Boko Haram suicide attack kills at least 22 worshippers in Maiduguri — 16th March 2016 A suspected Boko Haram suicide bomb attack has killed at least 22 Muslim worshippers at a mosque in Maiduguri in north-east Nigeria. Rescue officials said two female suicide bombers were believed to have carried out the attack, which saw 17 […]
Despite recent attacks, we’ve dislodged Boko Haram-FG From Ikenna Emewu, Magnus Eze, Abuja and Paul Orude, Bauchi Brushing aside recent attacks by Boko Haram, the Federal Government insisted yesterday that the insurgents have been dislodged from the North East. Besides, despite government’s insistence that Boko Haram insurgents have been considerably degraded by the coordinated and […]
•Says Obasanjo wrong on Chibok schoolgirls By Chris Iwarah The military has denied the claim by Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed that troops combating Boko Haram insurgents in the North-East were doing so with substandard weapons purchased by the Jonathan administration. This is even as the authorities said hopes of rescuing the […]
-Sun Suicide bombers kill 62 in Borno IDP Camp From Timothy Olanrewaju, Maiduguri Two female bombers, pretending as displaced Boko Haram victims, sneaked into an Internally Displaced Persons’ (IDPs) camp in Borno’s Dikwa town and killed no fewer than 62 persons. According to a Civilian JTF member and military source who preferred anonymity, the bombers […]
-Sun Yobe State Governor, Alhaji Ibrahim Gaidam has urged residents who fled the state at the heat of the insurgency to return home, assuring them of adequate safety and security. The governor also said there is no area in the state under the control of Boko Haram, adding that the war against insurgency in that […]
By Olalekan Adetayo, Abuja President Muhammadu Buhari on Sunday raised the alarm that having lost the war to the nation’s armed forces, insurgents are desperately seeking ways of returning to the society to wreak havoc. Buhari therefore called on all Nigerians, especially those that are resident in areas previously ravaged by terrorists, to be more vigilant […]
Several people have been reportedly killed as the military engaged militants suspected to be members of Boko Haram sect in a fierce gun battle that reportedly lasted for hours on Saturday. The insurgents were said to have attacked Dalori and Walori villages, on outskirts of Maiduguri, at around some minutes past 7pm on Saturday night. […]
By Dr. Jideofor Adibe | London, UK | January 10, 2016 – The recent declaration by President Buhari that the country has “technically won the war” against Boko Haram reminds one of George W Bush’s ‘Mission Accomplished’ speech on May 1 2003. The United States had invaded Iraq on March 20 2013, with a coalition […]
By Emman Ovuakporie and Johnbosco Agbakwuru, Abuja Speaker of the House of Representatives,Yakubu Dogara has recounted how he lost his first cousin, a Divisional Police Office, DPO, serving in Borno State to the Boko Haram sect in one of the attacks in the area. Dogara who disclosed this when he visited the Wassa Internally Displaced […]
At least 14 people were killed and several others injured by Boko Haram gunmen in a Christmas Day attack on a village in northeastern Nigeria, vigilantes said Saturday. Attacking astride bicycles, the jihadists invaded Kimba village in flashpoint Borno state around 10:00 pm on Friday, opening fire on residents and torching their homes. “The gunmen […]
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