Boko Haram recruited three local gangs in northwest Nigeria to kidnap hundreds of schoolboys on its behalf, security and local sources said Wednesday. The jihadist group has claimed responsibility for Friday’s attack, which targeted a secondary school in the town of Kankara, in Katsina state. But sources told AFP the operation was carried out on […]
Two members of the House of Representatives announced their defections at the plenary on Tuesday. While Aliyu Datti Yau from Kano State defected from the Peoples Democratic Party to the All Progressives Congress, Shiddi Usman Danjuma from Taraba State defected from All Progressives Grand Alliance to the APC. The Speaker, Femi Gbajabiamila, read their letters […]
Boko Haram has claimed responsibility for the abduction of hundreds of schoolboys from Government Science Secondary School, Kankara, Katsina state. Gunmen had invaded the school, and Aminu Masari, governor of the state, confirmed that over 300 students were abducted. In a video released on Tuesday, Abubakar Shekau, leader of Boko Haram, said his group was […]
As many as 50 Nigerian refugees living in Nigerien town of Tumuk are feared killed after an attack by suspected Boko Haram insurgents. The attack reportedly took place on Sunday during which residents were shot mostly at close range and houses torched Most of the inhabitants of the town were Nigerians from Abadam Local Government […]
In their struggle to earn a living, internally displaced persons (IDPs) in north-east Nigeria venture into unsafe territories and often find themselves at the mercy of landmine explosions. Over 1,000 persons in Borno, Yobe and Adamawa states have been reportedly killed or injured by explosives left behind during operations involving Boko Haram, other armed groups […]
Immanuel’s Peter, the humanitarian aid worker who was forced to announce his obituary days after his kidnap, is still alive. Suspected Boko Haram insurgents had abducted Peter at Jakana along Damaturu-Maiduguri road in Yobe state, on Wednesday, and two days later, a post was made on his Facebook page, announcing that he was “already dead”. […]
The United States has formally removed Sudan from its state sponsors of terrorism blacklist , its Khartoum embassy said Monday , less than two months after the East African nation pledged to normalise ties with Israel. The move opens the way for aid , debt relief and investment to a country going though a rocky […]
Suspected Boko Haram insurgents have killed at least 27 people in an attack of “unprecedented savagery” in southeast Niger on Saturday. It was reported that other people were wounded while some are still missing in the assault on Saturday evening in the village of Toumour in the Diffa region. Witnesses and other officials confirmed the […]
The Islamic State of West Africa (ISWAP) has appointed Aliyu Chakkar as its new “governor of the Lake Chad”, sources have told TheCable. Chakkar is replacing Goni Maina, the former commander who was killed on December 1 in an air raid jointly conducted by the Nigerian army and the air force. Maina was said to […]
Gallant troops of 28 Task Force Brigade of Sector 1 Operation LAFIYA DOLE said they inflicted heavy casualties on Boko Haram Terrorists (BHTs) that attempted to attack Askira Uba in Borno State yesterday. The terrorists were suspected to have come from Sambisa Forest, mounted on over 15 gun trucks and approached the town from different […]
