Details about the Department of State Services (DSS) operations that led to the arrest of 10 suspected Boko Haram/Islamic State’s West Africa Province (ISWAP) members in Ilesa, Osun State, have emerged. The raid occurred at an old bungalow near St. Mary Catholic Church in the Ifofin and Ogbon Idio areas of Ilesa-East Local Government Area, … Read more
Former presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Peter Obi, has called for a united front against activities of criminal elements in the country. Henzodaily reported that Boko Haram terrorist group on Sunday attacked the agricultural community of Kayakura village, located within the Doron Baga ward, resulting in numerous deaths and many missing. According to Amnesty … Read more
The Southern Borno Senatorial District continues to reel from a series of Boko Haram attacks, with the latest assault reported in Yimirmugza village in Chibok. Henzodaily reports that this follows earlier attacks in Damboa and other communities in the region, which have left dozens dead and properties destroyed. The terrorists targeted Bamzir, Njilang, and Shikarkir … Read more
Uncertainty looms as an unspecified number of Nigerian military personnel and civilians remain missing following a deadly ambush by Boko Haram insurgents in Baga, a community at the fringes of Lake Chad. Military sources disclosed that the ambush occurred during a mission to recover the bodies of 40 residents killed in an earlier Boko Haram … Read more
Boko Haram terrorists have reportedly killed no fewer than 40 farmers in Kukawa Local Government Area of Borno State. This is just as The governor, Prof. Babagana Zulum, while condemning the attack which was allegedly hatched on Sunday by suspected Boko Haram/ISWAP terrorists, also disclosed that the whereabouts of many who escaped the … Read more
Boko Haram terrorists, on Sunday, burned down the EYN LCC church auditorium during an attack on Bamzir village under Whuntaku District, Chibok Local Government Area of Borno State. The terrorists were said to have attacked the village around 2:10 am and also set many houses ablaze. Two blood brothers, identified as Josiah Pogu Pudza, and Enoch … Read more
The Borno State Commissioner For Education, Science, Technology, and Innovation, Lawan Wakilbe, has raised an alarm over the influx of prostitution among Boko Haram captives. He shared his concern during a courtesy visit by Hamsatu Allamin, the CEO of the Allamin Foundation for Peace, on Friday in Maiduguri. The Commissioner highlighted that some of the … Read more
The Commissioner of Police, Borno State Command, CP Yusufu Mohammed Lawal, on Thursday visited the Nganzai Police Division following an attempted attack by suspected Boko Haram terrorists that claimed the lives of two police officers. The visit, disclosed in a press statement signed by the Police Public Relations Officer, ASP Kenneth Daso, highlighted the resilience … Read more
Four days after Boko Haram insurgents overran a military base in Damboa Local Government Area of Borno State, many soldiers remain unaccounted for, security sources have disclosed. The attack, which occurred around 4 p.m. on Saturday at the Forward Operating Base in Sabon Gari, involved a large number of fighters who overwhelmed the military personnel … Read more
At peak of the campaign in 2013 to package an amnesty programme for Boko Haram terrorists who were wreaking havoc in the northeast and enormous pressure was brought on then President Goodluck Jonathan, Hajia Turai Yar’Adua, widow of late President Umaru Yar’Adua, pleaded that a general amnesty be granted to the Boko Haram terror group. … Read more