Tag: Boko Haram
War Against Terror And Information Management
The military of any nation is mostly heard only where actions in favour of such nation is paramount and in…
UN Envoy Vows To Rebuild Chibok Schools
UN education envoy Gordon Brown on Tuesday pledged that a school from where more than 200 girls were kidnapped by…
Wanted terror suspect arrested, says DHQ
Nigeria’s Defence Headquarters on Tuesday claimed that a wanted terror kingpin was among the 486 Boko Haram suspects arrested in…
2 Bus Loads Of Boko Haram Suspects Still At Large
Following the arrest of 486 suspected Boko Haram members in Asa in Ukwa West Local Government Area of Abia State,…
Buccaneers As Statesmen
By Chido Onumah I have always advocated for a full-scale socio-political restructuring of Nigeria. The reason is simple. Unless we…
Association denies kidnap of 30 Fulani women near Chibok
The Borno chapter of Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association of Nigeria (MACBAN) on Friday denied media reports that some Fulani…
Fans stay home over Boko Haram fears
Danlami Ma’azu stood among a crowd jostling to secure a satellite TV decoder in the Nigerian city of Kano so…
Chibok Girls: Mounting fears and mistrust
Two months since the kidnapping of more than 200 Nigerian schoolgirls, the teenagers appear no nearer being found and freed,…
2015: Elections May Not Hold, Says Uranta
Eromosele Ebhomele Elections in Nigeria in 2015 will not hold if the National Conference does not make “substantial conclusions” before…
Boko Haram Burnt 750 Churches — PFN
Kazeem Ugbodaga The Pentecostal Fellowship of Nigeria, PFN, has lamented that 750 churches have so far been burnt by Islamic…
Victor Olaiya Expresses Worry Over Chibok Girls
Despite the involvement of the United States of America, the United Kingdom and other countries in the rescue effort of…
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Fireworks Begin As World Cup Kicks Off Tonight
For the next four weeks, football lovers will savour the exploits of the best players of the game across the…
‘Sanusi Lamido Will Take Emirate To Greater Heights’
Eromosele Ebhomele Speaker of the Lagos State House of Assembly, western Nigeria, Adeyemi Ikuforiji, has described the appointment of the…
Over 6000 flee Boko Haram violence in one week – NEMA
Boko Haram violence has forced over 6,000 people in the northeast Nigerian state of Borno to flee their homes within…
Ban On Rallies: Melaye Floors Police
Nnamdi Felix/Abuja An Abuja High Court on Wednesday ruled in favour of Dino Melaye that the Nigeria Police Force lacks…
‘We Won’t Leave Until Chibok Girls Are Found’
The United States has declared that its troops will not leave Nigeria until the more than 200 schoolgirls abducted on…
Bomb Scare At Wuse Market Abuja
Sola Adeola/Abuja There was bomb scare in Wuse area of Abuja, Nigeria’s capital Tuesday. Residents woke up to see that…
Tinubu Blasts Jonathan Over Chibok Girls
Senator Oluremi Tinubu has decried the Federal Government’s handling of the rescue of over 200 students kidnapped from Government Girls…
Boko Haram kidnap over 20 young mothers in Borno
Suspected Boko Haram gunmen kidnapped at least 20 young mothers near a town in northeast Nigeria where more than 200…
Over 100 buried after Boko Haram attack
More than 100 bodies have been buried almost a week after a Boko Haram attack in northeast Nigeria, local leaders…
Military’s Transferred Aggression
The seizure last week of thousands of copies four major Nigerian newspapers by the military at the behest of the…
Cameroon kills 102 Boko Haram fighters
While Nigeria’s army is struggling to curb the incessant attacks of Boko Haram Islamist sect particularly in the northeast, west…
Insurgency: Obanikoro calls for educational reform in North
The Minister of State for Defence, Senator Musiliu Obanikoro, has called for educational reforms in the North to complement efforts…
Boko Haram a cult group – Bishop
Bishop Josiah Idowu Fearon of the Kaduna Diocese, Church of Nigeria (Anglican Communion), on Friday described the Boko Haram as…
Force not priority to rescue Chibok girls – FG
The Federal Government said on Friday that the process of rescuing the kidnap Chibok schoolgirls could be hard and time…
Nigerian Military Clamps Down On Media
Oluokun Ayorinde/Abuja The Nigerian military which has come under severe criticisms locally and international for failing to contain the Boko…
Lagos PMAN To Hold Peace Concerts For Chibok Girls
The Lagos State chapter of the Performing Musicians’ Association of Nigeria, PMAN, has joined the call for the release of…
Boko Haram attack soldiers, church
Suspected Boko Haram militants Thursday 5 June in a fresh raid on a town in the restive northeast of Nigeria,…
45 killed by ‘fake preachers’ near Boko Haram stronghold
Forty-five people were killed by suspected Boko Haram gunmen pretending to be preachers in a village near the group’s spiritual…
Nigeria, Cameroon, Others For Boko Haram Summit
Nigeria, Cameroon, Chad, Niger and Benin Republic are to attend another round of international conference on Boko Haram insurgents. The…