Tag: Borno State
Nigerian army denies losing many men to Boko Haram
A Nigerian military strike on a Boko Haram camp in the country’s northeast last week left about 150 militants and…
10 Boko Haram fighters killed in air, land raids
Nigerian troops launched an air strike and later killed 10 suspected members of Boko Haram in a clash in the…
18 killed in bloody Boko Haram, Vigilantes clash
Clashes Sunday in Nigeria’s restive northeast killed five Boko Haram militants and 13 fighters from a vigilante group which has…
Boko Haram: Nigerian army fails to stop more killings
The Nigerian army has continued to ensure the safety of Nigerians living in Borno State as yet another killing has…
Suspected Boko Haram gunmen kill 38 in Nigeria
At least 38 people have been killed in weekend attacks in Nigeria by suspected Boko Haram insurgents, and another 34…
Boko Haram gunmen strike again, kill 11
Suspected Boko Haram Islamists have stormed Damboa, Borno state, northeast Nigeria, opened fire on police and civilians and killed 11…
Breaking news: 44 killed by gunmen in mosque
Gunmen have killed 44 people inside a mosque, in Borno state, northeast Nigeria, officials say. The killings took place during…
32 Boko Haram terrorists killed in counter-attacks
Nigeria’s Joint Task Force (JTF) on Operation Restore Order (ORO) has confirmed the killing of 32 Boko Haram militants after…
Boko Haram gunmen kill 20 in shooting rampage
The Nigerian army, enforcing a state of emergency in Borno state, has reported the death of 20 civilians in Dawashe…
Boko Haram: Women, children rescued, mass grave found
Nigeria’s military on Sunday claimed the rescue of women and children hostages from a Boko Haram Islamist stronghold, saying troops…
Boko Haram: Vigilante group burns home of ANPP boss
A vigilante group claiming to help Nigeria’s military authorities battle insurgents in Borno State has set fire to the home…
Police report indicts Nigerian army in Baga killings
Nigerian soldiers fired wildly “at anybody in sight” during a deadly April incident in Baga, Borno state, a police report…
Nigerian Army bans satellite phones in Borno
Nigeria’s military on Wednesday banned the use of satellite phones in Borno state after cutting mobile phone service, further isolating…
Army rescues Boko Haram’s female captives
Nigerian authorities said Friday they had freed three women and six children abducted by Islamist extremist group Boko Haram as…
Boko Haram: 10 killed, 65 arrested in Maiduguri
Nigeria’s Defence Headquarters said on Saturday in Abuja that 10 suspected terrorists were killed as troops clashed with insurgent groups…
More Fighter jets pound Boko Haram bases, residents flee
Nigerians living with Boko Haram insurgents in northeast Nigeria fled their homes Saturday as military fighter jets and helicopters carried…
ACN Condemns Bama Killings
The Action Congress of Nigeria, ACN, has strongly condemned the attack on Bama town in Borno state by suspected Boko…
55 killed in Boko Haram attacks, prisoners freed
Nigeria’s Boko Haram gunmen Tuesday launched coordinated attacks on military barracks, a prison and police stations in the northeastern town…
Monguno released after N50million ransom paid
Octogenarian and former Nigerian oil minister, Shettima Ali Monguno, who was kidnapped last Friday by gunmen in the northeastern city…
Abductors of Nigeria’s ex-oil minister demand ransom
Nigeria’s former oil minister was kidnapped Friday by gunmen who stormed his vehicle outside a mosque in the restive city…
Senator says more than 200 killed in Baga
The gunbattle between security forces and Boko Haram insurgents in Nigeria a week ago in Baga killed 228 people, Senator…
Boko Haram kills 2 Nigerian cops in Bama
At least two policemen were feared dead on Thursday, after some gunmen suspected to be Boko Haram insurgents attacked a…
Relief camps set up for victims of Baga carnage
Nigeria rescue workers have now set up temporary camps in the remote northeastern town of Baga and distributed aid to…
Nigerian soldiers restrict access to genocide town of Baga
Rescue workers on Tuesday struggled to reach a remote Nigerian town where the military was restricting access after fierce clashes…
Failed Peace Efforts
Past and present efforts to reconcile Boko Haram with the Federal Government remain a mirage Former President Olusegun Obasanjo, in…
Boko Haram: A People’s Alternative To Peace
By Adewale Adeoye Recently, tear-soaked Mrs. Deborah Shettima from Borno State gave a gory account of how her husband was…
Boko Haram Kills Two PDP Leaders
Two prominent members of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in Borno State, northeast Nigeria, have been shot dead by gunmen…
Multiple bomb explosions as APC govs meet in Maiduguri
Nine Nigerian Governors of the All Progressive Congress met in Maiduguri, Borno state, today, same day the city recorded three…
Boko Haram commander killed
Nigerian troops claimed they killed a suspected commander of the Boko Haram and three of his lieutenants during an operation…
Boko Haram bombs Maiduguri again, kills 2
A bomb explosion targeting soldiers killed at least two people on Friday in the northeastern Nigerian city of Maiduguri while…