Tag: Boko Haram

An army commander and six soldiers are currently missing after two bases of the Nigerian military in Borno State came under Boko Haram attack on Saturday, with one soldier feared…

Boko Haram, on Sunday, captured Marte, headquarters of Marte Local Government Area of Borno State, dependable sources confirmed to our correspondent in Maiduguri. One of the sources said the insurgents…

Insurgents in Nigeria’s north-east have attacked yet another military base in Borno State, killing, wounding and displacing soldiers. The Boko Haram thugs drove yet unconfirmed number of trucks into Gubio…

The military has commenced the evacuation of the residents of Sabongari in Damboa Local Government Area of Borno State to Internally Displaced Persons, IDPs, camps in Damboa. Sabongari is 34…

Nobel Laureate, Prof. Wole Soyinka, has eulogised Leah Sharibu who was kidnapped by Boko Haram insurgents on February 19, 2018, alongside her schoolmates from their Government Science College at Dapchi,…

Nearly 900 children held by a pro-government militia force fighting Boko Haram insurgents in northeastern Nigeria were freed on Friday, the UN said. The 894 children, including 106 girls, had…

No fewer than ten persons were killed and several others injured when suspected Boko Haram insurgents invaded Molai general area, an outskirts of Maiduguri, Borno state on Tuesday evening, local…

Boko Haram fighters torched a village in Cameroon’s troubled Far North Region overnight and killed 11 civilians in their sleep, security sources told AFP on Friday. “Boko Haram made an incursion at…

Boko Haram jihadists killed seven Chad soldiers and wounded 15 in an overnight attack that saw 63 “terrorists” killed in return, an army spokesman told AFP on Monday. “The terrorists attacked our…

The Nigerian Army has explained what transpired during the attack on Damaturu, the capital of Yobe State, by suspected Boko Haram terrorists on Tuesday evening. Our correspondent yesterday reported how…