The National Council of Women Societies has lent its voice to the call by the Army High Command for parents in Borno State to stop donating their daughters to Boko Haram for suicide missions. A statement signed by Hajiya Binta Ibrahim, the council’s Public Relations Officer, described the act as …
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#BringBackOurGirls Group Protests In Abuja
The #BringBackOurGirls (BBOG) movement today in Abuja undertook a peaceful protest to demand the release of the remaining 113 Chibok school girls, and to condemn last week’s gruesome killings and abduction by Boko Haram terrorists of oil exploration workers and lecturers of the University of Maiduguri. The demonstration began at the …
Read More »Dismissed Air Force officer among Boko Haram fighters in clash with Police
Kano State Commissioner of Police, Rabiu Yusuf, yesterday, disclosed that one of the Boko Haram suspects, who allegedly engaged the Police in a gun battle in Kano, was dismissed from the Nigeria Air Force. Yusuf said the dismissed officer escaped with gunshot wound from the Gaya, Unogo Local Government Area …
Read More »6 Die, 15 Injured As Suicide Bombers Hit IDP Camp in Borno
Four Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) were, on Sunday night, killed when two male suicide bombers detonated explosives strapped to their bodies at Dalori 2 IDP camp in Maiduguri. The explosion also claimed the lives of the suicide bombers and left 15 others. The injured victims, SaharaReporters learned, were taken to a specialist …
Read More »Terrorism charges: Ndume has no case to answer, court rules
Senator Ali NdumeA Federal High Court in Abuja has struck out the terrorism charges instituted against a former Leader of the Senate, Senator Ali Ndume, in 2011. Justice Gabriel Kolawole, in his judgment on Tuesday, upheld Ndume’s no-case-submission on the grounds that the prosecution was unable to establish any prima …
Read More »Nigerian Army reacts to video showing soldiers begging for food while battling Boko Haram
A video of Nigerian soldiers making a passionate appeal for food and beverages while combating Boko Haram insurgents surfaced on the Internet Tuesday. The footage, first posted on YouTube from where it was circulated to other platforms throughout Tuesday and early Wednesday, provoked immediate social media reaction and highlighted the scale of cover-up of …
Read More »#Bringbackourgirls to March on Aso Rock next week
The Bring Back Our Girls BBOG advocacy movement has announced its plan to commence a series of marches on the presidential villa to compel President Muhammadu Buhari to act fast in rescuing the abducted Chibok girls. Following the recent release of a proof of life video by the Boko Haram …
Read More »Niger Delta Avengers’ major logistics supplier arrested
The Nigerian Navy said it had arrested a suspected member of the Niger Delta Avengers. This is contained in a statement signed by its Director of Information, Commodore Christian Ezekobe, and made available to newsmen in Abuja. According to Ezekobe, the suspect who was picked up on July 11 at …
Read More »Six Chibok Girls dead- Amina Ali Nkeki
One of the missing schoolgirls abducted by the fighters of the Boko Haram Islamic sect from Government Secondary School, Chibok, Borno State, on April 14, 2014, Amina Ali Nkeki, has been found, the Nigerian Army has said. Activists also told the BBC that Amina was found by a vigilante group …
Read More »Buhari receives rescued Chibok schoolgirl in Abuja
Rescued Chibok schoolgirl, Amina Ali-Nkeki, on Thursday arrived at the Presidential Villa, Abuja, for audience with President Muhammadu Buhari. The girl, her baby, her mother and her brother, were led to the villa by Borno governor, Alhaji Kashim Shettima, at about 2.46 p.m. The governor and the girl, with her …
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