Boko Haram

List of Kagara School Abductees Released
A list of the abductees from the Governmenet Science College, Kagara, Niger State has been released to newsmen. The list is as follows: TEACHERS Hannatu Philip Lawal Abdullahi Dodo Fodio NON-TEACHING STAFF Mohammed Musa Faiza Mohammed family members Christiana Adama Faith Adama Maimuna... read more »

Senate asks Buhari to Declare State of Emergency on Insecurity
The Senate has called on President Muhammadu Buhari to declare a state of emergency over escalating insecurity across the nation. It made the call following kidnap of students and teachers of Government Science Secondary School, Kagara, Niger State by gunmen on Wednesday morning. The lawmakers... read more »

We Do not Have Chibok Girls with Us —Irabor
The Chief of Defence Staff, Major-General Leo Irabor, says there are no freed Chibok girls in the custody of Defence Headquarters. He spoke in Maiduguri, the Borno State capital, on Sunday when he, alongside, other commanders, paid their first operational visit to the theatre of the Boko Haram... read more »

Nigeria in a State of Emergency – Buhari to New Service Chiefs
President Muhammadu Buhari on Wednesday, told the nation’s new service chiefs that the nation is in a state of emergency, hence the need for them to be patriotic, and serve the country well. According to a statement by his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Femi Adesina, the President spoke... read more »

Kankara Abduction: Buhari Commends Masari, Army for Rescue Operation
President Muhammadu Buhari has commended the Nigerian Army for coordinating the rescue operation of hundreds of schoolboys kidnapped from Government Science Secondary School, Kankara, Katsina State. The President noted that his administration and the military have more work to do to curtail the... read more »
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Kankara Kidnap: Bring Back Our Boys Now, Okonjo-Iweala Asks FG
Former Nigerian Finance Minister, Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, has told the Federal Government to intensify efforts to bring back the over 300 schoolboys kidnapped from the all-boys Government... read more »

Boko Haram Claims Responsibility for Kidnapping Students in Katsina
The Leader of Boko Haram, Abubakar Shekau has claimed responsibility for the abduction of about 333 students in Katsina State last week. Shekau in an audiotape released on Tuesday said,... read more »

B’Haram, ISWAP Escapees Now Operate as Bandits, Kidnappers – Governors Forum
The Nigeria Governors Forum (NGF) has said that Boko Haram terrorists and the Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP) insurgents escaping from military onslaught in the North East, Sudan... read more »

UN Envoy Condemns the Killing of Borno Farmers
United Nations (UN) Humanitarian Coordinator in Nigeria, Edward Kallon, on Wednesday condemned Boko Haram’s murder of rice farmers in Borno State. The Envoy who visited Zabarmari on... read more »

Sack All Your Cabinet Members, Aides, they Have Failed – Ok...
Former Governor of Imo state, Senator Rochas Okorocha has urged President Muhammadu Buhari to sack all the Minister’s and presidential aides he appointed to help in running the government as they... read more »