Tag: Boko Haram
Diary of blood-chilling Boko Haram assaults
Following are key dates and attacks blamed on Boko Haram since Nigeria’s army launched a major offensive against the radical…
Jonathan condemns massacre of students
President Goodluck Jonathan has condemned the killing of about 40 secondary students at a college in Yobe State, North East…
Atiku weeps over massacre of students by Boko Haram
Former Nigerian Vice President Atiku Abubakar today broke down in tears when informed of the massacre of dozens of students…
Knocks For Jonathan Over Media Chat
Eromosele Ebhomele Nigerians this morning slammed President Goodluck Jonathan over his responses to questions he was asked last night during…
29 die in school dormitory shooting by Boko Haram
Twenty nine people have been declared dead in the latest massacre of sleeping secondary school students in Buni Yadi, in…
Boko Haram Miliants Open Fire On Sleeping Students
Suspected Boko Haram gunmen on Tuesday opened fire on secondary school students as they slept in a dormitory in Nigeria’s…
Boko Haram militants open fire on sleeping students
Suspected Boko Haram gunmen on Tuesday opened fire on secondary school students as they slept in a dormitory in Nigeria’s…
Jonathan lashes out at Borno Governor
Ayorinde Oluokun/Abuja President Goodluck Jonathan in his latest media chat lashed out at Governor Kashim Shettima, whose Borno State in…
Service Chiefs Visit Boko Haram Strongholds
The Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Lt.-Gen. Kenneth Minimah, has embarked on an operational visit to units within 7 Division…
98 corpses buried in Bama after Boko Haram assault
No less than 98 corpses have been buried in Bama, after the latest attack by Boko Haram gunmen. The official…
Death toll rises in Bama attack by Boko Haram
The attack by scores of Boko Haram militants in the northeast Nigerian town of Bama has killed 60 people and…
47 killed by Boko Haram in latest attack on Bama
No fewer than 47 people were killed in the early Wednesday’s attack on Bama by dozens of Boko Haram gunmen,…
Shekau in new video, threatens to bomb Nigeria’s refineries
.Nigeria’s most wanted man also threatens to kill Shehu of Borno and Emir of Kano The leader of Boko Haram,…
Bama: Witness says soldiers flee on sighting Boko Haram gunmen
A survivor of the attack on Bama today by Boko Haram militants said the Nigerian soldiers on guard duty fled…
Boko Haram militants suffer heavy losses in Bama
Suspected Boko Haram militants armed with explosives attacked Bama, a troubled spot in Nigeria’s northeast on Wednesday, sparking a battle…
Nigeria winning war against Boko Haram, claims Okupe
In a move that contradicted reality, Nigeria’s Presidency on Tuesday dismissed claims by Governor Kashim Shettima of Borno State that…
Boko Haram run hundreds scared out of Nigerian town
Residents of a northeast Nigerian town said Saturday hundreds of them have fled their homes for fear of attacks by…
9 Nigerian soldiers killed in Boko Haram ambush
Boko Haram gunmen have killed nine Nigerian soldiers after launching an ambush on a military convoy in the troubled northeast,…
Boko Haram: 43 killed in latest Nigerian massacre
No fewer than 43 people have been killed in the latest attack by Boko Haram gunmen against residents of two…
Boko Haram Arrests Stoke ‘Profiling’ Fears
Nigeria’s Muslims have voiced concern about an apparent increase in religious “profiling” after hundreds of terror-related arrests in the country’s…
You Must Win War Against Terror, Says Jonathan
Ayorinde Oluokun/Abuja President Goodluck Jonathan has told the newly appointed Chief of Defence Staff and other Service Chiefs that the…
Boko Haram: The Nigerian Civil War As Religious War
By Osita Ebiem “We are…calling on Muslims in this part of the world to be well prepared because, very soon,…
God will overcome Boko Haram, says Onaiyekan
The Catholic Archbishop of Abuja, Cardinal John Onaiyekan, on Sunday expressed optimism that Nigeria would overcome the challenges of Boko…
Cleric cautions against revenge killings over Sheikh Albani
An Islamic cleric, Malam Musa Mai-Shawi, on Sunday cautioned people against reprisal attack, following the assassination of Sheik Muhammad Albani,…
Boko Haram kill Muslim couple, child and pastor
Nigeria’s Boko Haram was suspected Sunday of killing a popular Muslim cleric, his wife and child in the northern city…
Boko Haram turns 2,000 people into refugees
More than 2,000 people were forced from their homes after a market attack in northeast Nigeria blamed on Boko Haram…
Boko Haram: Thousands flee to Niger, Cameroon
Thousands of people have fled across Nigeria’s borders with Cameroon and Niger amid renewed clashes between the Nigerian military and…
Boko Haram attack 2 villages, kill 18
Nigeria’s Boko Haram gunmen killed 18 people and burned dozens of houses in attacks on two villages in remote northeastern…
Afenifere, CLO, Condemn APC’s Directive To Lawmakers
The pan-Yoruba group, Afenifere, on Friday condemned the directive issued by the All Progressives Congress, APC, to its members in…
Food Security: The Lagos Example
By Rasak Musbau It is very sad that with much potential to achieve agricultural success, streets in most parts of…