Suspected Boko Haram jihadists killed five Nigerian soldiers and injured five others in a raid on a military post in the violence-torn northeast, locals and a military officer said Tuesday. “Our men were outgunned and outnumbered,” said a military officer Read more
Nigeria is negotiating with the help of “foreign entities” for the remaining kidnapped Chibok girls held by Boko Haram Islamists, a presidential spokesman said Thursday. As the country prepares to mark the third anniversary of the mass kidnapping on Friday, Read more
Suspected Boko Haram jihadists killed a soldier in a suicide and gun attack on a military checkpoint outside the city of Maiduguri in northeast Nigeria, a military officer and vigilante told AFP Thursday. On Wednesday evening, two male suicide bombers Read more
An “alarming” number of children, most of them girls, have been used by Boko Haram as suicide bombers in the first months of 2017, UNICEF said Wednesday. The Islamists have increasingly been using children to attack crowded markets, mosques and Read more
A Boko Haram gunman was killed Wednesday in a village in Borno State as troops shot their way out of an ambush attack that left one soldier injured, officials said. The spokesman of the Nigeria army, Sani Usman, a brigadier Read more
Minister of Defence Mansur Dan-Ali is optimistic that Boko Haram leader Abubakar Shekau who is on the run, will soon be arrested. He spoke yesterday with State House correspondents after briefing President Muhammadu Buhari at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. He Read more
Never again will terrorists take over and occupy any part of Nigeria’s territory, President Muhammadu Buhari vowed in Sambisa Forest on Monday. The President made the vow when he declared the 2017 Nigerian Army Small Arms Championship, NASAC, opened. Represented Read more
The U.S. Secretary of State, Rex Tillerson has commended Nigeria for the effective strategies adopted to combat the destructive activities of the Boko Haram terrorists, urging other countries of the world to learn the strategy deployed by Nigeria if the Read more