Former President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan disclosed on Friday that Boko Haram insurgents nominated former President Muhammadu Buhari to represent them in negotiations with the Federal Government when his administration considered having a dialogue with the group to seek a non-combatant alternative to end the terrorist group’s activities.

Obasanjo made the remarks in Abuja on Friday during the public presentation of “Scars: Nigeria’s Journey and the Boko Haram Conundrum.”

The pro-Biafra group accused Tinubu of recklessly and falsely linking IPOB with Boko Haram, whilst in the same breadth exonerating ISWAP and others.

Troops of the Joint Task Force (North East) Operation HADIN KAI (OPHK) have killed 11 Boko Haram/ISWAP terrorists in separate operations across Borno and Adamawa states.

•Shinkafi accuses military of abandoning Zamfara citizens to bandits By Ndahi Marama, Luminous Jannamike, John Alechenu, with Agency Report Maiduguri/AbuJa— Fresh Boko Haram attacks in Borno State have left no fewer than 63 people dead, including five soldiers and 58 civilians, triggering outrage from the United Nations, former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar, Labour Party presidential candidate […]

A bloody weekend across Nigeria left at least 102 people dead, including security personnel and suspected bandits, in a series of violent incidents reported in Borno, Sokoto, Edo and Katsina states.

The victims comprise 5 soldiers and about 58 civilians who were earlier displaced by the insurgents.

In the two separate incidents, the insurgents killed five farmers in Ngoshe and Mussa villages over the weekend.

Troops also recovered AK-47 rifles, a cache of ammunition, and six motorcycles belonging to the insurgents.

By Ndahi Marama, Maiduguri Troops of the North East Joint Task Force, Operation Hadin Kai (OPHK), have eliminated two top Boko Haram commanders, identified as Abu Nazir (also known as the Munzir of Juye) and Abu Fatima (Munzir of Koloram), along with 11 other fighters during a renewed military onslaught in Wulgo community, Gamboru-Ngala Local […]

Boko Haram achieved worldwide front-page notoriety through the kidnapping of more than 300 schoolgirls in Borno State, Nigeria.

Chadian police confirmed having arrested six Boko Haram members but could not say if one of them was the older Yusuf’s son.

Troops of the North East Joint Task Force, Operation Hadin Kai, have neutralised a Boko Haram fighter and recovered a cache of arms during an intelligence-led operation in Mafa Local Government Area of Borno State.

The US State Department has approved a potential Foreign Military Sale worth an estimated $346 million to improve the Federal Government’s capability to counter terrorist organisations and illicit trafficking in Nigeria and the Gulf of Guinea.

“It is clear that the perpetrators of this heinous crime with dark objectives are trying to chase the people out of their ancestral homes for possible occupation, which has happened in parts of the local government and other parts of the state.”