Kaduna State governor, Nasir el-Rufai, on Friday, lamented that kidnappers are now collaborating with “some elements of Boko Haram”, to hold people for ransom. He spoke...
Panic rented the air on Wednesday evening when some bandits invaded Kwanar Mayanci, Maru Local Government Area of Zamfara State, on motorcycles and looted residents’ belongings....
51 persons taken hostage by Boko Haram insurgents were on Tuesday rescued by troops of the Nigerian Army attached to Operation Lafiya Dole in the Gubio...
President Muhammadu Buhari, in the early hours of today (Tuesday), delivered an Independence Day speech to mark the 59th independence anniversary of the Federal Republic of...
As Nigeria marks its 59th Independence Anniversary today (Tuesday) Chief Mike Ozekhome, a Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN) and constitutional lawyer has lamented the state of...
The Nigerian Army on Monday, said its troops had arrested eight foreigners suspected to be working for the Islamic State West Africa Province and the Boko...
The Chief of Army Staff, Lt. Gen. Tukur Buratai, Monday stated that terrorism and terrorist groups could not be eliminated by military warfare alone. He therefore...
The era of giving terrorists undue publicity should end, so says the Chief of Defence Staff, Major General Gabriel Olonishakin, who warned the media not to...
These 10 top stories from Nigerian newspapers will interest you this Friday morning. 1. Buhari regrets murder of aid workers, issues warning to terrorists President Muhammadu...
President Muhammadu Buhari has issued a warning to bandits and terrorists across the country and beyond to immediately release all who had been taken hostage. Buhari...
Following the gruesome murder of an aid worker by Boko Haram terrorists in Borno, the UN Humanitarian Coordinator in Nigeria, Edward Kallon, has demanded the unconditional...
The Islamic State of West African Province (ISWAP), a faction of Boko Haram terrorists has killed a worker with the Action Against Hunger organisation. The aid...
The Zamfara Chapter of All Progressives Congress (APC) has challenged the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) led government to reveal the names of politicians alleged to be...
In response to concerns of an imminent attack by Boko Haram insurgents, all forms of meetings, procession, partying and unlawful gatherings have been suspended in Zamfara...
The new Operation Positive Identification launched by the Nigerian Army has started yielding fruits as troops of Operation Lafiya Dole battling terrorism in the North East...
The Public Accountability Network (PAN) on Sunday called on the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) and Independent Corrupt Practices Commission (ICPC) to probe the activities...
Nigerians moving around in the Northeastern part of the country will be required to provide an official means of identification, before they would be allowed passage,...
The Nigerian Army has accused some indigenes of Borno and Yobe states of shielding fleeing Boko Haram and Islamic State of West African Province (ISWAP) terrorists...
Nigerian Army on Thursday said Boko Haram fighters were now deserting the northeast to the neighbouring countries. This, according to the army, was due to the...
The Theatre Command, Operation LAFIYA DOLE has accused some Non Governmental Organizations (NGO) working in Nigeria’s North East of engaging in “notorious” activities to sabotage Nigeria’s...
The Nigerian Army on Thursday urged the residents of Maiduguri and environs to disregard reports that some Boko Haram members were planning to attack the town....
President Muhammadu Buhari on Saturday urged his counterparts in West African countries to unite and end the reign of terrorists in the region. Addressing Economic Community...
The Boko Haram terror group has reportedly killed no less than 13 soldiers and carted away a large quantity of military equipment in a recent wave...
Banditry is on the increase in northern Nigeria. This is a region with many security problems, chief among them Boko Haram’s insurgency. In the north-central region,...
The Chief of Army Staff, Lieutenant General Tukur Yusufu Buratai, on Friday, urged Nigerians and the media to stop discussing or reporting Boko Haram. According to...
No fewer than 22,000 Nigerians have been reported missing following Boko Haram-related attacks, with nearly 60 percent of them being minors at the time they went...
The Nigerian Army on Wednesday said its troops killed three Boko Haram fighters during an encounter in Kirawa community in the Pulka area of Borno State....
President Muhammadu Buhari has again said that Boko Haram had been degraded, adding that the remnants of the sect in the North-East region of the country...
The Defence Headquarters has denied detaining children as suspected terrorists in any of its military detention facilities in the Northeastern part of the country. The denial...
The Nigerian Army on Tuesday said it had arrested four vehicles that were on their way to supply logistics to Boko Haram terrorists. The Theater Commander,...
Scores of Boko Haram insurgents were killed on Saturday after the Nigerian Air Force Air Task Force of Operation Lafiya Dole attacked their hideout in air...
The Nigerian government says it is still working hard to secure the release of Leah Sharibu, a secondary school student kidnapped in Dapchi, Yobe State, by...
Against the backdrop of billions of dollars donated, and claims made by the Nigerian government, that Bama town in Borno State, a former Boko Haram enclave...
Two Boko Haram fighters have met been shot dead by troops of the Nigerian Army under Operation Halaka Dodo, a sub-exercise of the Operation Lafiya Dole....
The Nigeria army on Wednesday said Boko Haram insurgency will soon become history. Brig.-Gen. Abdul Ibrahim, the Acting General Officer Commanding (GOC) 7 Division, said the...
Attacks by Boko Haram insurgents in three villages in Konduga Local Government Area (LGA) of Borno State, left 73 houses and 28 shops destroyed, the state...
Nigeria Army on Saturday said no fewer than four trucks loaded with smoked fish and some animal hides belonging to Boko Haram insurgents have been intercepted...
Air Task Force (ATF) of Operation Lafiya Dole has killed scores of Boko Haram fighters in Sambisa forest, Borno State. This was revealed by the Nigeria...
The Governor of Borno State, Babangida Zulum has argued that foreign elements have now hijacked the activities of Boko Haram, though the insurgents started in the...
The Nigerian Army has denied that two communities in Borno State, Gubio and Magumeri, were attacked by Boko Haram terrorists on Wednesday night. It said the...
The logistics base of the insurgent group, Boko Haram was on Thursday destroyed by fighter jets of the Nigerian Air Force in Bula Bello, close to...
Boko Haram has withdrawn from Gubio and Magumeri, Borno State after attacking and causing damages in the communities. The terrorists were said to have at about...
The National Commission for Refugees, Migrants and Internally Displaced Persons on Thursday said it was prepared to receive 4,000 Nigerian refugees from the Cameroon Republic. The...
Emerging reports claim that the terrorist Boko Haram group has recaptured two Local Government Areas (LGAs) in Northern Borno Senatorial District. Communities in the supposedly recaptured...
No less than 35,000 persons have lost their lives in Nigeria’s North East of Adamawa, Borno, Yobe and other states due to Boko Haram’s unending attacks,...
A fresh attack by terrorists on a military base in a community around Polo in Maiduguri, Borno State, is said to have left no less than...
The Nigerian Army on Wednesday announced a fresh set of postings that majorly concerned the prosecution of the Boko Haram war in the North-east of the...
These 10 top stories from Nigerian newspapers will interest you this Thursday morning. 1. El-Zakzaky demanded ‘a five-star hotel’, Nigerian govt reacts to India drama The...
The Governor of Borno State, Professor Babagana Zulum, on Wednesday boasted that he could not be intimidated by threats from Boko Haram insurgents and their attacks...
The Borno State government has donated some part of Sambisa forest, an enclave of the Boko Haram insurgents, for the Rural Grazing Area (RUGA) programme. The...
