625 Killed As Boko Haram Gunmen Slit Some Residents’ Throats Near Monguno

Boko Haram gunmen killed dozens of people in four villages in Borno, slitting some residents’ throats and opening fire on others, one resident and the police said on Tuesday. The atrocities near Monguno in the northeastern state of Borno took the death toll since Muhammau Buhari became president in late May to more than 625, according to an AFP count.

Soldiers Accidentally Kill Electricity Worker Mistaken For Boko Haram Militants Along Maiduguri/Damaturu Road

A team of the Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) accompanied by military escort who were on a mission to repair broken transmission line near Benesheikh along Maiduguri/Damaturu road were shot by soldiers, leading to the death of one of the TCN staff members, while two soldiers who were escorting them and another staff of TCN sustained injuries.

4 Dead As Daring Boko Haram Militants Attack Prison in Diffa, Niger Republic

NIAMEY (Reuters) - Suspected Boko Haram militants launched an attack on the prison in the southern Niger town of Diffa late on Saturday, military sources said, in an apparent bid to free fellow members of the Nigerian Islamist group held there.

How President Buhari’s Slow Pace is Impacting The War Against Boko Haram

President Muhammadu Buhari’s current slow approach to governance is affecting the prosecution of the war against extremist group, Boko Haram, in the north east, findings by PREMIUM TIMES have shown.

Explosion Rocks ECWA Church, Jos, Plateau State

An explosion has occurred at a church in Jos, Plateau State.

Cameroun Military Repels Boko Haram Attack, Kills 3 Militants

Cameroun’s army has repulsed an attack by Boko Haram and killed three of the Islamist militants in heavy fighting in the far north region of the country, a government spokesman has said.

Boko Haram Militants Attacks Buni Yadi, Yobe State

Boko Haram Militants reportedly attacked Buni Yadi, Yobe State, on Thursday night, a military source told Reuters. The source could not exactly confirm military response to the attack.

Security Awareness: How To Identify A Potential Suicide Bomber

Suicide bombing is an act whereby an individual personally delivers explosives and detonates them with the sole aim of inflicting the greatest possible damage, killing himself in the process in order to serve the interests of the sponsoring individuals or organisations.

Boko Haram: United Nations Plans Early Warning Systems For Nort-East Nigeria

Gombe – The United Nations says it will set up “ICT-based Early Warning Systems’’ in Borno and other states in the North East to ensure rapid response to activities of Boko Haram.

Boko Haram Offers To Swap Detainees for Abducted Chibok Girls

Boko Haram Militants have reportedly offered to free more than 200 young women and girls kidnapped from a boarding school in the town of Chibok in exchange for the release of militant leaders held by the government.

Nyanya Bombing Trial Update: Court Dismisses Aminu Ogwueche’s Right Enforcement Suit

Aminu Ogwuche (Centre)

A Federal High Court sitting in Abuja has dismissed a Fundamental Human Rights Enforcement suit filed by an alleged mastermind of the April 14, 2014 bomb blast in Nyanya, a suburb of Abuja, Mr. Aminu Ogwueche.

Female Suicide Bomber Attacks Military Checkpoint In Borno

A female suicide bomber today killed four people at a military checkpoint in a community in Borno State, a security source who is a leader of the civilian joint task force told SaharaReporters. 

Why Nigerian Army can’t defeat Boko Haram – UK High Commissioner

The outgoing British High Commissioner to Nigeria, Andrew Pocock, has said the problem of Boko Haram insurgency in North-east Nigeria is not something that can be resolved with the use of the army, the police or the security agencies only.

Police Confirms killing of Six Worshippers in Redeemed Christian Church of God,Yobe By A Suicide Bomber

The Police in Yobe on Sunday confirmed the killing of six persons in a suicide bomb attack on a church in Potiskum.

Two Female Suicide Bombers Kill 10, Injure Scores in Borno

Two suicide explosions along a highway in Borno State killed at least 10 people on Thursday afternoon, state police said, the latest in a string of almost daily attacks by suspected insurgents.

A female suicide bomber killed seven and injured 13 at a village called Malari on the main road from Bama to Konduga while a second suicide bomber killed three in blast along the same road, the state police chief, Aderemi Opadokun, said.

A military source told Reuters that in both cases the suicide bombers targeted crowded areas where locals sell fruit along the highway, which runs southeast of the state capital Maiduguri.

Thousands of people have been killed and about 1.5 million displaced during Boko Haram’s six-year fight to create an Islamic caliphate in the northeast Nigeria.

Source:
The Nation Newspaper

Boko Haram Militants Kill 100 People in Kukawa, Borno State, Nigeria

Maiduguri (Nigeria) (AFP) - Suspected Boko Haram militants killed close to 100 people in attacks on homes and mosques in a northeastern Nigerian village, witnesses said Thursday.

"The attackers have killed at least 97 people," a local from Kukawa village, who gave his name as Kolo and who said he had counted the bodies, told AFP.

A fisherman who witnessed Wednesday's attack corroborated the death toll.

"They wiped out the immediate family of my uncle...They killed his children, about five of them, and set his entire house ablaze," Kolo said.

Another witness called Babami Alhaji Kolo who fled to Maiduguri, the capital of Borno state where the attack took place, said more than 50 militants stormed the village early Wednesday evening.

"The terrorists first descended on Muslim worshippers in various mosques who were observing the Maghrib prayer shortly after breaking their fast," he said.

"They... opened fire on the worshippers who were mostly men and young children.

"They spared nobody. In fact, while some of the terrorists waited and set most of the corpses on fire, others proceeded to houses and shot indiscriminately at women who were preparing food," he said.

Source:
Yahoo News

Nigerian Military Arrest Man Linked To Boko Haram Abduction of Chibok Schoolgirls

LAGOS, Nigeria -- Nigerian troops have arrested a businessman accused of "participating actively" in Boko Haram's mass abduction of nearly 300 schoolgirls from the northeastern town of Chibok last year, Nigeria's Defense Ministry said Tuesday.

Boko Haram Leader Arrested In N’djamena, Chad

A Chadian Public Prosecutor, Alghassim Khamis, said on Tuesday that one of the key Boko Haram leaders, Baana Fanay, who has been coordinating trafficking of weapons in Nigeria, Cameroon and Chad was arrested on Sunday in N’Djamena.

Abducted Chibok School Girls 'Compelled To Join Boko Haram'

Some of the Chibok schoolgirls kidnapped in Nigeria have been forced to join Islamist militant group Boko Haram, the BBC has been told.

Tension Heightens in Anambra As Boko Haram Prisoners Allegedly Arrive Ekwulobia Prisons

There is fresh anxiety in Anambra State following reports that 47 Boko Haram suspects have been relocated to Ekwulobia Prisons in Aguata Local Government Area of the state.