Tight Security In Maiduguri As Buhari Visits
Security has been beefed up in Maiduguri and environs as President Muhammadu Buhari is expected to visit the town to declare open the Fourth Quarter Chief of Army Staff Conference.…
Boko Haram Warns Military Of Fresh Attack
Boko Haram insurgents have threatened another attack on the military base at Jiddari-Polo, Maiduguri. The terrorists on Monday attacked farmers in the area, hacking four to death while one was…
APC – Atiku Is Insensitive To Metele Attack
The All Progressives Congress, APC, has blamed the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, of being insensitive and playing desperate politics with the blood of soldiers killed in the Melete attacks. The…
‘I Pulled Off This Dirty Uniform And Fled’ — Soldier Speaks On Deadly Boko Haram Attack
One of the soldiers who escaped the deadly attack on the military formation in Metele in Borno state has narrated how he escaped. Over 100 soldiers attached to 157 task…
Use Prayer Not Violence, Retaliation To Resolve Nigeria’s Problems, Says Gowon
A former Head of State, Yakubu Gowon, on Sunday said that Nigeria’s problems would be resolved through unrelenting prayers by the church, rather than resorting to violence, retaliation and unforgiveness.…
Melete Attack: Buhari Meets Security Chiefs
President Muhammadu Buhari on Sunday presided over a meeting of security chiefs at the Presidential Villa, Abuja, as part of the ongoing efforts to engage military and intelligence community towards…
President Buhari Summons Service Chiefs Over Killing Of Soldiers By Boko Haram
President Muhammadu Buhari has summoned the service chiefs to an emergency security meeting over the killing of Nigerian soldiers by Boko Haram insurgents. NAN report that a source, who preferred…
Just In: Boko Haram kidnaps 15 Girls
Suspected Boko Haram gunmen kidnapped 15 girls overnight in a village near Toumour, southeastern Niger, the local mayor said on Saturday. Boukar Mani Orthe, the mayor of the town in…
Buhari Sends Defence Minister To Chad For Emergency Security Meeting Over Soldiers’ Killing
President Muhammadu Buhari has dispatched the Minister of Defence, retired Brig-Gen. Mansur Dan-Ali, to Chad for an emergency meeting with the Chadian President, Idris Deby, on the deterioration of security…
’How Boko Haram Attackers Disguised as Friendly Soldiers and Killed 100 Military Men’
Indications emerged yesterday that the attack on troops by Boko Haram insurgents at Metele village, Guzamala Local Government Area, Borno State, which claimed many lives on Sunday, was possible because…
