Tag Archives: Boko Haram

No fewer than 29 fishermen in Mukdolo village along Dikwa-Ngala Road have been killed by suspected Boko Haram terrorists while fishing in the Lake Chad region. Mukdolo village is in Gamboru-Ngala Local Government Area of Borno State, a Nigeria-Cameroon border town along the fringes of Lake Chad. Sources in Ngala …

Since at least 2013, the Nigerian military has conducted a secret, systematic and illegal abortion program in the country’s northeast, ending at least 10,000 pregnancies among women and girls, a Reuters investigation has found. Many had been kidnapped and raped by Islamist militants. Resisters were beaten, held at gunpoint or …

Kashim Shettima, the All Progressives Congress (APC) vice presidential candidate, has noted that a series of fake stories on social media against him are coordinated and sponsored by top Nigerian politicians. Shettima described social media as the place where “truth goes to die” in the country. The former Borno State …

TWO recent kidnapping incidents on the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway and in Ekiti State underline the growing insecurity in South-West Nigeria. At the Ibadan, Oyo State end of the expressway, suspected Fulani bandits attacked travellers on October 27, abducting five persons and killing several others. Two days after, seven bandits struck Irinele-Ekiti, …

Faced with the fact that over 6,000 Christians were bombed, beheaded or shot dead between January 2021 and March this year in Nigeria, and about 2,500 were kidnapped for ransom, the Church Administrators Society of Nigeria (CASON) hosted speakers to proffer solutions at its 9th annual conference tagged “The Church …

There is no doubt that the Nigerian economy has been in struggling mode for the past five years, after the initial recovery from global economic downturn and inadequate domestic response. The last five years have seen the country in a more precarious situation in terms of increasing corruption, deepened appetite …

Those Nigerians who once thought that the Buhari presidency would take our country to a destination better than this forlorn outpost of stasis, anarchy and overwhelming misery now know better. They are shaking their heads in utter regret, and sheer bewilderment. When we warned, even as early as the days …

Sacked managing director of Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA), Hadiza Bala, has continued to come under intense criticism for her statement lamenting the ongoing insecurity crises in Nigeria. Hadiza spoke in the context of the commemoration of eight years after the Chibok girls were abducted in Borno State by Boko Haram …

Former President Olusegun Obasanjo, yesterday, contended that until Nigeria began to be intentional about dealing with the root causes of Boko Haram, banditry, kidnapping and other crimes, solving them in the coming years would remain an uphill task. The ex-Nigerian leader stated that Nigeria currently has about 15 million out-of-school …

Insecurity is the greatest bane of the Nigerian state as we stand today; followed closely by its twin sister, food scarcity, or what we vaguely call famine – occasioned by the fear of, and despair about the level of killings, abductions, and all sorts of violence assailing us all over …

President Muhammadu Buhari has reacted to the killing of Nigerians in Adamawa state including a vigilante leader and head of Dabna, a village in Dugwaba, Hong local government area, Daily Trust reports. Recall that Danga, a village close to the hometown of Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF) …

Niger President Mohamed Bazoum on Saturday pledged to “cleanse” villages of Boko Haram elements that have expanded their reach in the southeast of the country near Nigeria. Boko Haram has gained a foothold in at least two villages, Bazoum said at the end of a three-day tour of the southeastern …

Top commanders of Boko Haram and the Islamic State of West Africa Province (ISWAP) has agreed to work together in a jihad following a recent peace pact between the two groups. The negotiation occurred one month after Abubakar Shekau, former Boko Haram blew up himself during a violent confrontation with …

The Islamic State West African Province (ISWAP) militant group said in an audio recording heard by Reuters on Sunday that Abubakar Shekau, leader of rival Nigerian militant Islamist group Boko Haram, was dead. Shekau died around May 18 after detonating an explosive device when he was pursued by ISWAP fighters …

Troops of Sector 2 Operation HADIN KAI on Saturday raided a suspected Boko Haram logistics base in Gujba, Yobe State and arrested two suspected Boko Haram logistics suppliers. A statement issued by Director Army Public Relations, Brigadier General Mohammed Yerima said several items were recovered during the operation. The Items …

Police Acting Inspector General Usman Baba has positioned police commissioners in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) and Plateau State after receiving fresh security alert on Boko Haram. While the police tried to downplay the alarm yesterday, saying they were ready to deal with any threat to stability, it came on …

Suspected members of Islamic State of West Africa Province (ISWAP) have reportedly caused the death of Abubakar Shekau, the leader of the dreaded Boko Haram, officially known as Jama’at Ahl as-Sunnah Lid Da’wah Wa’l- Jihad (JAS) during a fierce battle between the rival groups in their Sambisa Forest hideouts on …

President Muhammadu Buhari has appealed to the elite to be “more understanding” of the Nigerian military as the country grapples with a high level of insecurity. Buhari said the spate of attacks and kidnappings in the north-west is a “big surprise and disappointment”. He said the military is making efforts …

Boko Haram insurgents have set some houses on fire in Maiduguri, Borno State capital. There are sounds of gunshots and explosion in different parts of the city, especially around Jiddari Polo area. It was reported that there is a gun battle between troops and suspected insurgents around Molai and Jiddari …