Boko Haram

The United States Embassy in Nigeria has urged its citizens in the country to be more security conscious before, during and after the 2019 general elections. It raised the alarm that the ISIS in West Africa (ISWA) and Boko Haram terrorist…

Vice President Prof. Yemi Osinbajo on Wednesday said that the All Progressives Congress (APC) led government was working on a credible plan to get Nigeria out of poverty in spite of limited funds available to the country. Osinbajo…

Steve Nwosu For a change, I have decided to steer off the in-fighting in APC, the saboteurs of the PDP, the malaria-induced optimism of some of the smaller parties and the fact that the president is just setting up a presidential…

The Nigerian Army has given reasons why it invaded the headquarters and regional offices of Media Trust  in Abuja and Maiduguri, Borno State, saying the media outfit was divulging ‘classified military information’ and undermining national…

Troops and air strikes have killed more than 280 Boko Haram militants since the Nigerien Government started an operation against the group last week, the Defense Ministry said. Boko Haram has attacked Niger, Chad and Cameroon from its…

The UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) says escalating attacks by non-state armed groups suspected to be Boko Haram are triggering new displacements in northeast Nigeria, especially Borno. OCHA said more than…

In 1844, the Revd Samuel Ajayi Crowther returned home to Yoruba land (now part of modern-day Nigeria). Twenty years earlier, he had been kidnapped and sold to European slave traders who were bound for the Americas. He was freed by an…

Academic activities have resumed in full force at the Government Girls’ Science and Technical College, Dapchi, Yobe, where Boko Haram insurgents abducted 110 schoolgirls on February 19, 2018. The Principal of the school, Hajiya Adama…

Army spokesman, Brig.-Gen. Texas Chukwu, has said that troops, on Friday, repelled Boko Haram terrorists attack at Arege in Borno State. Gen. Chukwu, who made this confirmation in a statement issued to newsmen, on Saturday, said no fewer…