At least 10 Boko Haram fighters have been killed in an operation by the Nigerian Army at Ngelkona in Ngala local government area of Borno. Col. Onyema Nwachukwu, Deputy Director Public Relations of the Nigerian Army’s Theatre Command Operation Lafiya…
Abubakar Ibrahim wins 2018 Michael Elliott Award for Excellence in African Storytelling
Abubakar Ibrahim, a Nigerian reporter and editor whose work conveys the human toll of terrorism and displacement, has been named winner of the 2018 Michael Elliott Award for Excellence in African Storytelling. A distinguished jury selected him from among 238…
Troops arrest Boko Haram suspect linked to recent attacks in Benue, recover weapons (SUN)
A combined troops of the Nigerian Army, the police and Department of State Security (DSS), have arrested a key Boko Haram suspect, known as Aminu Yaminu, nicknamed Tashaku, who is believed to be behind most of the recent attacks in Benue State. …
Leah’s father debunks rumour of release (Punch)
The father of Leah, the only Dapchi schoolgirl still being held by the Boko Haram terrorists, Mr. Nathan Sharibu, on Saturday, debunked rumours that her daughter had been released. Sharibu, in a telephone interview with our correspondent, described the purported…
Chibok schoolgirls, others: Army launches 4-month operation in Borno (Punch)
The Nigerian Army announced on Friday that it would launch a four-month operation in Borno State, tagged Operation Last Hold, to clear the Boko Haram terrorists in the Lake Chad region and to ensure the rescue of the remaining hostages…
Are Fulani herds men your friends? – Viola Okolie
If Fulani Herdsmen and Boko Haram were to suddenly converge upon your hamlet at the same time and by some quaint stroke of luck, the herdsmen were able to overcome Boko Haram, would you then be safe to assume that…
How the Mayor Came to Lagos – Toni Kan
My family moved to Lagos in 1991, sometime in October. I was in school at the University of Jos when Reinhard Bonnke came to Kano to host one of his mammoth crusades. It didn’t go right. There was a riot,…
U.S. Army trains Nigerian troops on confronting Boko Haram (SUN)
Some 12 soldiers from the U.S. Army have trained Nigerian troops on a six-week advice-and-assist mission in Jaji, Kaduna State, Pentagon has said. The U.S. Department of Defence said Nigerian Army’s 26th Infantry Battalion might be the next to deploy…
14 hurt in new fires at IDP camp (Guardian)
At least 14 people sustained burns in a fresh outbreak of fires at a camp housing tens of thousands of people displaced by Boko Haram jihadists in northeast Nigeria, according to an aid agency. The outbreak comes just two weeks…
Boko Haram has not been decimated, Okoh insists (Guardian)
The Primate of All Nigeria (Anglican Communion), Most Rev Nicholas Okoh, has insisted that Boko Haram has not been decimated, as being claimed by government, and called on government to take certain steps to document the insurgency problems, so that…