Niger official says 6,000 have fled fighting along Nigerian border
Some 6,000 Nigerian villagers have sought refuge in Niger to escape violent clashes between Islamist militants and Nigerian troops, says an official in Niger. The refugees have found shelter in the...
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Senate president says emergency rule will end “very soon”, but is the...
Nigeria’s military is doing such an excellent job carrying out its “massive” offensive against Boko Haram in Borno, Yobe and Adamawa states that the emergency rule may soon come to an end, Senate...
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PHOTOS/VIDEO: Soldier says more civilians than insurgents killed in the war...
A military source in an exclusive interview with Al Jazeera’s Yvonne Ndege has said more civilians than insurgents have been killed in the massive offensive campaign launched against the Boko Haram...
View Article58 women and children arrested in connection with Boko Haram released
Nigeria’s military has released 58 women and children related to Boko Haram insurgents that were arrested in connection with radical Islamist sect Boko Haram. Authorities said on Friday that the...
View ArticleDrugs, sex and Boko Haram; military raids reveal sect’s “dirty sides”
Nigerian military on Saturday claimed they found evidence of illicit drugs and sex on raided Boko Haram camps. Spokesman of the Defence Headquarters, Brig. Gen. Chris Olukolade, revealed this in a...
View ArticleNigeria’s Military arrests 49 insurgents in Yobe State
In a statement, Nigeria’s Defence Headquarters claims the military arrested 49 Boko Haram militants in Yobe state, one of the three northeastern states under emergency rule. According to the statement,...
View ArticleMilitary shows off abandoned Boko Haram camp, says they are winning the war...
A tour of an abandoned Boko Haram camp, shown on Reuters, reveals what is left on the front lines of Nigeria’s biggest military offensive against the radical Islamist sect – burnt vehicles and...
View ArticleSuspected Boko Haram gunmen sneak weapons in coffin, 11 feared dead after...
At least 11 people are feared dead in the restive city of Maiduguri, in what appears to be the first attack by Boko Haram insurgents since the military crackdown against the sect three weeks ago. Local...
View ArticleBoko Haram leader Shekau assure he’s in “good health” and challenges Obama,...
Spiritual leader of radical Islamist sect Boko Haram, Abubakar Shekau, has released yet another video on Monday in which he claimed, on behalf of the terrorist organization, responsibility for several...
View ArticleBoko Haram: President Jonathan seeks to extend emergency rule by 6 months
Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan has requested the approval of the Senate to extend the state of emergency declared in Adamawa, Borno and Yobe States in the northeast, reports have said. The...
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