Tag: Boko Haram
Boko Haram claims responsibility for suicide attack on Kano procession
Boko Haram on Saturday claimed responsibility for a suicide bombing on a Shiite Muslim procession near the northern Nigerian city of Kano that killed...
Female suicide bomber kills eight IDPs in Maiduguri
Eight Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) were killed Sunday when a female suicide bomber detonated her explosives among women and children arriving Maiduguri to escape...
We won’t let mindless violence threaten national security – Buhari
President Muhammadu Buhari has assured Nigerians that the country has entered its glorious era in spite of security and economic challenges.
He stated this on...
Buhari calls for increased vigilance, vows to wipe out Boko Haram
President Muhammadu Buhari on Wednesday in Abuja called for increased vigilance among the civilian population to help ward off suicide terror attacks on soft...
Two female suicide bombers kill 15 at Kano GSM market
At least 15 people were killed on Wednesday when two female suicide bombers, one said to be aged around 11, blew themselves up at...
32 dead, 80 injured in night bomb attack at Yola market
Suspected Boko Haram terrorists carried out a bomb attack at a market in Yola on Tuesday night killing at least 32 people and injuring...
Defence Headquarters dismisses planned Boko Haram attack in South West
The Defence Headquarters has dismissed reports that the Boko Haram sect was planning to attack some South-Western states of Nigeria.
This is contained in a...
Army confirms arrest of third wanted Boko Haram suspect
The Nigerian Army on Saturday confirmed the arrest of another suspected Boko Haram terrorist, whose picture was released alongside 99 others on the Army’s...
Mandela’s widow meets Chibok parents, Ambode in Lagos
The world has not forgotten the 219 schoolgirls abducted by Islamist Boko Haram militants in April last year, Nelson Mandela's widow Graca Machel has...
Wanted Boko Haram terrorist arrested boarding Aero flight from Abuja to...
A man suspected to be one of the 100 Boko Haram terrorists recently declared wanted by the Nigerian Army was apprehended in Abuja on...