Abubakar Shekau, leader of Boko Haram insurgents appeared in a new video to dispute the claims of the military that he was badly injured or probably dead from airstrikes weeks ago. The Nigerian Air Force had in a statement last month said Shekau was fatally wounded from unprecedented air strikes targeted at a gathering of […]
Continue ReadingThe Nigerian Army says six people were killed on Monday in Borno in an attack by Boko Haram terrorists. The acting Director of Army Public Relations, Sani Usman, said the incident happened when the militants ambushed troops escorting commercial vehicles from Damboa to Maiduguri, at Sanda general area. According to him, three soldiers, who sustained […]
Continue ReadingSuspected Boko Haram terrorists who rode on bicycles have killed at least eight people outside a church in Kwamjilari village, about 30 kilometres from Chibok, in Borno state, according to local residents. Residents said the attack happened shortly after the weekly service on Sunday. “Some of the worshippers remained around the church and the gunmen […]
Continue ReadingNigeria’s minister of information and culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, on Friday, briefed newsmen on the efforts of the Muhammadu Buhari administration to secure the release of the Chibok girls. He explained that the reason why the girls have not been rescued is because Boko Haram keeps changing its demands just when the girls are about to be swapped […]
Continue ReadingThe Abubakar Shekau faction of Boko Haram has released a new video uploaded on YouTube on Tuesday, showing its members praying during recently concluded Eid-el-Kabir ceremony with a large gathering of the sect’s adherents praying at a large mosque in an unspecified location.But Shekau, who Nigerian military authorities said was badly injured in an airstrike […]
Continue ReadingOn the evening of Sunday, 11th September 2016, a suspected female suicide bomber was seen approaching a check point located at Kara Cattle market axis, Dikwa, towards Antul and Mukdala, Dikwa Local Government Area, Borno State. She was challenged from afar by the vigilant duty sentry, she refused to stop claiming to be coming from […]
Continue ReadingReports have it that five of the 10 Chibok girls who were taken to the United States after their escape from Boko Haram captivity, are actually not in school.The out-of-school girls were originally 10 in number, but the Murtala Muhammed Foundation has agreed to fully sponsor the education of five of them. Aisha Alhassan, minister of […]
Continue ReadingThe leader of the Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (MEND), Charles Okah, has expressed willingness to work with the two splinter groups of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) who have fused into The Rebranded Indigenous People of Biafra (TRIPOB). He expressing surprise that he, a non-Igbo, was picked to “lead the Igbo group to the […]
Continue ReadingPresident Muhammadu Buhari on Saturday in Nairobi, Kenya, assured that Nigeria would diligently ensure full rehabilitation of victims of Boko Haram and find lasting solutions to combat threats of terrorism.A statement issued by the president’s Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, Malam Garba Shehu, said Buhari was speaking at the opening of the 6th […]
Continue ReadingIn a fresh statement released on Tuesday morning, the Nigerian military says its most unprecedented and spectacular air raid has Boko Haram leaders fatally wounded, emphatically stating that Abubakar Shekau, Boko Haram leader, was “fatally wounded in his shoulders”.Colonel Sani Kukasheka Usman, acting director of army public relations, said the operation held on August 19, […]
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