At least three people have been killed in an early morning bomb attack at Nigeria’s University of Maiduguri, in the northeastern state of Borno. Witnesses said two explosions went off at the facility: one at the mosque where university lecturers had gathered for morning prayers and another near an entrance gate. The area police chief … Read more
The Nigerian army says that one of the abducted Chibok schoolgirls has been found, along with her six-month-old baby. She was discovered by soldiers investigating suspected members of Islamist militant group Boko Haram. Nigeria’s military said the young woman is undergoing medical checks. A total of 276 schoolgirls were kidnapped by Boko Haram from the … Read more
Boko Haram leader Abubakar Shekau appeared in a new video on Thursday to dispute a claim by the Nigerian president and the army that the armed group had been routed from its last stronghold of Sambisa Forest. “We are safe. We have not been flushed out of anywhere. And tactics and strategies cannot reveal our … Read more
After the Nigerian army claimed victory over Boko Haram in the armed group’s forest stronghold, a commander at the forefront of the battle says the search is still on for the missing Chibok girls. The army captured the Sambisa Forest in the country’s east over the weekend. Speaking to Al Jazeera on Tuesday, Brigadier General … Read more
A suicide bomber in the northern Cameroon town of Mora killed a young student and a woman in an attack on a market full of Christmas shoppers, an aide to the governor of Far North region said Sunday. Suicide bombers suspected of belonging to the Islamist militant group Boko Haram have launched attacks in Mora, … Read more
More than 20 Nigerian “Chibok girls” who were released by the Islamist group Boko Haram in October have rejoined their families for Christmas. It is the girls’ first return home since they were kidnapped from their school in Chibok in April 2014. The young women were freed in October after Switzerland and the International Red … Read more
The Nigerian army has driven Boko Haram militants from the last camp in their Sambisa forest stronghold, President Muhammadu Buhari has said. “The terrorists are on the run and no longer have a place to hide,” Mr Buhari said in a statement. The Islamists’ camp fell at 13:35 local time (12:35 GMT) on Friday, he … Read more
Around 14 million people will need humanitarian help in the former northeast Nigerian stronghold region of Boko Haram militants and tens of thousands of children will be at risk of dying from famine, a U. N. official said on Tuesday. The Islamist militant group has killed 15,000 people and displaced more than 2 million from … Read more
A bomb has exploded behind one of the military barracks in Nigeria’s north-eastern city of Maiduguri. The BBC’s Abdullahi Kaura Abubakar reports that details are still sketchy. Witnesses say about three to four loud blasts were heard near Maimalari barracks this morning. President Muhammadu Buhari moved the military’s operational headquarters to Maiduguri last year to … Read more
The struggle against the evil extremist Boko Haram terrorists in Nigeria suffered a terrible setback last week with the matyrdom of Lt Col Abu Ali. The fallen Colonel was described as a fearless and gallant officer who together with his team recaptured several towns and villages from the extremist Boko Haram terrorists. The sense of … Read more
Tributes are being paid to a Nigerian army commander nicknamed “war king” after he was killed by Islamist militants Boko Haram. The militants killed Lt Col Muhammad Abu-Ali on Friday. The 36-year-old was one of five soldiers killed by Boko Haram fighters who attacked a military base in Mallam Fatori, northern Borno State. Boko Haram … Read more
The Nigerian Army says that it has rescued another one of the girls abducted from the Government Secondary School Chibok in Borno State by Boko Haram insurgents. A statement issued by the Acting Director Army Public Relations, Colonel Sani Usman, says troops deployed at Pulka in Gwoza Local Government Area discovered the girl, Maryam Ali … Read more
How to protect the Chibok girls from reliving their horror The Chibok girls who moved to the US in 2014 have had to repeatedly relive their experiences In our series of letters from African journalists, novelist and writer Adaobi Tricia Nwaubani looks at what lies ahead for some of the girls who have been released … Read more
In a story Oct. 23 about 83 missing Nigerian soldiers, The Associated Press erroneously quoted senior military officers. The story should have quoted Nigeria’s Premium Times newspaper citing senior military officers. A corrected version of the story is below: Some 83 Nigerian soldiers are missing in action since Boko Haram Islamic extremists attacked a remote … Read more
Nigeria’s Boko Haram Islamic extremists have overrun a remote military camp in the northeast, leaving 13 soldiers wounded and an unknown number missing, the army said Wednesday. Monday’s attack comes a week after one faction of Boko Haram released 21 of more than 200 schoolgirls kidnapped from northeastern Chibok town, and as Nigeria’s government is … Read more
Boko Haram seized 276 pupils from the Government Girls Secondary School in Chibok on April 14, 2014. Fifty-seven managed to escape in the immediate aftermath of the abduction, but nearly 200 other girls are still missing. Habiba Balogun, a Bring Back Our Girls campaigner, said she was relieved to hear about Thursday’s release, but added … Read more
Boko Haram militants handed over 21 missing Chibok schoolgirls to the Nigerian government Thursday morning, according to a source with direct knowledge of the release. The girls, who have not been named, remain in Maiduguri, the source said. The militants herded the 276 girls out of bed at a school in Chibok in northern Nigeria … Read more
The use of Nigerian government funds earmarked for assisting displaced people who are living in desperate conditions in the former stronghold of Boko Haram, is to be investigated because of suspicions of corruption, lawmakers said on Tuesday. More than two million have been displaced, and some 15,000 people have been killed, during the jihadist group’s … Read more
Maiduguri (Nigeria) (AFP) – The soldier clutched his book with both hands. He shouted his name, rank and Nigerian Army number to no-one in particular. He stood up straight and ended every reply with a bark of “sah” (sir). But his eyes were fixed to a slowly cranking ceiling fan in the hospital ward — … Read more
N’Djamena (AFP) – Nigeria’s Boko Haram jihadists have killed four Chadian soldiers in a cross-border raid in the volatile Lake Chad region, a security source told AFP on Sunday. “Around 8:00 pm (1900 GMT) on Saturday night, Boko Haram members attacked the Djoroye border post near the Niger border in the Lake Chad region killing … Read more