Boko Haram insurgency

Senate President Ahmad Lawan, on Monday, took a swipe again at the opposition People's Democratic Party (PDP) alleging that while the party was in power, it abandoned the people in the northeast to Boko Haram insurgency. Lawan said it…

The Nigerian Army has recalled about 149 soldiers of the 153 Infantry Battalion, Marte, accused of absconding from warfront in the fight against Boko Haram insurgency,  over alleged inadequate provision of arms and ammunition. It was…

Nigerian refugees, who fled to Cameroon due to the Boko Haram insurgency, began returning to their homeland on Monday in a voluntary repatriation process, an official said. Cameroon's Minister of Territorial Administration Paul Nji said…

Ayodele Olalere That the increase in violent activities across the country has been a source of concern to Nigerians is not in doubt. From North, South to East and West, banditry, kidnapping and armed robbery incidents have become a…

The Borno State government on Sunday reopened the Maiduguri-Dikwa road, five years after it was closed as a result of the Boko Haram insurgency. NAN reports that the 86km road was closed to motorists in 2015 at the peak of Boko Haram…

Maj.-Gen. Olusegun Adeniyi, Theatre Commander, Operation Lafiya Dole on Tuesday, urged troops of the Nigerian Army, to give final push to end Boko Haram insurgency in North East. He gave the charge while addressing men of the Operation…

The Centre for Women’s Health and Information (CEWHIN), an NGO, on Friday decried the increase in girl-child marriage in Agege and Mushin local government areas of Lagos. CEWHIN’s Programme Coordinator, Mrs. Adebanke Akinrinmisi, made…

‘The Delivery Boy’, a Boko Haram-inspired film has screened at the Nollywood Travel Film Festival (NTFF) in Berlin. News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the film was one of the three Nollywood movies selected for special spotlight…

The Nigerian Army on Friday reiterated its commitment to end Boko Haram insurgency, restore peace and stability to the North-East. Maj-Gen. Olusegun Adeniyi, the incoming Theatre Commander, Operation Lafiya Dole, stated this at the burial…

Presidential spokesman, Garba Shehu, says he cannot guarantee whether or not the President Muhammadu Buhari administration would put an end to Boko Haram insurgency. Speaking on Sunrise Daily, a programme on Channels Television, Shehu…