KANO (AFP) – Boko Haram is holding a French priest who was kidnapped in northern Cameroon, a source in the banned Nigerian Islamist group said on Friday, rejecting claims of a rift among the insurgents. “I can confirm that the French priest is in the hands of mujahideen (fighters) from Jamaat Ahl al-Sunna Li Da’wat […]
President Goodluck Jonathan President Goodluck Jonathan on Tuesday admitted that despite the efforts of the nation’s security agencies targeted at curtailing the activities of members of the fundamentalist Islamic sect, Boko Haram, his administration could not be said to have won the war against terror. But he ruled out compensation for victims […]
THIRTY-FIVE bodies in military uniform have been brought to a morgue in Yobe State, after a coordinated assault by Boko Haram targeting the security forces, a hospital source told AFP on Monday. The attack, late last week Thursday in Damaturu, the capital of Yobe State, was the first raid in a major urban centre […]
Director Army Public Relations, Brigadier-General Ibrahim Attahiru A retired lieutenant colonel, who was said to have led the Boko Haram attacks on Damaturu, Yobe State, on Thursday was arrested by security forces during the encounter. The retired army officer is being detained at a military facility. It could not be ascertained as of the […]
By KINGSLEY OMONOBI & NDAHI MARAMA, Maiduguri In continuation of its fight against Boko Haram Insurgents in the North-East, the troops of 7 Division of the Nigerian Army have destroyed Boko Haram camp, killing over 95 insurgents in Galangi and Limanti villages of Kaga local government area of Borno state. The invasion came barely some […]
» • Soldiers begin patrol on Borno, Yobe, Adamawa roads From TIMOTHY OLANREWAJU, Maiduguri and MOLLY KILETE, Abuja The Nigerian Army yesterday said 37 Boko Haram members died during a coordinated raid and air strike by its troops and Nigeria Air Force on camp located in the eastern part of Borno. This is coming at […]
Members of the Boko Haram Islamic sect may have killed 19 people in Borno State on Sunday. AFP reported that the insurgents who were dressed in military uniforms and wielding AK 47 assault rifles killed the 19 motorists by blocking the highway near Logumani which is 19 kilometres from the nation’s border with Cameroun. It […]
At least 20 people were killed when Islamist group Boko Haram attacked a town in northeast Nigeria, triggering clashes with troops stationed there, the military said on Sunday. Reuters reported that a spokesman for Nigerian forces in northeastern Borno State, which lies at the heart of a four-year-old Islamist insurgency, said the Islamists crept into […]
President of the senate, David Mark Senate President David Mark on Tuesday in Abuja described sponsors and perpetrators of the violent attacks on innocent Nigerians in the northern part of the country as insane. Mark, according to a statement by his Chief Press Secretary, Mr. Paul Mumeh, stated this at the 53rd Independence anniversary […]
Authorities in Nigeria say there was no security protection at an agricultural college where up to 50 students were shot dead as they slept on Sunday. The students were killed by suspected Islamist gunmen in their dormitory in Yobe state, north-eastern Nigeria. Official Abdullahi Bego told the BBC the government and military would work […]
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