Boko haram

Ali Ndume, chairman of the Senate Committee on the Army, has kicked against the reintegration of ex-Boko Haram fighters into the society. The military had in 2016 launched Operation Safe Corridor, an initiative for the deradicalisation…

Gunmen suspected to be Boko Haram members have attacked the convoy of Governor of Borno State, Babagana Zulum on Wednesday. The governor was on a trip to Monguno and Baga towns to distribute food to IDPs. According to a government…

President Muhmmadu Buhari condemned the gruesome murder of five humanitarian workers by the terror group in Borno on Wednesday. He reassured that his administration would continue to work to wipe out all remaining vestiges of the…

President Buhari has condemned the recent killings and destruction of properties in Borno and Katsina states. He said the bandits are taking advantage of the restrictions put in place to curb the spread of coronavirus in the states to…

Defence Headquarters has said 603 repentant Boko Haram members are to be reintegrated into their communities in July, following completion of the Deradicalisation, Rehabilitation and Reintegration (DRR) programme. This was disclosed…

Nigerian Defence Headquarters has denied Amnesty International’s claims of torturing children arrested for allegedly engaging in terrorism. Human rights group, Amnesty International made the allegation in its recently released 91-page…

Global rights group, Amnesty International, has condemned the treatment of children arrested for allegedly engaging in terrorism. Amnesty International claimed that the children are usually locked up with adult terrorists who sexually…

Boko Haram leader, Abubakar Shekau Boko Haram leader, Abubakar Shekau, has reacted to the $7m bounty the US Department of State placed on him on March 4 to reward anyone with credible information that will lead to his arrest. …

The US Department of State has announced a $7 million reward to anyone who provides any credible information that will lead to the arrest of Boko Haram leader, Abubakar Shekau. US State Department Rewards for Justice made this known in…

A  former governor of Yobe State,  representing Yobe South Senatorial District in the National Assembly, Senator Ibrahim Gaidam, has vowed not to lobby any of his colleagues to support his controversial bill. The bill is titled, ‘A bill…

A proposed bill sponsored by Senator Gaidam at the Nigerian senate proposes that repentant Boko Haram terrorist enjoy free foreign education. The bill is titled ‘Establishment of the National Agency for the Education, Rehabilitation,…

The Chief of the Army Staff, Lt. Gen. Tukur Buratai The Nigerian Army has advised international aid organisations to stay off conflict areas in the North-East in order not to be victims of the crisis. The Chief of the Army Staff, Lt.…