Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has urged President Muhammadu Buhari to explain to Nigerians why the government decided to withdraw the sum of $1 billion...
Strong indications emerged on Saturday that there would be stormy sessions during Tuesday’s proceedings at both chambers of the National Assembly over the decision by the...
The National Economic Council (NEC), which has all state governors as members, has authorized the Federal Government to withdraw $1 billion from the $2.3 billion currently...
A former governor of Borno State and erstwhile national chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Senator Ali Modu Sheriff, has described his successor and incumbent...
Boko Haram leader, Abubakar Shekau, has reportedly lost grounds to Abu Mus’ab Albarnawi after days of clashes between the two terrorists factions in remote areas of...
The United Nations has warned of a rise in trafficking of the synthetic opioid tramadol across West Africa, as one official revealed it is being found...
Last Monday, Ali Ahmadu, a boy from the Chibok Community in Borno State, who was confined to the wheelchair after suffering damages to his spinal cord...
Authorities of the Nigerian Police Force, the Directorate of State Services, DSS, the Military and sister security agencies have hit the ground running following confirmation of...
The United States and the United Kingdom have insisted that the risk of attacks by Boko Haram insurgents in the Federal Capital Territory and other states...
The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) on Thursday, lamented that since 2014, an estimated 1,500 schools have been targeted by armed groups in northeast Nigeria, causing...
The Senate, on Wednesday, claimed that 357 Nigerians have been killed in 55 attacks carried out by Boko Haram insurgents since the beginning of 2017. Senator...
President Muhammadu Buhari on Sunday insisted that Boko Haram has been defeated by his administration. He said that suicide bombing and other attacks currently being carried...
The United States government says it will contribute an additional $45.5 million to rehabilitation efforts in the North-East, while also calling on the Nigerian government to...
The police have revealed that five people were killed while four others were injured in suspected Boko Haram suicide bombing attacks in Borno State. In a...
Tragedy struck at a community in the outskirts of Maiduguri when four suicide bombers, two males and two females detonated bombs strapped to their waists killing...
At least two persons were killed and many others feared injured as gunmen believed to be Boko Haram insurgents attacked Maikadiri village in Askira-Uba Local Government...
President Muhamadu Buhari has revealed that the Federal Government would support universities affected by the Boko Haram insurgency in the North East. Buhari made this known...
A suspected Boko Haram suicide bomber Sunday struck outside the headquarters of the Borno State command of National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), located in the...
Boko Haram militants who attacked Sassawa village, Damaturu local government area, and killed eight military men Tuesday night had a serious fight over food possession. A...
At least no less than eight soldiers were on Tuesday night allegedly killed in a village near Damaturu, Yobe State capital in the North-east part of...
The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Yakubu Dogara, has hailed President Muhammadu Buhari for signing the North East Development Commission Bill into law. In a...
While Abubakar Shekau, leader of the deadly Boko Haram sect, remains an elusive target, the Nigerian Air Force (NAF) Wednesday revealed that his wife, Mallama Fitdasi...
Following intelligence reports from surveillance and reconnaissance, a large gathering of Boko Haram terrorists in Urga, close to Konduga, Borno State, was last Thursday targeted and...
In an apparent reference to the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), President Muhammadu Buhari Saturday stated that his administration’s counterinsurgency effort in the North-East had significantly degraded...
The Presidential Committee on the North-East Initiative (PCIN) has raised alarm over the rising cases of sexual violence against displaced persons in camps across the North-East,...
The Chief of Army Staff, Nigerian Army, Lt.-General Tukur Buratai, has disclosed that the President Muhammadu Buhari-led Federal Government is currently acquiring and installing fresh technologies...
Following widespread criticism of President Muhammadu Buhari over the disclosure by the President of the World Bank Group, Jim Yong Kim, that the president specifically requested...
About one week after the Nigerian Army announced that it had cleared and released 760 Boko Haram suspects for rehabilitation and reintegration into society, a Federal...
Aid workers Wednesday fled Gwoza in Borno State after the Boko Haram sect launched a deadly attack on the town on Tuesday night. Gwoza, which at...
The Nigerian Army on Wednesday stated that its troops involved in counter-insurgency effort in the North-East killed 15 Boko Haram insurgents after repelling attack by the...
Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo Wednesday restated the commitment of the Federal Government towards securing the release of the remaining abducted Chibok girls. According to a statement by...
The Nigerian Army says it has “cleared” and released 760 Boko Haram suspects to the Borno State Government for onward rehabilitation and reintegration into society. The...
Days after admitting challenges in investigation and prosecution of some Boko Haram suspects in custody, the Attorney-General of the Federation (AGF) and Minister of Justice has...
A chieftain of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), Buba Galadima, has debunked a claim by the Federal Government that all territories have been reclaimed from...
The caretaker chairman of Magumeri Local Government Area of Borno State, Abubakar Abdulkadir, on Monday confirmed that the Boko Haram terrorists group on Sunday killed a...
Nigeria’s Foreign Affairs Minister, Geoffrey Onyeama, Monday said that donors have pledged about $700 million to address the humanitarian crisis in the Lake Chad Basin region....
The Northern Christian Elders Forum (NCEF) which comprises Theophilus Danjuma and other Christian elders from the region, has reiterated its position that there was a calculated...
Former president Olusegun Obasanjo has stated that former president Goodluck Jonathan did not take the insurgency serious because he believed that the group was being used...
The United Nations (UN) has revealed that bad governance was the major force behind the rise of extremist groups around Africa, including Nigeria’s Boko Haram. The...
The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) has condemned the August 31 attack by Boko Haram insurgents at the Banki camp for displaced persons in...
The Chief of Army Staff (COAS) Lieutenant General Tukur Buratai has granted a request by the Theatre Commander, Operation LAFIYA DOLE, Major General Ibrahim Attahiru, for...
Boko Haram terrorist group reportedly killed eleven people and wounded two on Friday at a camp for internally displaced persons situated in Banki, bordering Cameroon. The...
The Nigerian Army said on Thursday it had killed a number of top Boko Haram commanders and many of their foot soldiers in the counter-insurgency operation...
UK Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson and International Development Secretary Priti Patel have announced a new package of humanitarian support for the devastated north east part of...
As it marked International Day of the Disappeared, Amnesty International revealed that hundreds of people are being held in secret detention facilities in Nigeria. The group...
The Chief of Army Staff (COAS) Lt. General Tukur Yusuf Buratai, had on the night of July 21, 2017 issued an order to the theatre commander...
About 3.6 million people, mostly children in crises-ravaged areas of North-East Nigeria are without water and sanitation infrastructure, according to UNICEF. The United Nations agency warned Tuesday,...
A member of the House of Representatives, Mr. Adamu Kamale, alleged on Monday that the Nigerian military often fed President Muhammadu Buhari with the wrong information...
An eight-member Congressional delegation from the United States is due in Nigeria Monday and will remain until Thursday. During their stay, they will assess the destruction...
Boko Haram Commander Surrenders, Confesses … Participated in Abduction of Chibok Girls, Killed Students in Madagali A top Boko Haram Commander who played a major role...
