The Chibok Community in Borno on Sunday lauded President Goodluck Jonathan for sending Alhaji Mohammed Wakil, the Minister of State for Power, to reassure them of safe return of the abducted students of the Government Girls Secondary School, Chibok.

Maiduguri – Gov. Kashim Shettima of Borno has terminated his ongoing political campaigns to the Southern part of the state following multiple bomb blasts in Maiduguri, the Borno capital.

Troops of the Nigerian Army on Saturday captured Buni Yadi town, the headquarters of Gujba Local Government Area and Buni Gari town both in Yobe State.

The armies of Niger and Chad on Sunday launched a “ground and air” offensive against the Islamist Boko Haram group in northeastern Nigeria, a source from the Niger government said.

Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project, (SERAP) has urged Minister of Finance, Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala to “embrace constructive engagement on issues of human rights, transparency and accountability,” and “to avoid sound bite and opportunistic attacks on civil society organizations simply working to make the government fit for purpose so that it can function to improve the conditions of millions of marginalized and disadvantaged Nigerians.”