Tag: Boko Haram
Tambuwal: No more excuses in routing Boko Haram
Nigeria no longer has any excuse for failing to root out Boko Haram Islamists blamed for killing thousands, including many…
Thousands escape from Boko Haram, says UN
Thousands of refugees are fleeing harrowing scenes of atrocities and body-strewn streets in northern Nigeria, the UN said Tuesday. The…
Abia Warriors opt out of Maiduguri, but appeal rejected
Nigerian football club Abia Warriors have asked for their weekend match against El Kanemi Warriors be moved from the northeastern…
Recall Youth Corps Members Posted To War-Torn States
Days ago, the National Youth Service Corps, NYSC, shocked Nigerians by posting of 820 graduates to war-torn Borno State to…
Boko Haram: 250 Female Students Relocated
At least 250 students of the Federal Government Girls College (FGGC), Monguno, Borno, have so far relocated to the Federal…
Plot To Bomb Synagogue Church Foiled
Cyriacus Izuekwe & Simon Ateba A plan by the Boko Haram terrorist sect to bomb Prophet T.B. Joshua’s church in…
Nigeria’s army chief moves to troubled North east
Nigeria’s Chief of Army Staff, Lt. Gen. Kenneth Minimah, has moved to the North-East to supervise the war against Boko…
Healthcare services collapse in northern Borno state
Healthcare services have collapsed in the northern part of Nigeria’s Borno state as doctors, nurses and pharmacists flee for their…
Soldiers checkmate Boko Haram terrorists, kill 20
Nigeria’s Defence Headquarters (DHQ) said soldiers foiled attempts by Boko Haram terrorists to attack Ajiri and Mafa in Borno state…
FG, Boko Haram And The Sanctity Of Life
By Tayo Ogunbiyi The concept of the sanctity of life is anchored on the sacred nature of life, and the…
Insight: Nigerian army losing grip over Boko Haram
Nigeria’s military is losing control of swathes of the largely Muslim northeast to Boko Haram insurgents who are killing civilians…
Boko Haram: The Cameroon Connection
It has now dawned on President Paul Biya of the Republic of Cameroon and his government that the Boko Haram…
In firefight, Cameroon kill 6 Boko Haram militants
Seven people were killed on Sunday when Boko Haram militants launched an assault in northern Cameroon, a Cameroonian security source…
Boko Haram kill 29 after giving notice of attack
Suspected Boko Haram insurgents killed 29 people in Nigeria’s embattled Borno state, even after giving notice of the attack to…
Boko Haram: Women Mobilise For Mother Of All Protests
Kazeem Ugbodaga Thousands of women are gearing up for mass protest in Lagos, Port Harcourt, Benin and Abuja following Boko…
85 people killed by Boko Haram in two days
It was a very bloody weekend as Boko Haram militants continued their campaign against Nigerians, killing 85 people in two…
35 die in double bomb blasts in Maiduguri
Two explosions on Saturday rocked the northern Nigerian city of Maiduguri, a stronghold of the radical Islamist Boko Haram group,…
Shooting scare as Gov. Nyako visits Boko Haram victims
Sporadic gunfire sparked panic on Friday as the governor of Nigeria’s Adamawa state met with survivors of a brutal Boko…
Nigeria in a state of war with Boko Haram, says Okupe
Nigeria’s presidency on Friday said the country was at war with Boko Haram, apparently backing off previous claims that the…
Nigerian troops begin ‘operation flush out’ Boko Haram
Nigeria’s Defence Headquarters (DHQ) on Thursday said that the military has embarked on specialised operation to flush out the Boko…
Boko Haram: The denial, lamentations, empty vituperations
By Bamidele Aturu The horrendous massacre of children by Boko Haram insurgents and the cluelessness of the security agencies are…
32 killed in fresh Boko Haram attacks
. The blood letting continues in Nigeria’s North east No fewer than 32 people have been killed by suspected Boko…
Hollande promises to help Nigeria combat Boko Haram
‘Your struggle is our struggle,’ Hollande tells Nigeria French President Francois Hollande promised Nigeria support on Thursday in the battle…
Students flee boarding houses in North east Nigeria
Terrified students in northeast Nigeria have fled boarding schools after an attack by suspected Boko Haram extremists in which 59…
Jonathan vows to end terrorism in Nigeria
President Goodluck Jonathan on Wednesday reiterated his administration’s commitment to end all forms of terrorism in the country. In his…
Yobe massacre monstrous, says PDP
Nigeria’s Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) on Wednesday described the killing of 43 students of the Federal Government College, Buni-Yadi, Yobe,…
One Massacre Too Many
The invasion of Federal Government College, Buni Yadi, Yobe State, by Boko Haram terrorists which left 43 students dead on…
Yobe School Attack Horrific, Says APC
The All Progressives Congress (APC) has unreservedly condemned Monday night’s horrific attack on the Federal Government College in Yobe State,…
Nigeria seeks help from France, Cameroon to fight Boko Haram
Nigeria on Tuesday issued an appeal to France and Abuja’s Francophone neighbours, especially Cameroon, to help it in the battle…
Yobe massacre: Death toll jumps to 59
The death toll in the latest Boko Haram attack against sleeping secondary school students of Federal Government College, Buni Yadi…