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The Federal Government has assured Nigerians that the worst of insecurity in the country was over. It said the killing of 66 Boko Haram/ISWAP terrorists, arrest of 96, and surrendering of 3,407 were pointed to the fact the war against terrorists and other criminals was yielding positive results. But the …

Armed members of terrorists suspected to ISWAP group on Wednesday evening invaded Gaidam local Government area of Yobe state and razed down a Technical College in the town. Twin brothers are victims of the attack. One died on the spot and the other is still responding to treatment at an …

President Muhammadu Buhari, yesterday, said Boko Haram insurgency has neither religious nor ethnic underpinning. According to him, with adequate education, majority of Nigerians now know the truth. Receiving the Chief Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court, ICC, Karin Ahmad Khan, at State House in Abuja, Buhari noted that with concerted …

On Thursday, January, 2022, there was a security breach in Chibok Local Government Area of Borno State. Fighters suspected to be from the Islamic State for West African Province, ISWAP, attacked Pemi Ward, which is about a few kilometres outside of Chibok town. There are about six political wards across …

Former President Olusegun Obasanjo on Thursday predicted that out-of-school children might soon be recruited by Boko Haram if the government failed to return them to classrooms. Obasanjo stated this while addressing participants at the presidential youth mentorship retreat held at the Youth Development Centre, Olusegun Obasanjo Presidential Library, Abeokuta, Ogun …

Boko Haram terrorists are fleeing from Sambisa forest to Rijana Forest in the Chikun local government area of Kaduna State, according to a leaked memo. In the memo marked NSCDC/NHQ/INT&INVST/323/2021 dated September 9, 2021 and signed by the Acting Deputy Commandant-General of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, Intelligence …

The Governor of Niger State, Abubakar Sani Bello, has confirmed the presence of Boko Haram terrorists and the hoisting of their flag in Kaure, Shiroro Local Government Area. Abubakar Sani Bello made this known when he paid a visit to over 3000 Internally Displaced Persons from Shiroro and Munya local …

Boko Haram insurgents have killed 14 farmers in Borno State, by slashing their throats. Members of the Civilian Joint Taskforce ( JTF) told AFP that insurgents on Monday seized 15 farmers working on their irrigation fields in Ngwom village, 14 kilometers north of Maiduguri, and cut their throats. “They slaughtered …