Boko Haram: Western nations have shown Borno more concern than Arab countries, says Zulum
In the midst of challenges with the Boko Haram insurgency, countries from the west have shown more concern for the plight of Borno people than rich Arab nations whose people share the similarity of religion and culture with majority of Borno citizens, Governor Babagana Umara Zulum has said.
Boko Haram seeking relevance with Kankara abduction – FG
Boko Haram is decimated and the remnants of the group are seeking relevance by claiming responsibility for the abduction of 344 school boys in Kankara, Katsina State, the Federal Government has said. The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, stated this at a media briefing in Abuja on Friday. He confirmed that the […]
Updated: Boko Haram releases video claiming to show kidnapped boys
The Boko Haram jihadist group released a video on Thursday claiming to show schoolboys seized in a mass kidnapping in northwest Nigeria last week. The assault last Friday on a rural school in Kankara, Katsina state, was initially blamed on criminals, known as bandits, who have terrorised the region for years. But on Tuesday Boko […]
Breaking: Boko Haram releases video of abducted Kankara schoolboys
By Nwafor Sunday Boko Haram has Thursday released a video showing the abducted Kankara schoolboys. The video obtained by SaharaReporters, which lasted for 4 minutes 8 seconds, had Abu Muhammed, Abubakar Bin Muhammed Shekar, the leader of Jamatu Ahlis Sunnah Lid Da’wah Wul Jihad, took responsibility of the invasion and abduction of over 300 students […]
UN concerned for safety of refugees in Niger, following Boko Haram attack
The United Nations voiced grave concern on Tuesday for the safety of thousands of refugees and internally displaced in the wake of a deadly Boko Haram attack on Toumour, a town in southeastern Niger’s Diffa region, near the border with Nigeria. A UN statement sad at least 28 people were killed and hundreds more wounded […]
Confusion as Shekau claims responsibility for Kankara schoolboys kidnap
Few hours after governor Aminu Bello Masari of Katsina State claimed that the state and the kidnappers of students from Government Science Secondary School, Kankara, have been in talks, Boko Haram on Tuesday claimed it was behind the abduction of the hundreds of students. The Governor, who according to a statement was accompanied by the […]
