Tag: boko haram

An estimated 27,000 Nigerians died between 2009 and 2019 in the ongoing Boko Haram insurgency in Adamawa, Borno, and Yobe, the United Nations has said.

Despite evidence that many Nigerians are being killed and kidnapped by gunmen across the nation on a regular basis, the Chief of Army Staff, Tukur Buratai, has insisted that security agencies have successfully tackled the security situation.

The bombers detonated their explosives outside a hall in Konduga village in Borno State.

Nigeria's Armed Forces will engage spiritual morale in fight against Boko Haram's insurgency.

The Boko Haram sect has reportedly killed 25 soldiers and scores of civilians in an ambush in Borno state.

The Nigerian government has criticised a former president Olusegun Obasanjo over his recent comment on the Boko Haram insurgency.

Leah Sharibu's whereabouts remain unknown despite promises by the federal government to get her released.

At least three Nigerian soldiers were killed, while four suffered critical injuries after a roadside bomb ripped through a military convoy.

No fewer than five soldiers of the Nigerian Army were on Sunday confirmed killed when Boko Haram terrorists, believed to be linked to the Islamic State of West African Province, attacked a military base in the Magumeri Local Government Area of Borno State.

Ibrahim Magu, acting Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), says he aligns with scholars who posit that militancy and insurgency are the by-products of corruption.