YOBE State Executive Council has approved N1.9 billion as compensation for Boko Haram victims and for procurement of 6,000 metric tons of fertilisers for farmers. Briefing reporters on the outcome [...]
Defence department says it rescued three women and six children captured by rebel group Boko Haram in country’s north. Read full story on author website »
By SaharaReporters, New York The Nigerian Army today said it has rescued several women, and children held hostage by Islamist militant sect, Boko Haram. read more Read full story on [...]
Soldiers in Borno state have dislodged three camps belonging to suspected members of Boko Haram in Sambisa forest, rescuing three women and six children during the operation. This was made known [...]
In not less than 48 hours of the President’s directives to release some female suspects currently in detention as a result of the activities of the Boko Haram sect, gunmen [...]
Despite the emergency rule and the deployment of over 3000 Joint Taks Force troops in Maiduguri, the Borno state capital, some gunmen suspected to be Boko Haram sect yesterday shot [...]
The Presidential Committee on Dialogue and Peaceful Resolution of Security Challenges in Northern Nigeria had no clue on how to meet the leadership of the Boko Haram insurgents, the Chairman [...]
By SaharaReporters, New York Members of the Presidential Committee on Dialogue and Peaceful Resolution of Security Challenges in the North heard today in Kano that compensation has yet to be [...]
by Harriet Alexander The two men who suspected of murdering a soldier in Woolwich were both British citizens, but their origins were in the troubled West African country of Nigeria. [...]
The Court of Appeal, Abuja Division has fixed October 2nd, 2013 for the adoption of addresses in the appeal brought before it by Senator Mohammed Ali Ndume asking it to [...]
Chief of Army Staff, Lieutenant General Azubuike Ihejirika, has accused his men of collaborating with members of the Boko Haram sects by exposing top secrets of their operations to the [...]
by Rachel Ogbu Special Assistant to the President on Public Affairs, Dr. Doyin Okupe| credits: pointblanknews.com To prove its focus on peace in the country, the Presidency on Wednesday said [...]
THE Presidency,yesterday, disclosed that the order directing the release from Police, DSS and military detention centres of Boko Haram suspects detained in connection with the security challenge, would be carried [...]
By SaharaReporters, New York Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Lieutenant General Azubuike Ihejirika, today revealed that some soldiers have been interacting with Boko Haram insurgents and divulging vital secrets of the army’s [...]
The presidency on Wednesday explained its decision to authorise the release of women, children and other suspected Boko Haram members currently being detained by Nigeria’s security agencies. The Nigerian military [...]
By Global Information Network (GIN) May 21 (GIN) – Fulfilling a demand by the insurgent Boko Haram rebel organization, Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan has agreed to release from jail some [...]
By SaharaReporters, New York The presidency today explained its directive concerning the release of persons being held in connection with the Boko Haram sect, the first batch of which it [...]
BY NDAHI MARAMA, MAIDUGURI Gunmen suspected to be Boko Haram members , yesterday ,shot dead a General Manager (name withheld) of one of the fuel stations in Maiduguri, the Borno [...]
by Samuel Adesoji Ojediran The terrorism by the boko haram sect shouldn’t be experienced if most members had not been brainwashed because of lack of proper education. Peace is what [...]
By Premium Times The military said it was acting on directives by President Goodluck Jonathan. The Defence Headquarters (DHQ) announced in Abuja on Tuesday that it would release some persons [...]