Attack on Gwoza: Seven policemen rescued
Nigeria Police Force said on Monday that it has rescued seven of its 35 men declared missing after an attack…
Nigerian soldiers who fled to Cameroun on way back – DHQ
Ayorinde Oluokun/Abuja The Nigerian Defence headquarters has described as ‘tactical maneuver’ the fleeing of some 480 Nigeria soldiers who were…
Boko Haram: Cameroun Holding 480 Nigeria soldiers
Ayorinde Oluokun/Abuja Nigeria’s neighbour, Cameroun has confirmed that it is holding about 480 Nigerian soldiers who fled to its territory…
Thousands flee to Cameroun after Boko Haram attack
A Boko Haram attack on a border town in northeast Nigeria forced thousands of people to flee on Monday, in…
The Fall Of Gwoza
The declaration of Gwoza as an Islamic Republic or a caliphate by the Boko Haram sect is yet another evidence…
Boko Haram: Army to launch offensive in North-East, says Minimah
The Chief of Army Staff, Lt.-Gen. Kenneth Minimah has said the army will soon launch a massive military offensive to…
Boko Haram leader says Gwoza part of ‘Islamic caliphate’
Boko Haram’s leader said a northeast town seized by the insurgents earlier this month has been placed under an Islamic…
35 Nigeria police ‘missing’ after Boko Haram raid
Thirty-five Nigerian police officers deployed to a training academy in the remote northeast are missing after a Boko Haram attack…
Boko Haram eyes caliphate but can be checked – Report
Boko Haram may be closer than ever to achieving its goal of creating a caliphate in northern Nigeria but comparisons…
Thousands receiving aid after Boko Haram attack
Nearly 11,500 people from one town in northeast Nigeria are receiving emergency aid after fleeing Boko Haram militants, the country’s…
Boko Haram takes over town in Yobe
Boko Haram has seized control of a town in northeastern Nigeria, the latest to fall into Islamist hands in the…
Treating National Security Issues With Parochial, Selfish Passion
By Mac Durugbo Recently, the national dailies carried on their front pages the arrest of 486 suspected Boko Haram members…
Securing Lagos In These Challenging Times
On Monday, eagle-eyed security agents intercepted a physically-challenged man, allegedly attempting to detonate explosives at the premises of Centrix Unit…
Boko Haram hunts victims down, kills 10
Suspected Boko Haram gunmen killed 10 people who had fled their homes to escape repeated attacks by the insurgents, after…
Chadian troops rescue 85 Nigerians from Boko Haram
Chadian troops have rescued around 85 Nigerians kidnapped by Boko Haram Islamists last weekend from fishing communities in Nigeria’s extreme…
Sheriff’s Defection: APC plans nationwide thanksgiving
The All Progressives Youth Forum is planning to organise a nationwide thanksgiving with special Sunday church service and Jumma’at prayers…
Boko Haram: Ogar should resign or be fired – APC
The All Progressives Congress (APC) has called on the Department of State Security (DSS) spokesperson Marilyn Ogar to resign or…
Boko Haram kidnaps scores in Borno
Boko Haram Islamists kidnapped scores of people from fishing communities in Nigeria’s extreme northeast, hauling some of the hostages away…