Tag: Boko Haram
Four soldiers killed in clash with Boko Haram, ISWAP
Four Nigerian soldiers lost their lives on Saturday in a clash with Boko Haram and Islamic State West Africa Province fighters along the fringes...
Apostle Suleman begs Boko Haram not to kill abducted Borno pastor
President of Omega Fire Ministries Worldwide Apostle Johnson Suleman has appealed to Boko Haram not to kill abducted Borno pastor Bulus Yikura.
Yikura was abducted...
Soldiers seize Boko Haram leader’s ‘farm’ in Sambisa forest
Nigerian troops have taken control of a farm purportedly owned by leader of Boko Haram Abubakar Shekau in Sambisa forest.
This came after troops successfully...
Adeboye directs pastors to intensify prayers for Leah Sharibu’s release
General overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of God Pastor Enoch Adeboye has directed his pastors and parents around the world to intensify prayers...
Boko Haram didn’t kill 20 soldiers in north-east – Army
The Nigerian Army has dismissed reports that Boko Haram/Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP) fighters killed 20 soldiers partaking in Operation Lafiya Dole in...
Boko Haram ‘abducts’ three customs officers
Boko Haram fighters have reportedly abducted three officers of the Nigeria Customs Services in Geidam, Yobe State near the Nigerian border with Niger Republic.
The...
Chibok girl rescued after six years in Boko Haram camp –...
The Nigerian military has successfully rescued one of the students of Government Girls’ Secondary School (GGSS) in Chibok, Borno State abducted by Boko Haram...
New service chiefs will fail, Boko Haram leader Shekau says
Leader of Boko Haram Abubakar Shekau has boasted that the newly-appointed service chiefs would fail like their predecessors.
President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday named the...
Anxiety as Buhari appoints general removed for failing to stop Boko...
Nigerians have begun responding with anxiety following the appointment of Major General Ibrahim Attahiru by President Muhammadu Buhari as chief of army staff.
Attahiru is...
Boko Haram attacks military base in Borno
Scores of Boko Haram fighters have launched overnight attacks at a military base in Borno State.
Machine-gun wielding fighters attacked the base in the town...