A total of 1,934,765 displaced persons are currently living in formal camps, host communities and satellite camps in liberated communities as a result of the insurgency in Nigeria’s North Eastern states of Borno, Yobe, Taraba, Gombe, Bauchi and Adamawa. The National Emergency Management Authority (NEMA), Yola Camp Coordinator, Saad Bello, …
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The General Officer Commanding the 7 Division of the Nigerian Army, Brig. Gen. Victor Ezugwu, has escaped an assassination attempt in an ambush by the members of the Boko Haram at the Bama axis of Borno. The Acting Director, Army Public Relations, Col. Sani Usman, said in a statement on …
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Three mothers of schoolgirls abducted from Chibok, Borno State on April 14, 2014 said they had identified their daughters in a video released by Islamist group Boko Haram, the first possible sighting of the girls since a video in May 2014. Reuters reported that about 15 girls featured in the …
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North-East youths under the umbrella of North-East Youth Peace and Development Empowerment Initiative, NEYPDI, have berated Governor Ayodele Fayose of Ekiti state over comments credited to him that over 300 Chibok girls abducted by Boko Haram sect were never abducted. Alhaji Kyari Abubakar, President of the group, expressed surprise that …
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An estimated 10,000 local hunters from the North-East of Nigeria gathered recently in Adamawa State for their annual oath-taking festival, known as Salala in the local parlance. The hunters, dressed in their warfare attires, and with their dane guns dangling over their shoulders, vowed to rid the society of criminals. …
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President Mohammadu Buhari has said he is angry over the news of latest cruel attacks on a mosque in Maiduguri, Borno State, describing Boko Haram, perpetrators of the dastardly act, as a group of mindless and godless people. He was reacting to the early morning attacks which claimed over 20 …
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14 year old Ese Rita Oruru, the Bayelsa born girl child who was abducted by Yunusa Dahiru, alias Yellow but rescued by the Police in Kano, has been discovered to be about 5 months pregnant, very reliable sources have disclosed. Consequently, it was gathered that the white Hijab dress she …
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Nigeria’s troops have foiled a planned Boko Haram attack on a camp of displaced people in the northeastern town of Dikwa, previously targeted by the insurgents, the military said. “From all indications, the terrorists aimed at causing havoc at the Internally Displaced Persons camp located at Dikwa,” army spokesman Colonel …
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FORMER General Officer Commanding, GOC, Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger-Delta, Government Ekpemupolo, alias Tompolo, Monday, denied issuing any ultimatum to President Muhammadu Buhari to withdraw military from the region or he would blow up oil pipelines. Tompolo’s Media Adviser, Mr. Paul Bebenimibo, said the purported statement was trending …
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The United States Assistant Secretary for African Affairs, Ms Linda Thomas-Greenfield has disclosed that about 100,000 Nigerians were currently living outside as refugees in neighbouring countries. This came on a day the Head of European Union delegation to Nigeria and ECOWAS, Mr Michel Arrion, also said there were more Nigerian …
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