U.S. President, Donald Trump Hosts Two Chibok Girls
The U.S. President, Donald Trump, and his daughter, Ivanka, met with two Chibok girls, Joy Bishara and Lydia Pogu on June 27 at the White House. Bishara, 20, and Pogu, 19 were among 57 girls who escaped from Boko Haram in Borno by jumping off the back of a truck in 2014. The 57 were […]
Boko Haram Attacks Borno Communities, Kidnaps 10 – Official
Suspected Boko Haram members attacked communities in Konduga Local Government Area of Borno State kidnapping 10 people, an official has said. Ibrahim Abdullahi, the Commandant of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, NSCDC, in Borno, said the terrorists invaded Konduga and abducted four women and six youths. Mr. Abdullahi told the News Agency of […]
Japan Gives U.S.$ 33.3 Million Grant to End Polio in Nigeria
In an effort to protect millions of children from polio in Nigeria, the Japanese government yesterday announced a grant of $33.3 million in humanitarian emergency funding to the United Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund (UNICEF). The grant came as a result of new cases popped up in areas affected by conflicts in the Borno State […]
Women’s Empowerment Meets Male Resistance, Sexual Exploitation in Camps
The camps for displaced people scattered across northeast Nigeria are supposed to provide safety from Boko Haram violence. But for many women the threat is no longer the jihadists: The danger is inside the camps, and stems from the attitudes of men in general. Fatima Mohammed* is the “acting women’s leader” in sprawling Bakassi Camp […]
Many Feared Dead As Boko Haram Engages Army in Battle
Dozens of boko haram members including innocent civilians were feared dead in a crossfire that ensued between military troops and terrorists, most of whom were suicide bombers who attempted to infiltrate Maiduguri, the Borno state capital. Sources have said. The multiple incidents started at about 11:30pm on Thursday, when a female suicide bomber sneaked into […]
Nigeria Says Boko Haram Had Ties With Al-Qaeda and Osama bin Laden
The dreaded Nigeria-based terrorist group, Boko Haram, established links with some international terrorist groups, including Al-Qaeda, the Presidential Fact-Finding Committee on the Abducted Female Students of Government Secondary School, Chibok, has said. The committee stated this in its report submitted to former President Goodluck Jonathan before he left office. The 50-page report, which details were […]
Untold Story of How Boko Haram Wages War
Adamawa State’s official alias is ‘Land of Beauty’. Borno State: Land of Peace. Yobe State: Pride of the Sahel. Then came the Jama’atu Ahlis Sunna Lidda’awati wal-Jihad (Arabic for “People Committed to the Propagation of the Prophet’s Teachings and Jihad) but more commonly known as Boko Haram and dreaded for its terrorism, which many agree […]
Confiscated Boko Haram Bomb Explodes
At least 23 people have been killed in the north-eastern Nigerian town of Monguno after a Boko Haram bomb confiscated by vigilantes exploded, an MP and army source have told the BBC. The vigilantes were celebrating a successful operation with the military against the Islamist militants. An improvised explosive device (IED) went off killing and […]
43 Boko Haram child soldiers have been rescued by the Chadian army
Damasak-43 Boko Haram child soldiers have been rescued by the Chadian army in Damasak, Borno state. Spokesperson of Chadian Army, Col.Azem Agouna, while revealing this yesterday April 22nd, said the children, all aged between 12 and above and of Chadian nationality managed to escape during the clashes between insurgents and soldiers, while local families helped […]
Boko Haram militants abducts hundreds of women and 500 children
About 500 children aged 11 and under are missing from a Nigerian town recaptured from militants, a former resident of Damasak has told the press.A trader in the north-eastern town told Reuters news agency that Boko Haram fighters took the children with them when they fled.Troops from Niger and Chad seized Damasak earlier in March, […]
