The United Nations on Saturday said two civilians including a five-year-old child were killed and an aid helicopter damaged in a jihadist attack in restive northeast Nigeria. Boko Haram fighters waging a decade-long insurgency in the region launched the attack in the town of Damasak on Thursday. UN humanitarian coordinator […]
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Residents of Dapchi, Yobe state, have appealed to the federal government for urgent deployment of security personnel to the area. A resident of the town, who spoke on the condition of anonymity, said since soldiers left the town after the attack that led to the burning of their camp, they […]
Tukur Buratai, chief of army staff, says troops have killed 1,015 Boko Haram insurgents in the past six weeks. The military, in the past weeks, has continued to launch offensives on the insurgents. In a luncheon organised by Operation Lafiya Dole on Sunday, Buratai said a total of 84 high […]
Thursday, May 14, 2020, will mark Leah Sharibu’s 17th year of existence on earth. By that day, she will also have gone deeper into her 3rd year as a captive in Boko Haram’s custody, ministering to the needs of the terrorists in an unfamiliar desert terrain. Lest we forget, Leah was abducted, alongside 109 other female students, from Government Girls Science and Technical College, […]
A group of 44 suspected members of Boko Haram, arrested during a recent operation against the terrorist group, have been found dead in their prison cell, Chad’s chief prosecutor announced Saturday. Speaking on national television, Youssouf Tom said the 44 prisoners had been found dead in their cell on Thursday. […]
