Tag Archives: Boko Haram

Governor Babagana Zulum of Borno has visited Jakana, one of the major towns along Maiduguri-Damaturu highway, during which he expressed serious anger over incessant attacks on travelers and villagers by Boko Haram.

Suspected members of Boko Haram insurgents have abducted not less than 35 travelers along Damaturu-Maiduguri Road.

Boko Haram on Thursday released a video showing that it has custody of the students abducted from a government secondary school in Kankara, Katsina State, Humangle reported.

Boko Haram on Tuesday claimed responsibility for the abduction of hundreds of school students in northwest Nigeria.

By Fredrick Nwabufo  On January 22, 2015 at Chatham House, London, Sambo Dasuki, former national security adviser (NSA), baited the whirlwind.

Amidst renewed calls by North East Governors on the Federal Government to engage foreign mercenaries in routing Boko Haram terrorists in Sambisa forest and other insurgents’ enclaves, the foreign military contractors earlier engaged by Nigeria have vowed never to return.

The Minister of Information, Culture and Tourism Alhaji Lai Mohammed, Monday said Nigeria is currently at the mercy of terrorists because the country is being denied access to acquire needed weapons to fight the insurgents despite efforts to do so.

The Presidency has blamed the 43 rice farmers killed in Borno over the weekend for not getting military clearance before going to their farms.

Governor of Borno State, Prof. Babagana Zulum, led relatives and residents to bury 43 farmers slaughtered by the Boko Haram insurgents.

Boko Haram fighters killed at least 43 farm workers and injured six in rice fields near the northeast Nigerian city of Maiduguri on Saturday, anti-jihadist militia told AFP.