Tag: Boko Haram

The explosions started at about 5:45 p.m. and continued intermittently for about an hour.

If Kagara goes the way of Kankara, the stage is set to deify armed banditry in Nigeria and tacitly give ...

Luckily, it still has at least two years to solve The Buhari Problem. It is its duty to do so, ...

Messrs Olonisakin and Buratai explain why it is difficult to end the nation’s security challenges during their screening as ambassadors ...

This is a national issue. Farmers in Zamfara, Kaduna (the Northwest), Benue and other parts of the North-Central have been confronting ...

Governor Ganduje says his government would not allow the recurrence of violent religious crisis in Kano

Tukur Buratai, a lieutenant general, was pulled out of the army on Friday after his resignation as army chief three ...

The Speaker says his home Guzamala LGA has been under Boko Haram control for three years

The new service chiefs must hit the ground running.

The two Generals brought relative stability to the North-East region while they were theatre commanders of the Army's counter-insurgency effort.

The president praised the officials for their "overwhelming achievements in our efforts at bringing enduring peace to our dear country."

The northeast state, Borno, troubled by Boko Haram, recorded the most alarming figures during the month with 70 deaths.

Last year, Mr Martins in a published video criticised President Muhammadu Buhari and the Chief of Army Staff, Tukur Buratai’s ...

Mr Kadafur, accompanied by Ali Ndume (APC-Borno South), donated one Hilux patrol vehicle to hunters in the village and N1.1 ...

The military said one Nigerian soldier died in the encounter.

The terrorists killed and abducted in the Yobe town Wednesday night.

The hunters and the civilian joint task force are to complement the efforts of the conventional military in fighting Boko ...

"I called my DPO in Geidam and he is also under fire. I could hear the gunshot from him," a ...

Mr Ndume says he is confident Nigerians will praise President Buhari again.

According to the major-general, on sighting the NAF aircraft, the insurgents were seen fleeing the location.

"I call upon all Nigerians to carefully recall the circumstances of our coming to office, the facts on the ground ...

Mr Enenche says in the North-West, 5,281 livestock, 6,951 rounds of ammunition and 120 assorted rifles were recovered from the ...

The killings were recorded in 23 states with Borno having the highest and Edo second highest.

"If the army cannot protect people travelling within a distance of only 20 kilometres, then I cannot foresee the capacity ...