Niger votes in city, regional polls after jihadist attack
Niger voted in long-delayed municipal and regional elections Sunday the day after an attack by the Boko Haram jihadist group claimed at least 27 lives according to local officials, and two weeks ahead of a landmark presidential election. The vote had been postponed repeatedly because of jihadist attacks in parts of the poor Sahel country, […]
Bandits invade Katsina villages, kill 7 farmers
No fewer than seven farmers, including a nursing mother, have been killed by bandits who attacked three communities— Tashar Bama, Dogun Muazu and Unguwar Maigayya—of Sabuwa Local Government Area of Katsina State.
Boko Haram: 3,000 displaced persons in Borno return after 6 years
Authorities in Borno state on Monday began returning around 3,000 people to their homes six years after they were displaced by jihadist violence, officials said. The operation came after a weekend attack on farmworkers killed as many as 110 people in the state in what would be the deadliest assault this year blamed on Islamist […]
Boko Haram still existing strongly in Borno — Gov Zulum
By Ndahi Marama – Maiduguri Governor Babagana Zulum of Borno State on Sunday admitted that the dreaded Boko Haram sect are still existing strongly in many parts of the state especially in the Sambisa Forest, River Fringes of Koshobe and Lake Chad Basin posing threats to over 6 million people in the state. Zulum spoke […]
Boko Haram terrorists kill 66 farmers, fishermen in Borno
By Ndahi Marama, Maiduguri ABOUT 66 people, mostly rice farmers and fishermen were killed by suspected members of Boko Haram sect in Koshobe village near Zabarmari, Jere Local Government Area of Borno State, reliable sources have said. The attack also left scores of people injured from gunshot wounds. The incident happened on a day Borno […]
Boko Haram kills at least 43 farm workers in Borno — Militia
Boko Haram fighters killed at least 43 farm workers and injured six in rice fields near Maiduguri in Borno State on Saturday, an anti-jihadist militia told AFP. The assailants tied up the agricultural workers and slit their throats in the village of Koshobe, the militia said. President Muhammadu Buhari condemned the attack, saying: “The entire […]
