It was midnight when Falmata Bunu crept through the deadly Boko Haram camp in Northeast Nigeria’s Sambisa forest that had been her home for 15 months. She walked through the deadly forest for several days before finding help. Like the other girls conscripted by the militants, she had been warned that she would be hunted […]
Senator Mohammed Ali Ndume (APC, Borno South) has faulted the granting amnesty to repentant Boko Haram insurgents. Daily Times recalls Operation Safe Corridor had granted amnesty to repentant insurgents after undergoing a six-month De-radicalization, Rehabilitation and Re-integration programme. Addressing newsmen in Abuja during the weekend on his findings after touring different villages and towns within […]
The Governor of Borno State, Babagana Zulu and others escaped an ambush by suspected Boko Haram gunmen on Wednesday. The governor was returning from Baga, a deserted fishing community in Kaka local government area of the state, when the Boko Harm insurgents opened fire on his convoy. The attack comes three months after Ali Modu […]
University of Maiduguri (UNIMAID) has condoled with the university community over the killings of passengers in an attack coordinated by Boko Haram insurgents at Auno village in Konduga, Borno. In a condolence message by Prof. Danjuma Gambo, Director Radio and Public Relations, on Wednesday in Maiduguri, the university sympathized with students, parents and the state […]
The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) has condemned what it described as the “tragic killing” of its colleague Saifura Hussaini Ahmed Khorsa, who was abducted by Boko Haram insurgents in March. The head of the ICRC delegation in Abuja, Eloi Fillion, in a statement on Monday said, “We are devastated by the murder […]
Andrew Orolua, Abuja A Federal High Court in Kainji, Niger State on Friday, sentenced 45 members of the Boko Haram insurgents to 31 and 3 years imprisonment. The court also discharged about 468 suspects after establishing that they have no case to answer. A statement issued in Abuja on Friday by the Minister of Information […]
The Defence headquarters on Thursday confirmed that over 13 strongholds of Boko Haram members, including the notorious Tokumbere camp in Sambisa forest, have been captured by Nigerian troops. He added that several other camps have been overrun and destroyed. Some of the destroyed camps, according to the Director of Defence Information, Major-General Chris Olukolade, include, […]
Members of the Boko Haram sect have continued their reign of terror, killing about 19 persons in a Camerounian village, Bia, last Thursday, according to Agence France Presse (AFP). Most of the victims were beheaded, the report added. “The final toll from this attack is 19 dead, with a majority of the victims decapitated,” a […]
Gunmen suspected to be Boko Haram insurgents have attacked the kwajeffa area of Borno state, burning down houses and brutally killing scores of people. The Islamic militants opened fire on villagers and raised down a large number of buildings. According to eyewitnesses, the insurgents came in large numbers of almost 2 dozens at dusk on […]
Far from being over, the war on insurgency inNigeria may have only just begun. Fleeing citizens were on Tuesday reported to have claimed that at least 400 persons have again being abducted by members of the terrorist group in Damask, Borno State. It was learnt, also on Tuesday, that military authorities arrested a suspected […]
The Chief of Defence Staff, Air Chief Marshal Alex Badeh and his counter parts from Niger and Chad yesterday held a closed door meeting in Abuja over the ongoing fight against the insurgents in the country. Although, details of their discussions were not made public at the time of press yesterday, it is unconnected with […]