President Muhammadu Buhari Tuesday said he was “worried and saddened about the persistent killings and kidnappings happening in our country” and revealed had directed that the...
President Muhammadu Buhari Saturday argued that military force and law enforcement measures alone were insufficient in the quest to defeat terrorism. He noted that African leaders must adopt...
Five people were feared killed Friday by suspected Boko Haram insurgents in an early morning attack in Kaya village of Madagali in Adamawa, residents and local...
Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo Friday inaugurated the National Sanctions Committee at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. The committee is tasked with the responsibility of tracing and freezing sources...
At least 12 people were killed and several others injured on Wednesday when a suicide bomb exploded around Muna Garage area of Maiduguri, the Borno State...
The faction of Boko Haram terrorists led by Abubakar Shekau has released new videos showing the Chibok girls, and wives of police officers purportedly kidnapped sometime...
Ahmad Salkida, the Nigerian journalist believed to have access to the leadership of Boko Haram terrorists, has hinted that the sect led by Abubakar Shekau is...
The Boko Haram terrorists group has employed the use of special roofing sheets with a mixture of “coated sugar and mud” to evade air detection and...
Plans by President Muhammadu Buhari-led Federal Government to withdraw $1 billion from the Excess Crude Account (ECA) to fund Boko Haram insurgency fight in the North...
Despite continuing attacks by the dreaded terror group, Boko Haram, the Chief of Army Staff, Tukur Buratai, Sunday said the insurgents had been defeated and the...
The Nigerian military on Saturday said the wife of Mamman Nur, the factional leader of Boko Haram whom it earlier reported had been “fatally injured”, was...
The Nigerian Army Friday claimed that a factional leader of the deadly Boko Haram terror group, Mamman Nur, has been “fatally injured” in its ongoing operation...
The Labour Party (LP) has joined the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), governors of Ekiti and Akwa Ibom states, Ayodele Fayose and Emmanuel Udom respectively, as well...
Nigeria will in February host an international conference “expected to discuss and develop consensus on the different options to restore Lake Chad”. According to a statement...
An attack by rampaging Boko Haram insurgents who were said to have torched some houses and vandalized vehicles on Maiduguri-Damboa-Biu Road in Borno State was reportedly...
Akwa Ibom State’s Governor Udom Emmanuel has like his counterpart in Ekiti State, Ayodele Fayose, opposed the withdrawal of $1 billion from the Excess Crude Account...
The Senate will, at the plenary on Thursday (today), debate the proposed withdrawal of $1bn from the Excess Crude Account by the Federal Government to fight...
Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has urged President Muhammadu Buhari to explain to Nigerians why the government decided to withdraw the sum of $1 billion...
Strong indications emerged on Saturday that there would be stormy sessions during Tuesday’s proceedings at both chambers of the National Assembly over the decision by the...
The National Economic Council (NEC), which has all state governors as members, has authorized the Federal Government to withdraw $1 billion from the $2.3 billion currently...
A former governor of Borno State and erstwhile national chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Senator Ali Modu Sheriff, has described his successor and incumbent...
Boko Haram leader, Abubakar Shekau, has reportedly lost grounds to Abu Mus’ab Albarnawi after days of clashes between the two terrorists factions in remote areas of...
The United Nations has warned of a rise in trafficking of the synthetic opioid tramadol across West Africa, as one official revealed it is being found...
Last Monday, Ali Ahmadu, a boy from the Chibok Community in Borno State, who was confined to the wheelchair after suffering damages to his spinal cord...
Authorities of the Nigerian Police Force, the Directorate of State Services, DSS, the Military and sister security agencies have hit the ground running following confirmation of...
The United States and the United Kingdom have insisted that the risk of attacks by Boko Haram insurgents in the Federal Capital Territory and other states...
The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) on Thursday, lamented that since 2014, an estimated 1,500 schools have been targeted by armed groups in northeast Nigeria, causing...
The Senate, on Wednesday, claimed that 357 Nigerians have been killed in 55 attacks carried out by Boko Haram insurgents since the beginning of 2017. Senator...
President Muhammadu Buhari on Sunday insisted that Boko Haram has been defeated by his administration. He said that suicide bombing and other attacks currently being carried...
The United States government says it will contribute an additional $45.5 million to rehabilitation efforts in the North-East, while also calling on the Nigerian government to...
The police have revealed that five people were killed while four others were injured in suspected Boko Haram suicide bombing attacks in Borno State. In a...
Tragedy struck at a community in the outskirts of Maiduguri when four suicide bombers, two males and two females detonated bombs strapped to their waists killing...
At least two persons were killed and many others feared injured as gunmen believed to be Boko Haram insurgents attacked Maikadiri village in Askira-Uba Local Government...
President Muhamadu Buhari has revealed that the Federal Government would support universities affected by the Boko Haram insurgency in the North East. Buhari made this known...
A suspected Boko Haram suicide bomber Sunday struck outside the headquarters of the Borno State command of National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), located in the...
Boko Haram militants who attacked Sassawa village, Damaturu local government area, and killed eight military men Tuesday night had a serious fight over food possession. A...
At least no less than eight soldiers were on Tuesday night allegedly killed in a village near Damaturu, Yobe State capital in the North-east part of...
The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Yakubu Dogara, has hailed President Muhammadu Buhari for signing the North East Development Commission Bill into law. In a...
While Abubakar Shekau, leader of the deadly Boko Haram sect, remains an elusive target, the Nigerian Air Force (NAF) Wednesday revealed that his wife, Mallama Fitdasi...
Following intelligence reports from surveillance and reconnaissance, a large gathering of Boko Haram terrorists in Urga, close to Konduga, Borno State, was last Thursday targeted and...
In an apparent reference to the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), President Muhammadu Buhari Saturday stated that his administration’s counterinsurgency effort in the North-East had significantly degraded...
The Presidential Committee on the North-East Initiative (PCIN) has raised alarm over the rising cases of sexual violence against displaced persons in camps across the North-East,...
The Chief of Army Staff, Nigerian Army, Lt.-General Tukur Buratai, has disclosed that the President Muhammadu Buhari-led Federal Government is currently acquiring and installing fresh technologies...
Following widespread criticism of President Muhammadu Buhari over the disclosure by the President of the World Bank Group, Jim Yong Kim, that the president specifically requested...
About one week after the Nigerian Army announced that it had cleared and released 760 Boko Haram suspects for rehabilitation and reintegration into society, a Federal...
Aid workers Wednesday fled Gwoza in Borno State after the Boko Haram sect launched a deadly attack on the town on Tuesday night. Gwoza, which at...
The Nigerian Army on Wednesday stated that its troops involved in counter-insurgency effort in the North-East killed 15 Boko Haram insurgents after repelling attack by the...
Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo Wednesday restated the commitment of the Federal Government towards securing the release of the remaining abducted Chibok girls. According to a statement by...
The Nigerian Army says it has “cleared” and released 760 Boko Haram suspects to the Borno State Government for onward rehabilitation and reintegration into society. The...
Days after admitting challenges in investigation and prosecution of some Boko Haram suspects in custody, the Attorney-General of the Federation (AGF) and Minister of Justice has...