A Christian group, under the auspices of Northern Political Youth Christian Forum, NCPYF, has alleged it uncovered plots by some Nigerian politicians to scuttle the ongoing war against insurgency in north eastern part of the country by infiltrating the Civilian Joint Task Force (CJTF).

Bridget Usifo Osakwe is Programme Manager, Women in Peace-building, a West Africa Network for Peace-building (WANEP) project in Nigeria. With over 15 years of peace-building learning and practice, she is active in facilitating conflict mitigation and prevention across Africa and beyond. Osakwe who sits on the board of several civil society organizations also holds an M.A. in Peace and Reconciliation studies from the Coventry University, United Kingdom. She speaks on the interventions of women in crisis and conflict situations in the country in recent times, in this interview.

The Nigerian National Petroleum Company (NNPC) has confirmed the kidnap by Boko Haram militants of 10 members of the University of Maiduguri research team prospecting for oil in northeast Nigeria.

Gunmen believed to be Boko Haram Islamists have kidnapped 10 members of an oil exploration team in northeast Nigeria, colleagues and the state-run oil firm said on Wednesday.

Governor Kashim Shettima of Borno State has said Boko Haram insurgency resulted in 54,911 widows and 52,311 orphans, quoting statistics from World Bank, in partnership with European Union and the Presidency.

THE Chief of Army Staff, COAS, Lt-General Tukur Buratai, yesterday, approved special promotion of 6,199 soldiers serving in Operation Lafiya Dole.

As the military continue to bombard the Sambisa Forest camps and hideouts of Boko Haram remnants, the terrorists have continued to flee and spread to other parts of the country.

Kano State Commissioner of Police, Rabiu Yusuf, yesterday, disclosed that one of the Boko Haram suspects, who allegedly engaged the Police in a gun battle in Kano, was dismissed from the Nigeria Air Force.

The Federal Government has embarked on an assessment of communities liberated in the counter-insurgency operations in Borno, to facilitate re-constitution of civil authorities in the affected areas.

The Chief of Army Staff, Lt.-Gen. Tukur Buratai, has directed Maj.-Gen. Ibrahim Attahiru, the Theatre Commander, Operation Lafiya Dole, Maiduguri, to capture Abubakar Shekau, self-styled leader of the Boko Haram sect, “dead or alive”.

TROOPS of 120 Task Force Battalion, 27 Task Force Brigade, Tuesday, intercepted 30 fleeing family members of suspected Boko Haram terrorists at Goniri, Gujba Local Government Area, Yobe State.

TROOPS of 120 Task Force Battalion, 27 Task Force Brigade, Tuesday, intercepted 30 fleeing family members of suspected Boko Haram terrorists at Goniri, Gujba Local Government Area, Yobe State.

A Renowned Nigerian Musician, Innocent Idibia, better known as 2Face or 2Baba has said that the lingering boko Haram crisis which left thousands of people dead, millions injured and displaced from their homes with property worth billions of naira destroyed have nothing to do with religion as insinuated, rather the crisis is strongly associated with politics.

A group of community elders in northeast Nigeria where Boko Haram has waged a bloody eight-year insurgency are urging the Islamists to enter peace talks, a move some see as motivated by ethnic self-interest.

For allegedly failing to consider him for promotion in the past 10 years, an aggrieved officer of the Nigeria Immigration Service NIS, Mr Daniel Makolo has dragged the Civil Defence, Fire, Immigration and Prisons Board before the National Industrial Court.