Boko Haram

The Presidency has disowned a journalist, Ahmed Salkida, who claimed in his tweets yesterday that only 15 out of the remaining 113 Chibok schoolgirls, believed to be with their Boko Haram abductors, are alive. The Senior Special…

Ahmad Salkida, a journalist known to have access to the leadership of Boko Haram, says only 15 of the yet to be released 113 Chibok schoolgirls are alive. Salkida, who announced this on his Twitter handle, said many of the girls have…

Presidential media adviser, Femi Adesina says those opposing or criticizing President Muhammadu Buhari’s approval of one billion dollars for security funding are only playing politics with the lives of Nigerians. The Minister of…

The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) says three suicide bombers were killed at Muna area of Maiduguri, Borno state, on Friday. Four powerful explosions rocked the ancient city between 9pm and 9:30 pm, sending terrifying…

Leah Sharibu, the only student of Government Girls Science and Technical College, Dapchi, still in Boko Haram custody, reportedly made an unsuccessful attempt to escape. The insurgents abducted 110 students on February 19 and…

Here is the face of the Dapchi schoolboy, a pure water vendor captured by Boko Haram on 19 February, along with 111 schoolgirls. The boy came to the Dapchi Girls Secondary Science and Tech College to sell pure water, when he was…

The Nigerian army has reacted to allegations that it planned the abduction of Dapchi School girls in the villa, and executed it with #80million. According to the Nigerian army, the planned abduction information said to be provided by…

The Northern States Governors’ Forum has held a meeting with the national leadership and state chapters of the Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association of Nigeria, as part of efforts to find lasting solutions to the continued clashes…

The federal government says contrary to the reported figure of 110, Boko Haram insurgents abducted 113 persons from Government Girls Secondary and Technical College in Dapchi, Yobe state. Speaking at a press conference on Sunday, Lai…

Aisha Wakil, better known as Mama Boko Haram, says she played a key role in the release of the kidnapped Dapchi schoolgirls. In an interview with Channels Television, Wakil said she persuaded the Boko Haram insurgents to return the…

The parents of the released Dapchi schoolgirls and the Federal Government may be set for a showdown on the plan of the government to send the released schoolgirls to continue their education at the Government Girls Science and Technical…

Residents of Dapchi, Yobe State yesterday waited in vain for the return of Leah Sheribu, the only girl still held captive by Boko Haram following the February 19, 2018 abduction of school girls in the town. Residents picked up…

The Nigerian army has reopened the Maiduguri-Bama-Banki international highway in Borno state.  Rogers Nicholas, the theatre commander, operation Lafiya Dole, announced this on Saturday at the inauguration of the highway in Maiduguri.…

Following the threat allegedly issued by Boko Haram that they would re-abduct the Dapchi schoolgirls released on Wednesday if they went back to school, the parents of some of the freed girls have said that they would not give up on the…

The Director General of Department of State Services (DSS), Lawal Daura, yesterday revealed the process that culminated in the release of 105 of the 111 girls abducted from a secondary school in Dapchi, Yobe State on February 19,…

President Muhammadu Buhari on Friday expressed his readiness to offer amnesty to members of the Boko Haram terrorist group that are ready to surrender their arms. Buhari made the declaration at a meeting he had with the…

President Muhammadu Buhari is as committed to the freedom of the only Dapchi schoolgirl still in captivity as he was to the girls’ freedom when all 110 were in the captivity of Boko Haram terrorists, his office said Thursday.A statement…

Boarding schools have been shut indefinitely in the northeast Nigerian state most affected by Boko Haram violence, the government has said, in the latest blow to children’s education. “All boarding secondary schools in the state,…

Parents of abducted Dapchi schoolgirls who were released on Wednesay by Boko Haram said the terrorists took their time to preach sermons to them before leaving the community.They said no soldier or security operative was present in the…

The Federal Executive Council, FEC, on Wednesday resolved to merge schools in the North East in order to provide adequate security and prevent a reoccurrence of students’ abduction by the Boko Haram insurgents. This move was…

The army says it has arrested a high profile Boko Haram suspect, Bubayi Isa, in Kalaa village in Adamawa State, North-east Nigeria. Brig.-Gen. Texas Chukwu, the Director, Army Public Relations said in a statement he issued in Maiduguri…

Lai Mohammed, minister of information, says the federal government did not give money to Boko Haram insurgents for the release of the Dapchi schoolgirls. Mohammed said this while speaking with state house correspondents in Abuja on…