Tag: Boko Haram
Jonathan heads to Paris for talks on Boko Haram
President Goodluck Jonathan will on Friday travel to Paris, France, to participate in a summit to discuss fresh strategies for…
Gunmen raze two schools in north Nigeria
A group of gunmen razed two schools in Bauchi state, northern Nigeria, where Boko Haram gunmen previously attacked a girls’…
Jonathan to visit Chibok, town of abducted girls
Nigeria’s President Goodluck Jonathan will visit a northeastern town where over 200 schoolgirls were kidnapped by Islamic militants, Boko Haram…
Boko Haram: FG should speak with one voice- APC
The All Progressives Congress (APC) has urged the federal government to immediately stop the discordant tunes emanating from the highest…
NBA Asks Jonathan to Negotiate with Boko Haram
Nnamdi Felix / Abuja The Nigerian Bar Association, NBA, on Thursday in Abuja, called on President Goodluck Jonathan to reconsider…
Kidnapped schoolgirls: Families want ‘unconditional’ release
Relatives of more than 200 schoolgirls held hostage by Boko Haram on Thursday called for their unconditional release, after Nigeria’s…
Terrorism: Jonathan solicits global support for rehabilitation of affected states
President Goodluck Jonathan on Wednesday solicited international support for his plans for the socio-economic rehabilitation of the north-eastern states after…
Boko Haram: Experts doubt gains of state of emergency
by Ben Simon/AFP Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan’s bid to extend an ineffective year-long state of emergency in the northeast has…
Nigerian troops angry after Boko Haram killed 4 in ambush
Nigerian Soldiers fired shots in the air at Maiduguri barracks on Wednesday because they were angry with their commanders about…
Jonathan rules out prisoner swap with Boko Haram
Nigeria’s President Goodluck Jonathan on Wednesday ruled out the release of Boko Haram fighters in exchange for the freedom of…
UK offers spy planes to help Nigeria schoolgirl search
Britain has offered Nigeria surveillance aircraft and a military team to help with the search for more than 200 missing…
State of Emergency: Senate summons service chiefs, NSA
The Senate will meet with Nigeria service chiefs, the National Security Adviser, (NSA), the Minister of Defence and Police Affairs…
UN expert asks Nigeria to talk with Boko Haram
The United Nations’ top expert on worldwide human trafficking called Tuesday for the negotiated release of Nigerian schoolgirls held by…
Jonathan, N’guesso urge African leaders to eradicate terrorism
President Goodluck Jonathan and President Denis Sassou N’guesso of the Republic of Congo Tuesday called on African leaders, the African…
Boko Haram: US AFRICOM Commander meets Nigeria’s Chief of Defence Staff
The Chief of Defence Staff, Air Chief Marshal Alex Badeh has met with Lieutenant General David Rodriguez, the Commander of…
APC condemns forced conversion of abducted Chibok schoolgirls
The All Progressives Congress (APC) on Tuesday condemned the reported forced conversion to Islam, of some Chibok schoolgirls abducted by…
Nigeria willing to talk with Boko Haram on hostages – Turaki
Nigeria is willing to talk to Boko Haram about securing the release of 223 schoolgirls still held hostage by the…
‘All’ girls in Boko Haram video are Chibok students – Shettima
The female hostages shown in a video released by Boko Haram have been identified as students of the secondary school…
New Video Gives Me Joy, Says Man With 3 Kidnapped Cousins
A man whose three cousins are among more than 200 schoolgirls being held by Islamist militants in north-eastern Nigeria tells…
U.S. Planes Search For Kidnapped Schoolgirls
The United States said it is flying “manned” missions over Nigeria in search of over 200 abducted schoolgirls, after the…
Emergency Rule: Jonathan Seeks Extension In Borno, Others
By Ayorinde Oluokun/Abuja President Goodluck Jonathan has written to the National Assembly to seek the extension of the state of…
‘APC Will End Boko Haram’
A Lagos-based APC Chieftain, Kunle Ademoye, has assured Nigerians that the Boko Haram terrorism which had persisted over the years,…
Need For Regional Cooperation To Defeat Insurgents
In a much publicised move, Nigeria has accepted assistance from the United States, Britain, France, China and Israel in a…
Gov Shettima Orders Mass Production Of Abducted Girls Video
Governor Kashim Shettima of Borno has ordered mass production of video clip showing some of the 234 girls abducted on…
Video of Nigeria’s abducted schoolgirls
Shekau Abubakar, Boko Haram leader supplies a video on more than half of the girls captured from Chibok Girls Seconday…
US deploys manned surveillance planes over Nigeria
The United States was Monday flying “manned” missions over Nigeria to track down more than 200 abducted schoolgirls as experts…
5 Suspects arrested over Abuja bombings
Ayorinde Oluokun/Abuja The State Security Service (SSS) also known as Department of State Services (DSS) on Monday paraded five suspects…
Nigeria should pursue prisoner-for-hostage swap – AFP Analysis
Conditions set out by Boko Haram’s leader for the release of the Nigerian schoolgirls held hostage by the Islamists may…
Boko Haram is not asking for negotiation, but ransom
By Com Jasper Azuatalam It is important that as a nation, we take a detailed look and have a deep…
In Pictures: Boko Haram release pictures of kidnapped Chibok girls
The pictures are screengrab taken on 12 May, from a video released by Nigerian Islamist sect, Boko Haram. AFP shows…