Following the death of more than 300 peoples, including a Lieutenant-Colonel, by Boko Haram insurgents in the last three weeks…
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Boko Haram gunmen killed many people in an attack on the town of Damboa in Borno State, throwing explosives into…
The government notes with concern the attempt by some persons working assiduously to demoralise our security agencies particularly military personnel…
A series of suspected Boko Haram attacks in four villages in Nigeria’s restive northeast killed several people, residents said Sunday, in the latest violence blamed on the Islamist insurgents. The military was not immediately available to comment…
International Monetary Fund chief Christine Lagarde branded Boko Haram, the Nigerian insurgents who kidnapped more than 200 schoolgirls, “despicable” on Monday. “In a deep sense, the actions of Boko Haram represent the complete antithesis of the values…
A coalition of civil society organisations in Katsina State on Thursday staged a peaceful demonstration against foreign intervention sought by…
More than 40 insurgents and four soldiers died in clashes between Nigerian troops and Islamists near the scene where scores of abducted girls are believed to be held in the north of the country, the military said Friday. “The capture of a number of…
Leader of the Boko Haram Islamists sect Abubakar Shekau has claimed responsibility for a bombing in Nyanyan, Abuja, which led…
Desperate Nigerian parents pleaded Wednesday for an end to their “nightmare” after Boko Haram Islamists kidnapped more than 100 girls from a secondary school in the embattled northeast. The mass abduction by heavily armed insurgents from the Chibok…
Russian President Vladimir Putin denied involvement Monday with pro-Russian insurgents gaining ground in eastern Ukraine, but an unconvinced European Union expanded its sanctions on officials accused of trying to break up the ex-Soviet country. Putin…
Suspected Boko Haram Islamists killed at least 60 people in Nigeria’s troubled northeastern Borno state close to the border with Cameroon, a local official said. “The attackers, who are no doubt Boko Haram insurgents, attacked Amchaka and nearby villages…
Kenyan police have arrested more than 650 suspects a day after six people were killed in bomb attacks in the capital Nairobi, the interior minister said Tuesday, in a crackdown on suspected Islamist insurgents. “This act of cowardice perpetrated against…
Nigeria’s secret police faced questions Monday about how 21 detainees were killed during an attempted jailbreak from their headquarters, with claims of a cover-up about exactly what happened. The detainees, reportedly suspected Boko Haram insurgents…
At least 17 people have been killed by an explosion in a village market in Borno State in an attack…
Nigeria’s military on Wednesday told Boko Haram militants that talks remained an option, as top brass visited troops in the group’s traditional stronghold. “To the insurgents, the dialogue table is still open, else the national power is available to…
Nigeria, under fire internationally for banning gay marriage and alleged abuses while tackling Islamist insurgents, on Wednesday received its first visit from the United Nations human rights commissioner. But Navi Pillay said she had not come to Africa…
Nigeria has sealed a portion of its northeastern border with Cameroon to block the movement of insurgents and other criminal groups, the military said Sunday. The closure has been imposed in Adamawa state, one of three states in the northeast placed…
Suspected Boko Haram Islamists armed with explosives attacked a town in Nigeria’s troubled northeast on Wednesday, sparking a battle with soldiers that killed a large number of insurgents, the military said. Defence spokesman Chris Olukolade told AFP…
Nigeria is winning the war against Boko Haram Islamists in the restive northeast that has claimed thousands of lives, a presidential spokesman said Tuesday, dismissing suggestions the insurgents were having the upper hand. “We state authoritatively…
The Federal Government on Sunday urged Nigerians to pray for the security agents partaking in the ongoing military action to…