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Nigeria: Senate to Meet Buhari, Service Chiefs Over Rising Boko Haram, Bandit Attacks
Premium Times, 11 June 2020
The President of the Senate, Ahmad Lawan, says lawmakers in the upper chamber and the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila, would meet President Muhammadu… Read more »
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Nigeria: Public Safety - As We Gallop Towards the Tipping Point
Premium Times, 12 June 2020
When those who run the state do not respond to our cries for help, they make self-help the only alternative... we cannot say that we have a state which has a social contract with… Read more »
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Nigeria: 'Deeply Shocked' Buhari Orders Troops to Rescue Gubio Villagers
Premium Times, 11 June 2020
President Muhammadu Buhari has expressed shock over Tuesday's mass killing by Boko Haram in a Borno village which resulted in the death of 81 residents. Read more »
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Nigeria: Dozens Killed in Suspected Boko Haram Attack
DW, 10 June 2020
The death toll stands at 81 after suspected members of the extremist group Boko Haram carried out an attack in Borno state. Thousands have been killed in the region by Islamist… Read more »
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Nigeria: Boko Haram Kills 69 People in Borno Village
Daily Trust, 10 June 2020
Boko Haram insurgents reportedly killed 69 persons at Foduma Kolomaiya village, 11 kilometres away from Gazaure town of Gubio Local Government Area of Borno State yesterday. Read more »
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Nigeria: Buratai - Military Killed 1,429 Boko Haram Insurgents in Two Months
This Day, 9 June 2020
The Chief of Army Staff, Lt. Gen. Tukur Buratai, has disclosed that the military fighting insurgency in the north-east killed 1,429 Boko Haram insurgents and arrested 166… Read more »
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Nigeria: Military Short of Manpower, Adequate Funding - Defence Minister
Premium Times, 3 June 2020
Nigeria's military is understaffed and underfunded to tackle the various security challenges facing the country, the Minister of Defence, Bashir Magashi, has said. Read more »
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Nigeria: Boko Haram, Iswap Fighters Surrender As Troops Mount Pressure
Daily Trust, 1 June 2020
Nigerian Military said more Boko Haram ad Islamic State of West Africa Province (ISWAP) elements have either been arrested or neutralized and their equipment captured or destroyed… Read more »
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Nigeria: Why Boko Haram Attacks Are Declining in N-East - Investigation
Vanguard, 1 June 2020
There appears to be a shift in the insurgency war between the military and Boko Haram insurgents in the North-East, as the latter now seem to be under heat for the first time since… Read more »
Buhari Demands 'Heavy Price' for Attack in Nigeria's Borno State
Nigeria's battle with the militant group Boko Haram has seen thousands of citizens killed over the years in gun attacks on villages and urban areas and suicide bomb attacks. Borno State's Foduma Kolomaiya village has now come under attack, with dozens of people reportedly losing their lives in what is alleged to be another attack by members of Islamic State of West Africa (ISWAP), a splinter group of Boko Haram. President Muhammadu Buhari has expressed his shock at the attack and has ordered the army to find the attackers and residents who were kidnapped.
InFocus
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Boko Haram militants reportedly attacked Dapchi villagers in Yobe State, a community that saw the 2018 kidnapping of 117 women students at a secondary school and five girls killed. ... Read more »
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The abduction of 276 girls by Boko Haram on April 14, 2014 sparked a global outcry. The girls were sleeping at their school, awaiting exams, when they were taken and at least 100 ... Read more »
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Boko Haram has created an economy based on careful control of the international trade on smoked fish as well as red pepper in Lake Chad, writes Ahmad Salkida for Premium ... Read more »
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The United States government has offered a U.S.$7 million reward for information that leads to the arrest of Abubakar Shekau, the leader of the insurgent group Boko Haram. There ... Read more »
