Boko Haram has released a new video allegedly showing the terrorist group’s commanders who were swapped with 82 Chibok girls. In the video, obtained by journalist Ahmed Salkida and published by Sahara Reporters, one of the alleged commanders, Shuaibu Moni, [...]
A Roman Catholic Neckwear called Scapula was sighted on the neck of one of the 82 Chibok girls, that was reportedly rescued last week, after spending almost 1000 days in Boko Haram’s enclave. This has raised more suspicion, as to [...]
Nigeria’s Presidency on Saturday confirmed the release of the 82 Chibok schoolgirls after three years in captivity and also revealed how their freedom was negotiated. Malam Garba Shehu, the Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, said [...]
The 82 Chibok schoolgirls, who regained their freedom today from Boko Haram captivity, are to be flown first to Maiduguri, Borno capital on Sunday, not Abuja. A reliable Presidency source, who disclosed this to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) [...]
Nigerian troops fighting Boko Haram terrorists have suffered major setbacks, with the terror group sacking an Army Battalion, killing eight soldiers and wounding 11 others in two separate attacks in three days, reliable military insiders have said. The army [...]
President Muhammadu Buhari, on Tuesday, announced that it may take many years for the remaining Chibok Girls to be released. Buhari through the Defence Minister, Mansur Ali, insisted that Nigerians should be patient, that it may take years to find [...]
The Department of State Services (DSS) hinted yesterday that it has uncovered a plan to attack the embassies of the United Kingdom and the United State in Abuja. It noted that already, five suspects in connection to the planned bombings [...]
Boko Haram has released a new video threatening to invade Cameroon and behead Cameroon President Paul Biya. “I would behead you Paul Biya, it’s me that would behead you with the left hand, be ready,” a Boko Haram commander said [...]
The Nigerian Army has said a top ranking member of Boko Haram terrorist group, Bulama Kailani Mohammed Metele has surrendered to 145 Task Force Battalion, 5 Brigade troops at Damasak. Brig.-Gen. Sani Usman, Army spokesman made this known in a [...]
Niger’s Road To Nowhere People seeking safety from Boko haram – many of them women and children, are living along the Niger highway struggling to survive. [...]
Borno Suicide Attack Survivor – A 90-year-old internally-displaced person, IDP, Zahrah Musa, yesterday, rushed to save her N300 potatoes, minutes after she escaped a bomb attack in Maiduguri, Borno State. It was gathered that while fellow IDPs kept a safe [...]
Suicide Attacks in Maiduguri – Residents of Maiduguri were given a rude awakening on Wednesday, when an unofficial camp for the internally displaced persons (IDPs) and residential quarters was attacked by suicide bombers. The attacks, which were unleashed by five [...]
A Chibok schoolgirl who escaped from Boko Haram militants in Nigeria has called on the international community not to forget those still in captivity. Next month will mark the third anniversary of the abduction of more than 270 girls. The [...]
Nigerian Air Force (NAF) on Friday struck Boko Haram terrorists location at Tagoshe/Mandara Mountain general area, about 10km Southwest of Gwoza in Northern Borno. Air Force spokesman, Group Captain Ayodele Famuyiwa, confirmed the development in a statement to DAILY POST. [...]
The terrorist Boko Haram group recruited about 2,000 child soldiers in 2016 and used them in combat , the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has said. UNICEF Executive Director, Anthony Lake, disclosed this on Tuesday as global leaders gather in Paris [...]
About to two powerful politicians in Borno state and a traditional ruler have been arrested by the men of the army over suspected links to Boko Haram terrorists. The names of the politicians are being withheld but TheCable reported that [...]
THE Director-General, National Youth Service Corps (NYSC), Brigadier General Suleiman Kazaure, has called on corps members to be security conscious because the Boko Haram members already flushed out from Sambisia forest were desperately looking for soft targets. This is just [...]
Mallam Umar Ibrahim, a supervisory Councillor for Agriculture in Mafia Local Government Area of Borno State, a chieftain of APC and four others have been arrested by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), for allegedly stealing about 300 bags of [...]
The late Prof. Mani The late Prof. Mani was the second professor from the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine killed by Boko Haram attack since the insurgency begun in 2009. Born in Katsina town on April 11, 1957, Prof. Mani attended [...]
The Federal Government has rejected the conditions given by the Bring Back Our Girls (BBOG) group for joining a day search sorties for missing Chibok girls in Sambisa Forest. In a letter addressed to the group’s convener, Mrs. Obiageli Ezekwesili, [...]
The defeated members of the Islamist terror group, Boko Haram continued their attacks across the country, as they exploded three bombs at Madagali town in the northern part of Adamawa State, killing many people. The three explosions occurred this morning at [...]
ON Wednesday, the Nigerian Army announced that it had recovered the corpses of an officer and 15 soldiers earlier declared missing during the operation to dislodge Boko Haram terrorists from Gashigar area of Borno Final’ at the Maimalari Cantonment in [...]
The Nigerian Army said it had recovered corpses of “one officer and 15 soldiers’’ earlier declared “Missing in Action” during an operation to dislodge the Boko Haram insurgents from Gashigar Area in Borno on October 16, 2016. The Theatre Commander [...]
Boko Haram: In its determined counter-terrorism efforts to consolidate on the gains it has made in the sustenance of offensive against identified criminal gangs, kidnap syndicates and terrorist elements across the country, the Department of State Services, DSS, has recorded [...]
The Nigerian Army has advised members of the public to be on guard as suicide bombers have devised a new method of carrying out their terror acts. Colonel Mustapha Anka, deputy director, Army Public Relations, 7 Division, Maiduguri, gave the advice [...]
Boko Haram insurgents on Saturday evening attacked an Army Brigade in Buni Yadi, Yobe State. Confirming the attack, the spokesman of 27 Task Force Brigade, Lt. George Okupe in a text message said the attack was successfully repelled by the [...]
Nigerian troops arrested some 1,400 suspects within the two weeks period of December 16, 2016 – January 4, 2017, Major General Irabor, Theatre Commander Operation LAFIYA DOLE, has disclosed. He gave the figure during on Wednesday, January 4, 2016 in [...]
The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Youth Frontier, has alleged that the Nigerian Army presented a “fake Boko Haram flag” to President Muhammadu Buhari recently. Recall that the Army recently presented a flag belonging to Abubakar Shekau, leader of the Boko [...]
A yet-to-be-identified Boko Haram commander was reportedly arrested in the private residence of a caretaker chairman of one of the area councils in Borno State, a report said on Sunday, January 1, 2016. “Authorities are suspecting the council chairman is either [...]
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) factional National Chairman, Senator Ali Modu Sheriff said he lost his brothers, cousins and other relations to the Boko Haram sect. The former governor said he wondered why people out there were accusing him of [...]
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