The Catholic Bishop of Sokoto, Bishop Matthew Kukah on Sunday berated the current administration for its handling of Nigeria’s security challenges, saying Boko Haram terrorists are consuming the nation under President Muhammadu Buhari’s watch. Kukah in his 2021 Easter message titled, ‘Before our glory departs’, recalled that President Buhari had in 2015 described Boko Haram […]

Some analysts have detailed how a Boko Haram video claiming to have brought down a fighter jet was doctored. The jet, NAF 475, went off the radar on Wednesday while on a mission to provide support to ground troops fighting Boko Haram. The whereabouts of the two pilots remain known, as the Nigerian air force […]

The Nigerian Air Force (NAF) on Friday dismissed claims by terror group, Boko Haram, that it gunned down the missing Alpha jet which disappeared from radar on Wednesday while on an operational mission to Maiduguri, Borno State. Boko Haram had through a viral video clip claimed responsibility for downing the aircraft. But the Director of […]

The Abubakar Shekau-led faction of Boko Haram has reportedly claimed responsibility for a crash involving an alpha jet operated by the Nigerian Air Force (NAF). The aircraft, NAF 475, went off the radar on Wednesday evening. The jet was on a mission to provide support for troops on the ground fighting Boko Haram insurgents. Earlier […]

Suspected armed members of the dreaded Boko Haram sect on Wednesday invaded the Azir community in the Damboa Local Government Area of Borno state killing one resident with scores injured. The insurgents also looted foodstuff and livestock without confrontation, after setting ablaze some residential houses. Azir is about a 15km drive south of Damboa and […]

A Nigerian Air Force (NAF) Alpha-Jet has gone missing while on an operation in the north-eastern region of the country, authorities have said. NAF Director of Public Relations and Information, Air Commodore Edward Gabkwet, confirmed this in a statement on Thursday. He said the aircraft lost contact with radar while on an interdiction mission in […]

The Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Lt. Gen. Ibrahim Attahiru, on Tuesday the Nigerian Army is making progress in its efforts to address the myriad of security challenges confronting the nation. He disclosed this at the end of the ‘Chief of Army Staff Combined 1st Quarter Conference and Nigerian Army Operations Retreat 2021″, in Abuja. […]

Ekiti State Governor Kayode Fayemi on Monday said that the sponsors of insurgency in the Northeast geo-political zone are also behind banditry in the Northwest and kidnapping in the Southwest. The Chairman of the Nigerian Governors’ Forum (NGF) spoke with reporters in Abuja on National security, shortly after meeting with President Muhammadu Buhari at the […]

Leah Sharibu’s parents, Nathan and Rebecca, have described as “heartbreaking rumours” reports that their daughter had given birth to a second baby in Boko Haram captivity. Demanding that the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd), bring back their daughter with or without children, the traumatised parents said it was a big shame that the Buhari […]