Heavy Rainfall Helps Emir Of Gwoza Escape From Boko Haram
A heavy rainfall late Monday night helped hundreds of residents of Gwoza, Borno State, who…
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Suspected Boko Haram Gunmen kill at least 15 Again in Borno!
At least 15 people were killed when suspected Boko Haram gunmen stormed a market in northern Nigeria late on Sunday, witnesses and a security source said. Villagers in the farming community of Daku, in Borno state, described how they were surrounded…
Hundreds Killed in Gwoza as Boko Haram Goes on Rampage
Hundreds of people are feared dead in a suspected Boko Haram attack on four villages in northeast Nigeria, in the latest upsurge in violence claiming increasing numbers of civilian lives. Some community leaders put the death toll from the Tuesday attacks…
#BringBackOurGirls Campaign: US, France, Britain Offer intel to Nigeria
An urgent international effort to help Nigeria find more than 200 girls kidnapped by Islamist militants is focused on providing intelligence and experts to try to locate the hostages. Amid global outrage over the kidnapping, the United States, France…
Number of Girls Taken in Latest Borno Kidnap Rises to 11
The number of Nigerian girls taken in the latest kidnapping by Boko Haram Islamists has risen to 11, a local official in the restive northeast said Wednesday. Residents had said that gunmen stormed the Warabe village in the Gwoza area of Borno state…
Nigeria’s Missing Girls Campaign Targets Military Headquarters
Major-General Chris Olukolade stood outside the Nigerian Defence Headquarters in Abuja and raised his hands for silence, as 100 or so men and women sat in the road blocking traffic. In front of him opposite the Old Parade Ground, the protesters, most…
Nigerian Military Admits Most kidnapped Schoolgirls Still Missing
The Nigerian military admitted on Friday that most of the 129 girls abducted by Boko Haram Islamists in a shocking school raid in the country’s restive northeast remained missing. A security source said there were fears the girls were being used as…
115 Schoolgirls Still Missing in Borno
A Nigerian school principal on Thursday denied military reports that most of the girls kidnapped from her school by Islamist gunmen were now safe, as the parents of those taken voiced anger over the conflicting claims. The defence ministry and the government…
Parents Face ‘nightmare’ in Borno After Mass kidnap by Boko Haram
Desperate Nigerian parents pleaded Wednesday for an end to their “nightmare” after Boko Haram Islamists kidnapped more than 100 girls from a secondary school in the embattled northeast. The mass abduction by heavily armed insurgents from the Chibok…
Again, Boko Haram Islamists Abduct Over 100 girls in Borno
Heavily armed Boko Haram Islamists kidnapped more than 100 girls from a school in northeast Nigeria, sparking a search by soldiers to track down the attackers, a security source and witnesses said Tuesday. The unprecedented mass abduction in Borno state…
Boko Haram Strikes Again! Kills JAMB Candidates in Borno
No fewer than 210 persons, including UTME candidates were killed in multiple attacks orchestrated by…
Video: Boko Haram claims Responsibility for Borno Barracks Attack
Boko Haram has claimed responsibility for an attack on a key military barracks in Nigeria, in a new video obtained on Monday by AFP that warns of further bloodshed, including against civilians. “We carried out the attacks in Maiduguri (on March 14),”…
Phone Blackout Re-imposed in Borno State
Nigeria on Wednesday re-imposed a telephone blackout on many parts of Nigeria’s northeast Borno state, the base of Boko Haram Islamists who have intensified attacks that has claimed scores of lives, the army said. “GSM (Global System for Mobile Communication…
Boko Haram violence Hits Healthcare in Northern Nigeria
Healthcare services have collapsed in the northern part of Nigeria’s Borno state as doctors, nurses and pharmacists flee for their lives from brutal violence unleashed by Islamist Boko Haram militants. Medical professionals say health services in the…
Boko Haram attack kills 29 in Nigerian school
Suspected Boko Haram Islamists killed 29 people on Tuesday when they opened fire on secondary…