Boko Haram insurgents are still in control of about two local government areas in Borno State, the Minister of Defence, retired Brig-Gen Mansur Dan-Ali, has said....
The days of the Boko Haram sect may seem well numbered, as well over 10, 000 local hunters from the north east have volunteered their services...
Governor Kashim Shettima of Borno State has said that former President Goodluck Jonathan did not show any sympathy for the families of the abducted Chibok girls...
Suspicions that the girls allegedly abducted from Government Secondary School, Chibok, Borno State by Boko Haram insurgents, may have been turned to suicide bombers came to...
Tragedy struck the Nigerian Military’s war against Boko Haram insurgency on Wednesday night, when a fighter jet belonging to the Nigerian Air Force crashed in at...
The chicken seems to be coming home to roost. Former President Goodluck Jonathan appears to be the only prominent member of the last administration yet to...
In bid to ensure such a menace does not come to life again, President Muhammadu Buhari says that a sociological study would be conducted on the...
The Federal Government through the EFCC is to seek the assistance of international anti-crime agencies like the Interpol and FBI to go after suspects in the $2.1...
The Nigerian Army have announced the recapture of an Armoured Personnel Carrier, APC, of the Army from Boko Haram. The APC was said to have been...
A suicide bomber in the early hours of Wednesday blew himself up at a mosque in Umurari village on the outskirts of Maiduguri, killing at least...
President Muhammadu Buhari, on Monday, appealed to investors to come to Nigeria, assuring that his government has overcome the Boko Haram terrorists. President Buhari stated this in...
Somalia is found in the Horn of Africa with Mogadishu as capital city. Ever since Mohamed Siad Barre, the late dictator, fled the city in...
A gun fabricator for the dreaded insurgent group, Boko Haram, Garba Abubakar, has been arrested by the Department of State Services, DSS, the Service said in...
The Chief of Army Staff, Lt.-Gen. Tukur Buratai, on Saturday unveiled a motorbike battalion to add impetus to its war on insurgency and the Boko Haram...
Dreaded members of terrorist group Boko Haram lost 26 fighters in its bid to overrun an Internally Displaced Persons (IDP’s) camp in Dikwa Local Government Area...
The ripples generated over the appointment of Ali Modu Sheriff as Chairman of PDP is yet to settle especially with allegations making the rounds that the...
By Shaka Momodu First of all, let me ask all my countrymen a question: has there ever been a political party in the history of Nigeria...
The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, may have kick started its rebuilding efforts, as former Borno state governor, Ali Modu Sheriff, Tuesday, emerged as its new national...
Speaker of the House of Representatives, Yakubu Dogara feel that Nigerians have a lot to be grateful for that former President Goodluck Jonathan was not re-elected...
A lie has been put to claims by the Federal Government that terror group, Boko Haram no longer control any part of Nigerian territory and that...
In what is gradually becoming a stepping up of its terror campaigns, Boko Haram insurgents, again stormed a Borno community on Monday evening, killing at least...
By Joseph Rotimi In the past 48 hours the people of Dalori and Walori villages, about four kilometres from Maiduguri have borne the fury of a...
After what seems like a lull in their activities, Boko Haram suicide bombers attacked Chibok town on Wednesday, detonating two bombs. According to reports, the explosions...
After what seems like a lull in their activities, Boko Haram suicide bombers attacked Chibok town on Wednesday, detonating two bombs. According to reports, the explosions...
Tragedy was averted in Maiduguri which has been hit in recent times with a lot of suicide bombings when military personnel intercepted three suicide bombers just...
President Muhammadu Buhari, on Monday, in Abu Dhabi, said his administration has succeeded in pushing the Boko Haram insurgents into ‘fall back positions’, adding that the...
If the words of the Chief of Army Staff (COAS) Lt General Tukur Buratai is anything to go by, then Nigerians can finally heave a sigh...
There is resentment brewing among the 3,032 soldiers pardoned for various offences during the campaign against Boko Haram in the North Eastern part of Nigeria last...
By Jideofor Adibe . . . The recent declaration by President Buhari that the country has “technically won the war” against Boko Haram reminds one of...
Piqued by the wave of criticism that has come his way over his assertion that the Boko Haram insurgents have been largely defeated and the December...
With just about 48 hours to the end of the year, the federal government is insisting, that it will meet the December deadline it gave for...
By Timothy Enietan-Matthews. . . Reports reaching Ripples Nigeria has it that scores of people were killed on Monday when two female suicide bombers attacked a...
By Timothy Enietan-Matthews Contrary to Federal Goverment’s anouncement that the Boko Haram insurgents have been defeated, the insurgents launched an attack on Maiduguri, the Borno State...
In from Ahmed Boulor . . . Flashpoint Borno State has continued to be a target for jihadists who have increasingly resorted to suicide bombers –...
In from Timothy Enietan-Matthews . . . The clash between Nigerian soldiers and members of the Islamic Movement of Nigeria, popularly known as Shi’ite Movement on...
Dreaded militant group, Boko Haram are at it again, and this time, it was a child suicide bomber who detonated explosives tied to his body, killing...
By Femi Fani-Kayode On the night of December 12, 2015 in the city of Zaria, Kaduna State, Sheikh El Zakzaky, the leader of the 10 million-strong...
The Department of State Services, DSS, Saturday, raised an alarm over the presence of Boko Haram terrorists in the Federal Capital Territory. The Service also said...
The U.S. Embassy in Nigeria on Friday raised the alarm over plans by groups it said are associated with terrorism to attack hotels frequented by westerners...
At least 100 Boko Haram members met their waterloo when they were engaged in a gun battle with the Cameroon army. The face-off also witnessed the...
In what seemed a renewal of massacres in that region of the country, scores of people were feared dead this afternoon as twin blasts went off...
Many victims of insurgents, especially survivors have continued to count their losses thus far. One of them AshakaCem Plc, a subsidiary of LafargeHolcim reportedly lost over...
The Nigerian Army, Monday, announced the arrest of another suspected Boko Haram insurgent declared wanted by the military last week. This was disclosed by the Acting...
Following intelligence reports that pupils may be targeted during assembly devotion in primary and secondary schools, by members of the Boko Haram terrorist group, the Nigerian...
The Nigerian military, Friday, said it recorded another breakthrough in the war against Boko Haram insurgents, as troops reportedly cleared nine more terrorist camp in the...
Nigerian Soldiers have intensified their onslaught against the Boko Haram insurgents, destroying five more of their camps. This was disclosed in a statement issued Wednesday night...
Nigeria’s former military Head of State, Yakubu Gowon, has faulted the December 2015 deadline handed the military by President Muhammadu Buhari to end the Boko Haram...
The governor of Borno State, Kashim Shettima and the Chief of Army Staff, Gen. Tukur Buratai, Sunday, disagreed on insinuations that Boko Haram insurgents were holding...
In from Olumide Olaoluwa . . . In a bid to rid the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Abuja of security treats, some suspected Boko Haram members...
The spate of bombings of targets in the Northeastern part of the country showed no sign of abating, as two female suicide bombers have attacked a...
