Schoolgirls and teachers in north-eastern Nigeria have escaped an attack on a boarding school by Boko Haram jihadists, witnesses say. They say the militants in pick-up trucks arrived in the town of Dapchi, Yobe state, on Monday evening, shooting and Read more
Abubakar Shekau, the leader of the Boko Haram terrorist group, has once again escaped from being captured by men of the Nigerian Army, according to BBC. In a recent operation by the Army, Shekau escaped his hideout in Sambisa forest, Read more
Soldiers on duty around the University of Maiduguri have gunned down a suicide bomber, averting what would have been a tragic suicide attack. The suicide bomber, strapped with an Improvised Explosive Device (IED) made his entrance through the University Printing Press Read more
No fewer than 22 persons were killed and 28 others injured in a multiple suicide bombing at a market in Konduga Local Government Area of Borno. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the incident occurred on Friday at Read more
President Muhammadu Buhari Tuesday in Abuja said the era of Boko Haram terrorism is gradually drawing to end, with the narrowing of the recruitment base of the insurgents, and renewed onslaught by the Nigerian Army. Receiving the Letter of Credence Read more
Troops of the Nigerian Army have rescued 46 captives and destroyed a “highly fortified” Boko Haram camp inside Sambisa forest in Borno state. Onyeama Nwachukwu, deputy director, army public relations, “Operation Lafiya Dole”, disclosed this in a statement issued in Read more
A man involved in the 2014 kidnapping of more than 200 schoolgirls from Chibok in northeast Nigeria has been jailed for 15 years, the government confirmed on Tuesday. Haruna Yahaya, 35, admitted being involved in the abduction when he appeared Read more
President Muhamamdu Buhari on Saturday expressed happiness on the release, through negotiations, of three University of Maiduguri lecturers abducted by suspected Boko Haram terrorists in Magumeri, Borno State. According to a statement by his Senior Special Assistant on Media and Read more
Abubakar Shekau, leader of the Boko Haram insurgents, says he his tired of the “calamity” that has befallen his sect. Shekau said this in a video released on Wednesday. The Boko Haram leader called on his members to shoot any Read more
Troops of Operation Lafiya Dole deployed in Pulka, on Thursday, rescued one of the Chibok girls abducted by Boko Haram terrorists earlier in 2014. This was contained in a press statement signed by Col Onyema Nwachukwu, Deputy Director Public Relations, Read more