At Least 27 killed And 80 Injured In A Triple Suicide Attack On Lake Chad Island

At least 27 were killed and 80 others wounded in a triple suicide attack in a Lake Chad island on Saturday.

105 Nigerian Soldiers Missing In Action After Fierce Fight With Boko Haram

At least 105 soldiers of the 157 Battalion of the Nigerian Army, including their commanding officer, are feared missing after they came under intense attack from Boko Haram insurgents at Gudunbali, Borno State, on Wednesday, military sources,say.

Boko Haram: Buhari Is Helpless – Bakare

Pastor Tunde Bakare, founder of the Latter Rain Assembly, Lagos,  has said President Muhammadu Buhari is not clueless but helpless on the issue of insecurity in the country.

#AbujaBombings: 15 Confirmed Dead, 41 Injured – NEMA

The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) says 15 persons have been confirmed dead while 41 were injured in last night’s bomb blasts at Kuje and Nyanya in Abuja.

According to the Information Officer of NEMA, Sani Datti, the agency has intensified rescue operations in all the sites of the bomb blast.

Boko Haram claims responsibility for June suicide bombings in Chad capital

The dreaded Boko Haram sect have claimed responsibility for twin suicide bombings in Chad’s capital N’Djamena that left 38 people dead, the SITE Intelligence Group reported Wednesday.

In a statement in Arabic posted on Twitter, the jihadist group identified two suicide bombers who it said carried out the June 15 attacks, the first in the capital of a country that has taken a leading role in a regional offensive against Nigeria-based Boko Haram.

Boko Haram murdered scores of Muslims in a mosques during Ramadan fast

Boko Haram extremists  attacked and gruesomely killed almost 150 Nigerian Muslims praying in mosques before breaking their Ramadan fast, last night.

According to witnesses, the militants mowed down men and children in three remote villages in the north-eastern Borno state and shot women preparing food at home.

Nigeria's Vice President Osibanjo meets with baby victim of Boko haram bombing

This  little sweet heart is one of the victims of Boko Haram bombings. Vice president Yemi Osibanjo met with the baby and her mum at the Maiduguri teaching hospital while he was on a visit in Borno as he inspects the dreaded Boko Haram ravaged State

2 suicide bombers attack leprosy hospital in Borno

Two suicide bombers, blew themselves up at the Molai Leprosy Hospital in Borno State.

According to reports, the attackers, a male and a female, reportedly sneaked into the town from Sambisa forest, a notorious Boko Haram stronghold.

The bombers were however said to have detonated their explosives prematurely and as a result were the only victims of the blast.

#Yolabombblast: Death toll rises to 45

Authorities has said that the death toll from a suicide bombing at a market in the northeastern Nigerian town of Yola rose to 45 on Friday. 

There was no claim of responsibility for the attack but it bore the hallmarks of Islamist terrorist group, Boko Haram.

32 dead, 53 injured in Yola Bomb blast

No fewwer than 32 people have been confirmed dead in an explosion which hit a market in Yola, Adamawa State on Thursday, June 4, 2015.

The explosive device was left in a tricycle in the Jimeta Modern Market before being detonated.

Officials say most of the victims were roadside food vendors, meat sellers and fruit sellers.

Nigerian Army sentenced 66 soldiers to death

The Nigerian army has said a total of 509 officers and soldiers  facing separate courts martial for offences relating to conspiracy, disobedience to lawful orders, neglect and mutiny, reports say.

The Acting Director, Army Public Relations, Colonel Sani Usman, said this in Abuja on Wednesday, May 20.

Nigeria: Borno govt worried over burden of feeding more than 500,000 IDP

The Borno Government on Tuesday has appealed to the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) to take over the daily feeding of Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) in the state.

Alhaji Mustapha Zanna, the Deputy Governor of the state, made the appeal while receiving a donation of relief materials worth about N7 million for the IDPs by the Nigeria Flour Mills in Maiduguri.

He said that the takeover would enable the state government to focus on other development areas in the state.

Nigeria: Boko Haram attacks Adamawa communities as suicide bomber kills nine ( Breaking news)

A suicide bomber has killed at least nine people in Garkida, Adamawa State, Nigeria, just as Boko Haram terrorists have also attacked the Madagali area in the state in what appears to be a renewed move by the terrorists to retake the places liberated by the Nigerian military.

Five Boko Haram members training under ISIS killed In Iraq

Boko Haram goes international, five Boko Haram terrorists undergoing training in Iraq were on Wednesday killed by a vigilante group, the Mosul Youth Resistance Movement.

The Boko Haram members receiving training from the Islamic State terror group (ISIS) met their waterloo in the Dargaza area of Eastern Mosul.

Nigeria: Boko Haram attacks Giwa Barracks in Maiduguri

Military sources has said that  suspected Boko Haram militants attacked Nigeria’s northern city of Maiduguri in Borno state on Wednesday from a cashew plantation a few kilometres from the Giwa barracks.

Residents said they heard heavy shooting and explosions on the outskirts and began fleeing their homes.

Nigeria: 214 girls rescued from Boko Haram pregnant as they recounts ordeal - UNFPA

One of the women recently freed from the clutches of Boko Haram has told how the terrorists took turn sleeping with her and ended up getting her pregnant.

Nigeria: Rights group commends military over 293 girls, women

The Action Team Against Conscription and Kidnap, ATACK, on Wednesday commended the Nigerian military over the rescue of 200 girls and 93 women from the deadly Islamic militant group popularly known as Boko Haram.

Nigerian troops found 200 girls and 93 women in Sambisa Forest

Hope is not lost for the missing Chibok girls as the Nigerian DEFENCE HQ NIGERIA shared this on Twitter.

#BringBackOurGirls: Ezekwesili I was only doing it for the missing girls - Time 100

Now in its 12th year, The Time 100 is an annual list of the 100 most influential people in the world, spanning politics, entertainment, business, technology, science, religion and other fields.

Obiageli Katryn Ezekwesili, former World Bank Vice President, current Senior Economic Adviser with the Africa Economic Development Policy Initiative (AEDPI) and leading voice on the global #BringBackOurGirls campaign who was named as one of the Time 100 Most Influential People in the World in 2015 said she is delighted to be on the list only for the sake of  the missing Chibok girls.

Boko Haram kill 9 Chadian soldiers leave 16 wounded

The Chadian army said Thursday that about Nine Chadian soldiers have been killed and 16 wounded after being ambushed by Boko Haram fighters in northeastern Nigeria.