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Showing posts with label Boko Haram. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Boko Haram. Show all posts

Wednesday 24 June 2015

42 killed as Boko haram loot homes, shops, set fire to buildings...

Boko Haram members in actionSuspected Boko Haram gunmen shot dead at least 42 people in two separate attacks in northeast Nigeria, with no let-up in sight to the Islamist group’s targeting of civilians. The attacks in the remote villages of Debiro Hawul and Debiro Biu in Borno state on Monday and Tuesday came before at least 10 people were killed in a suicide attack in neighbouring Yobe.

Monday 22 June 2015

Another Bomb Blast at Maiduguri!

THE BLAST —Scene of the blast in Abuja, yesterday. Photos: Emma Ujah & Gbemiga Olamikan.Vanguard newspaper reports that at least 20 people were killed when a female suicide bomber detonated her explosives at a bus station in Maiduguri a few minutes. 

Friday 19 June 2015

EU provides N4.7bn in aid for Boko Haram victims...

Image result for EUThe European Commission said on Thursday that it is providing N4.7 billion in aid to affected by the activities of Boko Haram insurgents.  This is contained in a statement issued by the European Union (EU) Secretariat in Abuja.  “The new EU funding will provide immediate support, including clean water, food, shelter, healthcare and protection to the displaced and the host communities in the north-east of Nigeria.  “It will also provide support to Nigerian refugees in the neighbouring countries. 

Saturday 13 June 2015

President Buhari and wife meet missing Chibok girls’ mothers...

WIFE OF THE PRESIDENT, MRS AISHA BUHARI (M) WITH TWO MOTHERS OF THE CHIBOK GIRLS WHOSE DAUGHTERS ARE STILL MISSING DURING THEIR VISIT TO THE PRESIDENCY IN ABUJA ON FRIDAY (12/6/15)President Muhammadu Buhari and his wife, Aisha, on Friday in Abuja met with the mothers of the missing Chibok Girls to re assure them of the government’s determination to rescue the girls.  The meeting was at the instance of the wife of the President.  Addressing State House Correspondents after the meeting, the Wife of the Vice President, Mrs Dolapo Osinbajo, said the meeting was a dream accomplished. “Her Excellency, Hajia Aisha Muhammadu Buhari, has for very many months wanted to visit Chibok.  “She also wanted to meet with the mothers. So today we had an opportunity for them to meet face to face. 

Thursday 11 June 2015

Boko Haram: from Islamic sect to deadly armed group...

Boko Haram has over the years morphed from an Islamic sect into an IS-affiliated armed movement waging a deadly insurgency that threatens regional stability.

‘Nigeria should lead regional anti-Boko Haram fo’...

Nigeria should lead a regional anti-Boko Haram force for the duration of its operations, President Muhammadu Buhari said on Thursday, as he met counterparts for talks on military strategy. 

Friday 5 June 2015

Yola suffers first Boko Haram attack: 10 dead...

FOR the first time, Yola, capital of Adamawa State suffered an attack from insurgents of the Boko Haram sect,

Wednesday 3 June 2015

We have sufficient evidence to probe senior Nigerian military officers for war crimes...

Amnesty International said Wednesday there was sufficient evidence for the International Criminal Court to probe senior Nigerian military officers for war crimes in the battle against Boko Haram.

Local News: Curfew imposed in northeastern city of Maiduguri after a bomb blast...

According to a recent report on Aljazeera. A bomb blast at a busy market in Nigeria's northeastern city of Maiduguri has killed about 50 people, according to witnesses and hospital sources.

ISIS: Nigeria...

 ISIS considers transporting nuclear weapon to U.S. through Nigeria; says country’s Army “collapsed”