Rampaging Boko Haram insurgents overran a Nigerian Army battalion in Borno State on Sunday, killing the unit’s commander and dozens of soldiers, military sources have told online newspaper, Premium Times. A large cache of arms, ammunition and military equipment were…
Fire guts EFCC office in Abuja (Guardian) * Nine farmers killed in Boko Haram attack in Borno (Guardian)
Fire guts EFCC office in Abuja (Guardian) A fire incident yesterday night gutted the Wuse 2 office of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) in Abuja, the Federal Capital Territory (FCT). This was confirmed in a statement by the…
Boko Haram kills 13 people in fresh Borno attack (Nation) * Fraudsters collecting death benefits of living workers — PenCom (Punch)
Boko Haram kills 13 people in fresh Borno attack (Nation) Boko Haram insurgents have killed 13 people and sacked two villages overnight in the restive town of Konduga in Borno State, the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports. The Acting…
Boko Haram insurgents kill 13 in Borno (Vanguard)
Boko Haram insurgents have killed 13 people and sacked two villages overnight in the restive town of Konduga in Borno, Brig.-Gen. Bulama Biu, the Acting General Officer Commanding 7 Division of the Nigerian Army, confirmed the attack on Thursday in…
Living in IDP Camp has made me a sex maniac
My name is Esther, I don’t feel good telling you my surname because I don’t want people reading about me and finding out who I am. I’m not even proud of what I’m about to tell you. I came to…
Fed Govt shocked as Boko Haram kills aid worker (Nation)
The Federal Government yesterday expressed shock over the killing of another aid worker by Boko Haram abductors. The Islamists made good their threat by killing Hauwa Leman, who worked with the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC). The organisation…
Terrorists may kill abducted medic within 24 hours – ICRC (Guardian)
Islamic State in Nigeria might kill healthcare workers it has held hostage since March within 24 hours, the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) said on Sunday, calling for mercy and urging Nigeria’s government to intervene. Medical workers Hauwa…
Boko Haram : NAF decimates hideout in Bogum, Borno (Nation)
The Nigerian Air Force (NAF) says its Air Task Force (ATF) of Operation Lafiya Dole has decimated a Boko Haram Terrorist (BHT) hideout and neutralised several insurgents at Bogum in Northern Borno. Air Commodore Ibikunle Daramola, NAF Director of Public…
FG ready to tackle those against Nigeria’s unity
President Muhammadu Buhari Thursday in Abuja declared that the federal government is ready to contend with anyone who is against the peace and unity of Nigeria. ”Anybody that tries to joke with the unity of this country has a problem…
President Buhari calls Rebecca Sharibu, pledges to do all he can to bring back Leah
President Muhammadu Buhari, Wednesday, spoke with Mrs Rebecca Sharibu, mother of the Dapchi Secondary schoolgirl, Leah, who had been kidnapped by Boko Haram terrorists, and assured her that his administration will do everything it would take to bring her daughter…