Suspected Boko Haram terrorists have killed fishermen as they were fishing in the Lake Chad region in Borno State, Nigeria. “The fishermen were killed while on fishing and wood-cutting activities by terrorists riding on motorcycles,” the local government area confirmed. “The terrorists started shooting sporadically killing 29 while seven others …
Read More »Nigeria: Boko Haram leader killed in air strike
Nigerian army announced on Sunday that it killed the leader of the Boko Haram militant group, Alhaji Modu, alias Bem Bem, last week, the BBC reported. The army said 28 militants were also killed in the airstrike carried out on 3 August in the north-western Borno State. Modu allegedly coordinated …
Read More »ISIS video allegedly shows executions of Nigerian Christians
The Islamic State group has published a video which it says shows the execution of 20 Christian civilians in north-eastern Nigeria’s Borno state. Speaking in the Hausa language, one of the masked militants who was brandishing a knife said it was to avenge the killing of the group’s leaders in …
Read More »Nigeria: one million children to miss school due to mass abductions
United Nations of International Children’s Emergency Fund (UNICEF) has indicated that nearly one million of Nigerian children could miss school this year as the new term begins amid a rise in mass school kidnappings and insecurity. Schools have become targets for mass abductions for ransom in northern Nigeria by armed …
Read More »Nigeria: thousands of Boko Haram militants surrender
The Nigerian army has announced that nearly 6,000 Boko Haram members have surrendered to the authorities in the past two weeks. These are the commanders, the combatants and their families. The army describes the massive surrender of members of the militant group as the result of the intense military offensive …
Read More »Niger: hundreds of jihadists attack a military post
Hundreds of Islamist fighters have attacked a military post in the southern region of Diffa, the defence ministry in Niger says in a statement. The attack left sixteen soldiers dead and nine other wounded, it said. During the fight, Nigerien army succeeded in killing 50 members of the Boko Haram …
Read More »“Million people in north-eastern Nigeria may face acute hunger”, UN
Due to attacks by militant group Boko Haram that forced farmers to leave their land, an estimated 4.4 million people in northeast Nigeria could face acute hunger, the UN said. Farmers have been targeted in the insurgency and the army has been carrying out operations against militants. The area has …
Read More »Boko Haram Abducts Customs Officers, Cart Away Foodstuff In Yobe Attack
Members of the dreaded Boko Haram terrorist group on Tuesday night abducted three customs officers and carted away foodstuff and medicines during an attack on Geidam in Yobe State. Idris Modu Geidam, a resident of Geidam town told Daily Post that Boko Haram left them empty as they looted their …
Read More »Dozens of Boko Haram militants ‘killed in major operation’
Dozens of Islamist Boko Haram militants have been killed by Nigerian soldiers in a major operation the north-east of the country. Troops stormed the jihadists’ strongholds in Kidari, Argude, Takwala, Chowalta and Galdekore, local media reports. The soldiers are said to have gained access into the notorious Timbuktu Triangle in …
Read More »Nigeria: Failure of the security policy of Muhammadou Buhari
The security policy put in place by President Muhammadu Buhari called into question. Several hundred high school students were kidnapped in northwest Nigeria in the night from Friday to Saturday by the Boko Haram sect, six years after the kidnapping of high school girls in Chibock. At least 333 persons are …
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