Tag Archives: Boko Haram

It has been revealed that one of the bomb blasts that killed a professor at the University of Maiduguri moments ago was caused by a seven-year-old. The bombers were laced with improvised explosive devices and that he stormed a prayer ground as early as 5 am. Revealing how the incident …

Troops of eight Task Force Division Nigerian Army on Thursday intercepted a group of Boko Haram terrorists suspected to be on a mission to get logistics supplies in surrounding villages along Monguno-Brimari road, Borno State, It was gathered that the extremists, on sighting the military patrol, engaged them in a …

As Nigeria military continue to reassure the world that Boko Haram is now in the history books and governors of the most affected north-east states by Boko Haram insurgency visit IDP Camps to celebrated Eid; Boko Haram members were out in full force to prove they are still relevant. Boko …

Presidential body guard with link to Boko Haram arrested The presidency could not be reached to confirm the arrest of a Body Guard to President Mohammadu Buhari Coporal Hassan Aminu who is alleged to have a link with Boko Haram sect. There are reports that Aminu had been taken into …

The Director of Defence Information, Brig.-Gen. Rabe Abubakar, has said that more 700 repentant Boko Haram insurgents in the North-East have surrendered to the military. Abubakar said this when he paid a courtesy call on the Managing Director of the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), Mr Bayo Onanuga, in Abuja …

The UN Humanitarian Co-ordinator in Bosso, in southeastern Niger, Fode Ndiaye, has called for international mobilisation to remedy the humanitarian crisis in the region, as the population flee following violent attacks from Boko Haram . 26 Nigerien soldiers were killed on June 3, following an attack by Boko Haram militants. …

The Nigerian government says it has agreed to Cameroon’s voluntary return of some 80,000 Nigerian refugees who fled the Boko Haram insurgency. Nigerian officials had said Cameroon was threatening to force the repatriation of tens of thousands of Nigerians. Cameroon has previously dumped thousands on the border with Nigeria. Nigerian …

At least two people were killed on Thursday when a suicide bomber blew himself up in front of an official building in Maiduguri, Nigeria’s military has said. NTA News Verified account ‏@NTANewsNow The IED explosion at the Maiduguri Borno State Govt Secretariat killed the suicide bomber, 2 policemen and 18 …

Emotions ran high in Chibok yesterday as the first of 219 school girls abducted by Boko Haram insurgents over two years ago was brought to the village for identification. Amina Ali was rescued on Tuesday night in Bale village at the edge of the Sambisa forest by a Chibok vigilante …

Boko Haram’s seven year insurgency has caused $9 billion of damage in six northern Nigerian states since 2011, according to the office of Vice President Yemi Osinbajo. Earlier in March, a report by the world bank estimated the jihadists had caused $5.9 billion worth of damages in Borno state in …

After two years since they were kidnapped, one of the missing 219 Chibok girls has been found near Nigeria’s Sambisa forest, an area controlled by Boko Haram militants. According to AFP, the information on the discovery of the girl was released by an NGO in the country. A spokesman for …

PRESS RELEASE Boko Haram Now Gives Loans To Youth As Bait For Membership It has come to the knowledge of the Defence Headquarters that Boko Haram terrorists have now devised another means of recruiting unsuspecting youths into their fold. In this clandestine dispensation, Boko Haram terrorists have resorted to providing …

Nigerians want to know if  the two girls arrested before they could detonate suicide bombs are Nigerian schoolgirls kidnapped by the Islamist terror group Boko Haram two years ago, state broadcaster NTA said Saturday. Friday, three female suicide bombers planning to carry out an attack near the northern Cameroon village …

By Dibie Ike Michael with REUTERS, AGENCY  NIGERIA Nigerian president, Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday accused South African Telecommunication company MTN of fuelling the Boko Haram insurgency as a result of failing to disconnect unregistered SIM cards. Buhari made the comment in a joint news conference with his South African counterpart, …

Mobile phone giant MTN fuelled the Islamist-led insurgency in Nigeria by failing to disconnect unregistered sim cards, the Nigerian president has said. muhammadu Buhari made the comment during a visit to Nigeria by his South African counterpart Jacob Zuma. Last year, Nigeria fined the South African-owned firm $3.4bn (£2.7bn) for …