At least four civilians were killed between Thursday and Friday by the terror group, Boko Haram in Cameroon’s far north region, local authorities said on Friday. The traditional ruler of Wemdeley village was killed overnight into Friday, while three other persons were killed early Thursday in Talla Massali village when Boko Haram invaded the localities, […]
Amidst renewed clamour by some Nigerians on the Federal Government to re-engage foreign mercenaries in the fight against Boko Haram terrorists, the foreign military contractors earlier engaged by Nigeria have vowed never to return to the country. Following the recent massacre of 43 rice farmers in Zabarmari, the Governor of Borno State, Prof. Babagana Zulum […]
The Theatre Commander of Operation Lafiya Dole, Major General Faruk Yahaya, has issued a strong warning to Borno communities collaborating with Boko Haram terrorists to desist from it. In a statement issued on Friday by the spokesperson for the Theatre Command, Colonel Ado Isa, the warning followed a meeting with components of the Multi-National Joint […]
Benjamin Kalu, spokesman of the house of representatives, says President Muhammadu Buhari may appear before the lawmakers on December 10 or 15, to brief them on the federal government’s efforts to address insecurity. Speaking with reporters in Abuja on Thursday, Kalu said no president in the history of the country has appeared before the federal […]
Families of the 48 farmers killed at a rice field in Borno State have been given N600,000 each by Borno State Government. The bereaved families were also given bags of food items by a committee assigned by Governor Babagana Zulum to share donations received on their behalf. The funds came from combined support of N20m […]
Borno State Governor , Babagana Zulum, on Thursday, received a delegation of the Cameroonian military at the Government House in Maiduguri , the state capital. At the meeting , the governor tasked the Cameroonian delegation on the need for Nigeria and Cameroon to team up to defeat the Boko Haram terrorists . The Cameroonian military […]
The Defence Headquarters says the decision to engage mercenaries to assist the military in defeating the Boko Haram insurgency is squarely for the Federal Government to take. It noted that the security forces cannot challenge the initiative , stressing that it was up to Nigerians and the government to contract the private army . Following […]
The defence Headquarters has dismissed the claim by the Boko Haram terrorists that the recent massacre of rice farmers in Borno was retaliation for the arrest of one of them. The Coordinator, Defence Media Operations, Maj.-Gen. John Enenche, said this while giving update on the operations of the armed forces between Nov. 26 and Dec. […]
Lai Mohammed, minister of information, says citizens in the north-east are no longer paying tax to Boko Haram. Speaking at a meeting with the Newspaper Proprietors Association of Nigerian (NPAN) in Lagos on Thursday, Mohammed said the occupation of territories in the country by insurgents is now “a thing of the past”. But the minister’s […]
….As the army holds a second spiritual welfare seminar The Chief of Army Staff, Lt. Gen. Tukur Buratai, on Tuesday said terrorism might persist in Nigeria for another 20 years. Buratai stated this on his verified Facebook page three days after Boko Haram terrorists killed scores of rice farmers in Borno State. He wrote: “There […]
