Has Nigeria Forgotten Leah Sharibu? – By Ugochukwu Ejinkeonye

By Ugochukwu Ejinkeonye | Lagos, Nigeria | Feb. 23, 2019 –  As President Muhammadu Buhari, the commander-in-chief of the Nigerian Armed Forces, moves from one state to another, campaigning for a second term despite nearly four years in office which has been widely adjudged a horrendous failure, a 15-year old, tender, innocent girl called Leah […]

Boko Haram attacks Shettima’s campaign convoy

Timothy Olanrewaju, Maiduguri Boko Haram insurgents have attacked the convoy of Borno State governor, Kashim Shettima, along a major road in the central part of the state while his team was on a campaign tour.  Security sources at the Government House said the insurgents ambushed some vehicles on the campaign convoy of the governor on […]

Boko Haram: 3 soldiers, scores of terrorists killed in Borno shootout

Molly Kilete, Abuja The Nigerian Army yesterday said that three of its soldiers lost their lives in a shootout with the Boko Haram terror group in Borno State. The assistant director, army public relations, theater command, Col.  Onyeama Nwachukwu, who made this known in a statement, said the soldiers killed scores of the terrorists who tried to attack […]

South-East soldiers, biggest casualties of Boko Haram war

The apex Igbo socio-cultural organisation, Ohanaeze Ndigbo, has accused President Muhammadu Buahri and his party, the All Progressives Congress, of deceiving Nigerians with phony promises they do not intend to fulfil. The National Publicity Secretary of the group, Uche Achi-Okpaga, said this on Friday in an interview with SUNDAY PUNCH. The Ohanaeze’s spokesperson therefore predicted electoral […]

Happening now: Boko Haram infiltrates Maiduguri suburbs, creating fears – military

Happening now: Boko Haram infiltrates Maiduguri suburbs, creating fears – military   Timothy Olanrewaju, Maiduguri The military has said that Boko Haram insurgents have infiltrated some areas around Maiduguri, the Borno State capital instilling fear by asking people to vacate their homes. Spokesman of Operation Lafiya Dole, Col Onyema Nwachukwu, in a statement on Thursday morning, said […]

8 soldiers dead, 10 terrorists killed in Yobe – Army

Molly Kilete, Abuja The Nigerian Army has said eight of its men were killed after Boko Haram terrorists attacked their location at  Buni Gari village, in Yobe State, last weekend. Director, Army Public Relations Brig.-Gen. Sani Usman, who made this known in an interview with Daily Sun, in Abuja, also said that the soldiers killed […]

Air force bombards terrorists’ camps

Molly Kilete, Abuja (with agency report) The Nigerian Air Force (NAF) has commenced airstrikes on Boko Haram terrorists’ locations in Borno State. A top military intelligence officer said the latest airstrikes had destroyed a convoy of vehicles linked to Boko Haram attackers involved in last week raid on the military base at Metele in Borno State. READ […]

Boko Haram: Killing Leah Sharibu won’t solve your problems

The media recently carried reports that Boko Haram killed Saifura Khorsa, one of the kidnapped health workers from Kala-Balge in Borno State and threatened to kill Hauwa Liman, Alice Ngaddah and Leah Sharibu, one of the adopted Dapchi girls that refused to renounce her faith. READ ALSO: I just want my daughter back alive, not money – […]

Boko Haram makes good on threat, kills another aid worker Says Leah Sharibu ‘will live as slave’

The Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP), a faction of Boko Haram, has executed Hauwa Leman, an aid worker with the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), TheCable has been informed. READ ALSO: Boko Haram kills 4 UN aid workers, abducts others in Borno attack The terrorists also promised to keep Leah Sharibu, the Dapchi schoolgirl, as “a slave […]

Boko Haram kills nurse, threatens to murder Leah Sharibu

• Buhari, US condemn killing of Khorsa Adelani Adepegba, Ade Adesomoju, Olaleye Aluko and Kayode Idowu Boko Haram has killed one of the health workers kidnapped from Kala-Balge, Borno State, Saifura Khorsa, a midwife with the International Committee of Red Cross. In a video seen by an online newspaper, The Cable, the deceased who was […]

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