An estimated two million Nigerians displaced by the Boko Haram insurgency are living in Internally Displaced Persons’ (IDPS) camps in six NorthEast States, the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) said yesterday. Yola Camp Coordinator Saas Bello stated this at the weekend after taking United States Ambassador to the United Nations, Samanthan Power, round the facilities […]
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The United States of America (USA) on Saturday said that it was incapacitated to help Nigeria in the fight against Boko Haram earlier than now by the corrupt inclination of the Jonathan Administration. The US Ambassador to the United Nations, Samantha Power,told reporters in Yola that Washington was uncomfortable with the former administration’s handling of the […]
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Nigeria President, Muhammadu Buhari said yesterday that the Boko Haram terrorists have been degraded to the extent that the group can no longer seize and hold on to any territory in the country. In a speech delivered on his behalf at the 13th summit of the Organisation of Islamic Countries (OIC) in Istanbul, Turkey by […]
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President Muhammadu Buhari has assured parents and relations of the kidnapped Chibok girls that he frequently reflects on the ordeal of the captives in the hands of Boko Haram terrorists and shares the pain of their continued absence from home. As the parents marked the second anniversary of the kidnap of the girls, President Buhari […]
Read More [su_dropcap]T[/su_dropcap]he United States and Nigeria on Wednesday agreed to establish working groups focused on strengthening security cooperation, the economy and tackling corruption after day-long talks at the State Department. In a joint statement, the countries said the groups would come up with a paper within a month finalizing goals, Reuters report. Kerry meets Nigerian President […]
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Boko Haram leader Abubakar Shekau appeared on video for the first time in more than a year on Thursday, rejecting rumours about his death but appearing to signal his time in charge of the Nigerian jihadist group may be coming to an end. In a message that contained none of the defiant bluster, taunts and […]
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Seven Boko Haram terrorists have been killed in an ambush at Dawashi by troops of 7 Brigade in Maiduguri. A statement yesterday by Army spokesman Col. Sani Usman, said some items recovered from the terrorists include petrol, IEDs, 1 AK-47 and a Peugeot Station Wagon. The statement said: “Troops of 7 Brigade have ambushed and […]
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BOTH the British and United States (U.S.) governments knew where some of the schoolgirls kidnapped by Boko Haram members from Chibok but felt powerless to launch a rescue mission, NewStage report. More than 200 girls have remained missing since 2014 when they were kidnapped by the terrorist group from a boarding school in Chibok while […]
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PRESIDENT Muhammadu Buhari has said a sociological study would be conducted on the insurgents, Boko Haram, when they are finally subdued by the government. Such a study, he said, will assist in determining the origin, the remote and immediate causes of the movement, its sponsors, its international connections and steps to prevent its recurrence. Buhari yesterday spoke […]
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MAJOR roads to and from Maiduguri in northeast Nigeria have been re-opened, the chief of army staff said on Saturday, nearly three years after they were shut because of Boko Haram attacks. Lieutenant-General Tukur Buratai said restrictions had been lifted between the Borno state capital and Damboa to the southwest, southeast to Bama, and east […]
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U.S. Africa Command has asked Washington to send a small group of military advisers to Nigeria to assist its military’s fight against the Islamic insurgency Boko Haram, it said in a statement Friday. At the request of the Nigerian government, the U.S. Africa Command’s Brig. Gen. Donald Bolduc sent staff in recent months to conduct […]
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President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud of Somalia on Sunday said that fighters of the Boko Haram sect trained in his country before coming to Nigeria to carry out their heinous acts. According to Reuters, Mohamud said this while addressing a security conference in Germany. Reuters quoted him as saying that, “Without a stable Somalia, the whole […]
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