Boko Haram Has Not Been Crushed
Boko Haram leader Abubakar Shekau appeared in a new video on Thursday to dispute a claim by the Nigerian president and the army that the armed group had been routed from its last stronghold of...
Tag: Borno State
Army Searching For Chibok Girls Seized By Boko Haram
After the Nigerian army claimed victory over Boko Haram in the armed group's forest stronghold, a commander at the forefront of the battle says the search is still on for the missing Chibok girls....
Freed Chibok Girls Not Allowed Home For Christmas, Say Families
Families of the Nigerian “Chibok girls” freed by Islamist group Boko Haram say they are being closely guarded and were not allowed home for Christmas. Boko Haram kidnapped 276 girls in April...
Freed Chibok Girls Reunited With Their Families For Christmas
More than 20 Nigerian "Chibok girls" who were released by the Islamist group Boko Haram in October have rejoined their families for Christmas. It is the girls' first return home since they were...
Boko Haram ‘ousted From Sambisa Forest Bastion’
The Nigerian army has driven Boko Haram militants from the last camp in their Sambisa forest stronghold, President Muhammadu Buhari has said. “The terrorists are on the run and no longer have a...
Some 14 Million In Northeast Nigeria May Need Humanitarian Aid In 2017
Around 14 million people will need humanitarian help in the former northeast Nigerian stronghold region of Boko Haram militants and tens of thousands of children will be at risk of dying from famine,...
Nigerian Statesman In Corruption Scandal
For the past one week, the Borno-born civil servant has been running from pillar to pole, in a bid to save whatever is left of his battered image amid revelations that he is allegedly behind the...
The List of Beautiful Things That Happened In 2016
Portual won the Euros for the first time in history New chemotherapy breakthroughs have increased the 5-year survival for pancreatic cancer from 16% to 27% (and is getting better) Child mortality is...
Nigeria’s Presidency Deny Paying $21million Ransom For Chibok Girls Release
The Presidency has described as untrue and unfair media reports which claimed renewed attacks in Borno State were as a result of recent release of the 21 Chibok girls. It also denied that it paid $21...
The African Woman
“Through her voice I saw a free woman, down on her land, a woman who knew how to kill her own chickens, hunt her own possum, cut her own cotton, fix her own roof, make her own whiskey, walk in her...
The Boko Haram Menace And The Inactions of The International Community
The struggle against the evil extremist Boko Haram terrorists in Nigeria suffered a terrible setback last week with the matyrdom of Lt Col Abu Ali. The fallen Colonel was described as a fearless and...
Nigerians Pay Tribute To ‘war King’ Killed By Boko Haram
Tributes are being paid to a Nigerian army commander nicknamed "war king" after he was killed by Islamist militants Boko Haram. The militants killed Lt Col Muhammad Abu-Ali on Friday. The 36-year-old...
Nigerian President Lauds Chibok Girl Rescue
Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari has saluted the efforts of troops confronting Boko Haram terrorists for rescuing another Chibok schoolgirl. In a brief statement issued late on Saturday, the...
Nigerian Army Rescues Another Chibok Girl
The Nigerian Army says that it has rescued another one of the girls abducted from the Government Secondary School Chibok in Borno State by Boko Haram insurgents. A statement issued by the Acting...
Nigeria Investigates Reports That Officials Raped Displaced Women
Nigeria has launched an investigation into reports alleging that government officials raped and sexually abused women and girls who survived Boko Haram violence. The move comes after Human Rights...
Buhari Orders Investigation Over ‘sex Abuse’
Nigeria's President Muhammadu Buhari has ordered an investigation into allegations of sexual abuse at camps where women and children are taking refuge from militant Islamist group Boko Haram. Mr...
How To Protect the Chibok Girls From Reliving Their Horror
How to protect the Chibok girls from reliving their horror The Chibok girls who moved to the US in 2014 have had to repeatedly relive their experiences In our series of letters from African...
Nigeria First Lady Aisha Buhari To Campaign For Her Husband
The wife of Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari has said she is seeking “the success of my husband’s administration,” weeks after saying she may not campaign for him at the next election. Aisha...
Widows of Victims of Nigeria’s Boko Haram Say Aid Overdue
After her husband was killed by a Boko Haram suicide bomber late last year, Hajjagana Mbasaru was forced to pull her children from school and rely on friends to feed them. Like other widows of...
Boko Haram Overruns Nigerian Military Base In Northeast
Nigeria's Boko Haram Islamic extremists have overrun a remote military camp in the northeast, leaving 13 soldiers wounded and an unknown number missing, the army said Wednesday. Monday's attack comes...