Two suicide bombers believed to be Boko Haram terrorists hit Potiskum, the second largest city in Yobe State, killing 11 people and wounding eight others on Monday. Idris Abdul, an eyewitness reveled that one of the bombers first attacked a vigilante group office at the Dorowa area of the town with an Improvised Explosive Device.…
Boko Haram: Groups Condemn Abortion Option for Rape Victims
The Foundation for African Culture Heritage, FACH, a non-governmental organisation has condemned the alleged move by the United Nations Population Funds, UNFPA and government authorities to carry out abortion operation on the rescued pregnant victims of Boko Haram and Internally Displaced Persons, IDPs in the North-East. The group said it has it on authority that…
Bomb Blast Kills 10 at Maiduguri Cattle Market
Not less than 10 persons have been killed by a bomb explosion at the Maiduguri abattoir on Saturday, June 6. This happened just five days after a bomb attack in same area where about 20 persons were reportedly killed. The latest explosion escaped public notice because it happened during a thunderstorm that followed a heavy…
50 Die From Fresh Explosion In Maiduguri
A fresh bomb blast has hit Maiduguri, killing at least 50 people in a busy meat market in the capital of Borno state, on Tuesday. A military source said the bomb was concealed under a butcher’s table in the market. Shoppers and travellers were among those affected in the incident, which happened around 1pm. Lawal…
Boko Haram’s Impact on Education Is Horrendous -Spokesman, UN Secretary General
Stephane Dujarric, spokesman for the United Nations Secretary-General, has described the long term impact of the kidnap of school girls by members of the Boko Haram sect in Nigeria as a horrendous damage on girl-child education. Dujarric stated this on Monday while hosting a group of ten African journalists who had visited his office as…
Boko Haram: Why Military Solution Is Not Enough
Beyond the recent successes recorded by the Nigerian military against the Boko Haram sect, Dr. Raymond Gilpin, Academic Dean, Africa Center for Security Studies, U.S. Department of Defense, has said that one of the major positives coming out of Nigeria is the fact that Muhammadu Buhari, retired general and President-elect realises the need to address…
Jonathan vows to Subdue Boko Haram
President Goodluck Jonathan has said that he would hand over to General Muhammadu Buhari, president-elect a country free of the hold of Boko Haram. He told delegates of heads of customs from West and Central Africa that the military is working hard to ensure that Sambisa forest, the only place left in the hold of…
Grief Made in Chibok
One year after Boko Haram insurgents abducted over 200 female students of Government Secondary School, Chibok, Borno State, parents and community members are still in grief hoping that their daughters would soon return Any visitor to Chibok, Borno State, on a Wednesday would not believe it was the sleepy little town where 275 young female…
TELL Poll: Jonathan Scores Low On Boko Haram
In a recent poll conducted on www.tell.ng, the web publication of TELL Communications Limited, publishers of TELL magazine, majority of Nigerians have expressed the view that the President Goodluck Jonathan administration cannot win the war against Boko Haram, an Islamist terror group. The Islamic rebels first launched terror attack on the country in 2009 and…
ISIS Accepts Boko Haram’s Allegiance Pledge
Islamic State of Iraq and Syria has accepted a pledge of allegiance from Nigeria’s militant group, Boko Haram, according to an audio message. In the tape, Mohammed al-Adnani, who identified himself as ISIS spokesperson, said the aim of establishing a caliphate has now been expanded to West Africa. In the tape, which is yet to…
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