Buni directs SEMA to provide emergency support in Geidam
By Ndahi Marana FOLLOWING the latest Boko Haram invasion into Geidam town on Wednesday, the Yobe State Governor, Mai Mala Buni, has directed the State Emergency Management Agency, SEMA, to provide emergency support and take stock of destructions with a view to rendering humanitarian support and assistance to victims. A statement by Mamman Mohammed, Director General […]
Again, Boko Haram ambushes passengers along Maiduguri-Damaturu Road
…5 killed, scores abducted By Ndahi Marama Suspected members of dreaded Boko Haram sect on Friday evening laid ambush along 125km Maiduguri -Damaturu, which claimed 5 lives with an unspecified number of motorists and passengers abducted, after looting foodstuff and properties. The incident according to one of the anonymous survivors who was shot in the […]
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 […]
