Boko Haram

Boko Haram jihadists have killed 13 villagers in eastern Chad, where they have become increasingly active, local authorities told AFP Friday. Armed militants targeted the village of Ceilia early Thursday morning, killing the local chief…

Exactly one year ago, Leah Sharibu, the only Christian among the 112 female students kidnapped by Boko Haram insurgents in Yobe clocked 15 then – her first birthday since being frisked away. There were no cakes nor birthday songs. Just…

Troops of the Nigerian Army on Tuesday repelled attacks coordinated by Boko Haram at Moloi Village on the outskirts of Maiduguri, the latest onslaught on the beleaguered city in Nigeria’s violence-wracked northeast.  Brig.-Gen. Bulama…

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Going by what has become a daily occurrence, it would appear Nigeria is now held hostage by a gang of terrorists. The high rate of insecurity across the land, as the ‘Woke’ generation will say, has no Part II. We may choose to call…

An FCT High Court Maitama on Thursday fixed May 23, for hearing a N500,000 aggravated damages suit filed by a former spokesman of the insurgent group, Boko Haram, Ali Sanda Konduga. Konduga dragged the Director-General, Department of…

Twenty-three soldiers were killed reportedly in southwestern Chad, on Friday, when they came under attack from Boko Haram jihadists, a military official told AFP. “Boko Haram elements attacked the Chadian army position at around 1 am,…

The military on Monday chased out insurgents who tried to enter Michika, a commercial town in Adamawa, after a fierce battle that raged for hours. Some residents of Michika told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) that they started…

President Muhammadu Buhari has vowed that nobody would unseat him in the Saturday, February 16, 2019 presidential election. The president said contrary to opinions in some quarters, he had the strength to lead the country for four more…

A non-governmental organisation, Centre for Information Technology and Development (CITAD), has advocated the biometric data capturing of all Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) in the Northeast as part of measures to ascertain their exact…