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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