Nigeria must do more to rescue the 195 Chibok schoolgirls kidnapped three years ago in the jihadist group Boko Haram’s most infamous attack, the United Nations said on Wednesday. Around 220 girls were taken from their school in Chibok in the remote northeastern Borno state, where Boko Haram has waged an insurgency aimed at creating […]
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The Borno Police Command on Monday confirmed the death of two suspected suicide bombers, 48 hours after muslim worshippers foiled a mosque attack in Maiduguri. Mr Victor Isuku, the spokesman of the command, disclosed this in a statement in Maiduguri. “In the early hours of today (Monday), the bodies of two male suicide bombers were […]
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Nigeria Army on Monday released 593 people after clearing them of having ties with the Islamist militant group Boko Haram, a spokesman said. The chief of army staff directed that those arrested be “released unconditionally if found not to have anything to do with insurgency or Boko Haram”, said Brigadier General Abdulraman Kuliya. He added that […]
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The Trump administration will move forward with the sale of high-tech aircraft to Nigeria for its campaign against Boko Haram Islamic extremists despite concerns over abuses committed by the African nation’s security forces, according to U.S. officials. Congress is expected to receive formal notification within weeks, setting in motion a deal with Nigeria that the […]
Read MoreThe Boko Haram insurgent group has released a new video showing its attack on African Forces and the seizure of some war equipment. The lead insurgent who spoke in a mixture of Hausa, Arabic and French mocked the Cameroonian soldiers especially and added that they were cowards.
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Boko Haram Islamists have abducted 22 girls and women in two separate raids in northeast Nigeria, residents and vigilantes told AFP. In the first attack on Thursday, the jihadists raided the village of Pulka near border with Cameroon where they kidnapped 18 girls. “Boko Haram fighters from Mamman Nur camp arrived in pickup vans around […]
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Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo on Thursday said corruption directly fueled the activities of the Boko Haram sect in the North Eastern part of the country. Osinbajo said this in his remarks at the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development’s Anti-Corruption and Integrity Forum holding in Paris. According to a copy of the speech made available by […]
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A Boko Haram faction led by the son of the group’s founder is trying to win over civilians by shunning the indiscriminate violence of its longtime figurehead that has alienated locals. Eyewitnesses to a spate of recent raids attributed to Islamist fighters loyal to Abu Musab Al-Barnawi in northeast Nigeria have said they repeatedly told […]
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Suicide bomb blasts rocked a camp for migrants who have fled Boko Haram insurgents near Nigeria’s restive northeastern city of Maiduguri early Wednesday, officials said. “There were four explosions inside the camp,” the coordinator of the Muna camp Tijjani Lumani told AFP. “The bombers struck at different locations around 4:30 am. “The explosions triggered fires […]
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Boko Haram Islamists have raided a town in restive northeast Nigeria, looting food supplies and burning homes after overwhelming troops, residents told AFP on Thursday. The attack late on Wednesday happened in Magumeri, some 50 kilometres (30 miles) northwest of the Borno state capital, Maiduguri. It came after a lull in raids on major towns […]
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Civilian vigilantes foiled a suicide attack on the outskirts of Nigeria’s flashpoint city of Maiduguri, killing two teenaged female bombers, police said on Sunday. Boko Haram’s Islamist insurgency has frequently used young women and girls to stage suicide bombings. “Two female suicide bombers, about 18 years of age… were sighted by the civilian JTF (vigilantes) […]
Read More The U.S. says it is employing partner-building efforts and targeted investments to defeat Boko Haram and enhance security in Africa. The Commander of Africa Command (AfriCom), Marine Corps Gen. Thomas Waldhauser, told the U.S. Senate Armed Services Committee on Friday that the mission was focusing on regional and continental extremist groups in Africa. He said […]
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