Tag: Boko Haram
Boko Haram gunmen kill teacher
Suspected Boko Haram gunmen shot dead a teacher in a northeast Nigerian village on the border with Chad, police and…
15 killed as Boko Haram gunmen attack 2 villages
Suspected Islamist gunmen shot dead 12 people in two separate attacks on villages near Nigeria’s border with Niger while three…
Nigeria counselled on how to tame Boko Haram
A deadly car bomb attack on a crowded market in northeast Nigeria has raised questions about Boko Haram’s capacity to…
Is It Sane To Be A Christian In Today’s Nigeria?
By Henry Chukwuemeka Onyema Ever since I read the study about Christians in Northern Nigeria in the 12 January, 2014…
Police confirm 19 dead in Nigeria’s market bombing
A total of 19 people were killed in a car bomb attack on a busy market blamed on Boko Haram…
Army blames Boko Haram for bombing Maiduguri market
Nigeria’s military on Tuesday blamed Boko Haram militants for a deadly bomb attack that killed at least 17 in a…
Breaking news: 17 dead in Nigeria market bomb attack
No fewer than 17 people were killed when a bomb ripped through a busy market in Maiduguri, capital of the…
Boko Haram strikes in Borno market, kills 5
Suspected Boko Haram gunmen attacked a market 22 kilometres to Maiduguri, Borno state, killing five and injuring many more, witnesses…
Nigerian Airforce denies bombing Senator Ndume’s convoy
The Nigerian Air Force (NAF) on Monday denied that its fighter jets bombed the convoy of one of the Senators…
Nigerian Army to free 167 Boko Haram detainees
Nigeria’s military has confirmed that it was to release 167 people who were detained as part of counter-insurgency operations against…
Boko Haram loses 38 men in shootout with Nigerian troops
Nigeria’s military said they had killed as many as 38 Boko Haram fighters during counter-insurgency operations in Damboa, in the…
‘We met at scene of Apo killings’, says Boko Haram suspect
Ayorinde Oluokun/Abuja A suspected member of the Boko Haram sect, Mohammed Adamu told a panel of the National Human Rights…
Boko Haram: Bomb maker arrested
MADUABUCHI NMERIBEH/Kano The Nigerian Joint Task Force, JTF, fighting terrorists in northern part of the country said it has apprehended…
Jonathan: Boko Haram will blow away soon
.Nigeria’s leader at the first Sunday service of 2014 vows to work harder to improve living conditions of Nigerians President…
Women widowed by Boko Haram beg for jobs
Some wives and children of policemen killed by Boko Haram insurgents, on Saturday appealed to the government and the Nigerian…
Boko Haram: Freed French priest arrives in Paris
A French Roman Catholic priest abducted in Cameroon by Boko Haram militants arrived Paris Wednesday after a seven-week ordeal he…
French priest kidnapped in Cameroon released
Georges Vandenbeusch, the French priest kidnapped in northern Cameroon last month by Boko Haram gunmen, has been released, the office…
Nigerian troops kill 56 Boko Haram militants
Nigeria’s Defence Headquarters (DHQ) on Monday said that 56 terrorists were killed in a major offensive at Alafa Forest in…
Boko Haram gunmen kill 12 at wedding party
Twelve people died in a suspected Boko Haram attack on a wedding party at the weekend, police and health officials…
‘Allah says they must decapitate and mutilate’, claims Shekau
Leader of Nigeria’s Boko Haram, Abubakar Shekau said the bloody insurgency will continue because Allah says “they must decapitate and…
Army re-enacts Odi massacre in Borno, burns down villages
A military offensive in northeast Nigeria that killed more than 50 Islamist rebels has destroyed four villages and left corpses…
15 Nigerian soldiers, 50 Boko Haram fighters die in Bama
Nigeria’s troops have killed over 50 Islamists and destroyed more than 20 vehicles during a massive hunt for fleeing Boko…
Boko Haram kidnaps wives, children of soldiers
.Nigeria’s military stages a battle of honour after Boko Haram militants’ attack barracks in Bama More information is emerging about…
United Nations: Over 1,200 killed by Boko Haram since May
In an independent tally of fatality figures as a result of Boko Haram attacks, the United Nations said today that…
Obasanjo Blasts Jonathan, Writes 18-Page Letter To President
A frustrated Nigerian ex-President Olusegun Obasanjo has written a critical letter to President Goodluck Jonathan, accusing him of ineptitude and…
Boko Haram: Nigerian Military recommends 500 suspects for trial
Ayorinde Oluokun/Abuja Two days after Boko Haram militants launched one of their most daring attacks yet on an Airforce base…
APC Leaders Slam State Of Emergency
Leaders of the All Progressives Congress, APC, have declared that the state of emergency imposed on three states in the…
Secret trial for Boko Haram suspects in Lagos
Akin Kuponiyi A federal high court sitting in Lagos, south west Nigeria has ordered that the trial of suspected Boko…
Analysis: Boko Haram raid casts doubt on Nigerian army claims
A daring Boko Haram raid in the northern Nigerian city of Maiduguri was an embarrassing setback for the security forces,…
Maiduguri Attack: APC Seeks New Strategy To Curtail Boko Haram
The All Progressives Congress (APC) has condemned Monday’s deadly attack on military and other facilities in Maiduguri, saying it was…