At least 1,200 of the more than 100,000 people displaced by Boko Haram violence in Nigeria’s northeastern town of Bama have returned, officials and returnees said Thursday. Bama, a major trading hub on the road to Cameroon and home to 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
Borno state governor, Kashim Shettima, has assured 1,407 National Youths Service Corp (NYSC) members posted to the state of adequate security throughout their stay in the state. Shettima who was speaking in Katsina during the passing out ceremony of the Read more
At least five people were killed on Monday when a suicide bomber blew himself up inside a mosque in northeastern Nigeria, a militia member assisting the military against Boko Haram jihadists said. The leader of the Civilian Joint Task Force Read more
The death toll from the Konduga attack which occurred on Tuesday has risen to 16 while 84 others are injured. The incident occurred when two female suicide bombers and a male counterpart approached a mini motor park in Konduga town, the Read more
Governor Kashim Shettima of Borno State on Tuesday confirmed that Boko Haram insurgents had killed 31 fishermen at Baga in Kukawa Local Government Area of the state. Shettima made the confirmation at the presentation of relief materials donated to the Read more
The Kwara State Governor, Alhaji Abdulfatah Ahmed and his Borno State counterpart, Alhaji Kashim Shettima have commiserated with Mallam Yusuf Olaolu Ali (SAN) over the demise of his father, Alhaji Bisiriyu Ali during a condolence visit to the legal luminary Read more
At least 998 people have been rescued by the Nigerian Army in its onslaught against the Boko Haram group. In a statement, the Director of Army Public Relations Brigadier General Sani Usman, said the operation followed information about the presence Read more
Nigeria’s government on Thursday retracted its announcement that another Chibok girl was free, saying she was not one of the 219 whose kidnapping more than three years ago caused global outrage. The presidency said on Wednesday evening that the teenager Read more
The out-going Theatre Commander of Operation Lafiya Dole, Maj.-Gen. Lucky Irabor, told journalists in Maiduguri during a farewell visit by Correspondents’ Chapel of the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ) that the military rounded up the suspects who infiltrated several IDP Read more