Boko Haram

The Defence Headquarters, Abuja has said troops of the Armed Forces of Nigeria have killed 185 terrorists, arrested 212 and rescued 71 kidnapped victims in the last one week in a bid to tackle kidnapping and other vices in the country…

The Chief of Defence Staff (CDS), Gen. Christopher Musa, made this known in Abuja on Monday when he delivered a lecture titled: “Non-Kinetic Operations and the Nigerian Armed Forces,” at the opening session of a national security course on…

Report has shown that an attack came barely two weeks after the insurgents vetted a similar attack in Chibok, having killed two persons while looting food stuff in some houses and setting them ablaze. It was gathered that this…

The Federal High Court, Abuja has arraigned alleged Boko Haram negotiator, Tukur Mamu. Mamu was arraigned on a 10-count charge including terrorism-related offenses, receiving ransoms from families of victims of the Kaduna train…

National Human Rights Commission is set to inaugurate a Special Independent Investigative Panel on Human Rights Violations in the Implementation of Counter Insurgency Operations in the North East (SIIP-North East). This is contained in a…

The President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), has said that “God has helped” his regime to “clear Boko Haram” in the North-East. The President noted that the threat of terrorism was the most critical security challenge inherited…

The Nigerian Air Force (NAF) spokesman Edward Gabkwet on Sunday announced that a Boko Haram kingpin and hundreds of jihadist fighters were neutralised in air raids around northern Borno. The air operations were performed on December 20,…

The Federal Government is considering establishing two Disarmament, Deradicalisation, Rehabilitation and Reintegration Centres for repent members of Boko Haram and other terrorist groups. According to a presentation made by the…

Boko Haram: U.S. Military Asks Buhari Regime to Investigate Soldiers Involved in Killing of Children The United States military has asked the Muhammadu Buhari regime to investigate a Reuters report indicting the Nigerian Army on the…

The presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, Atiku Abubakar, has said he did not understand the Boko Haram phenomenon, lamenting that despite the efforts of the Nigerian Army, the insurgency had not been eliminated. The…