Tag: Boko Haram
Bethel High School abductors demand 80m ransom to release 80 children
Aug. 4, 2021 Kidnappers are demanding a ransom of one million naira each to release around 80 children abducted from a boarding school in northern Nigeria last month, according to a pastor involved in the negotiations for their release. The attack on the Bethel Baptist High School in the state of Kaduna was the 10th ...It is unfair, rehabilitate IDPs like ex-Boko Haram, Niger Delta militants – Official begs FG
Aug. 2, 2021 Mr. Luka Yathuma, the Secretary of Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) at the Kuchigoro Camp, Abuja, has pleaded with the Federal Government to rehabilitate IDPs like it did with ex-Boko Haram members and Niger Delta militants. In an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Sunday, Yathuma said such gesture would ...Niger abduction: Bandits abduct negotiator sent with ransom to free students – School authorities
July 26, 2021 Armed bandits in Nigeria have seized a negotiator who had been sent to pay ransom money to secure the release of 136 students kidnapped two months ago from an Islamic school in the north of the African nation, the school and parents said. Abubakar Alhassan, director of the Islamic school, said the ...Insurgency: Army Commander, 6 soldiers killed in Boko Haram attack in Northern Cameroon
July 24, 2021 Boko Haram militants overran an army base in Cameroon’s Far North region on Saturday, killing at least seven soldiers and wounding several others, military and local sources have said. They hit the base in Sagme locality of the region by 4.00 a.m. local time on Saturday, two soldiers and a local resident ...Troops halt terrorists’ attempt to kidnap commuters in Borno, rescue 17 civilians
July 13, 2021 The troops of Sector 1 Operation Hadin Kai, deployed at the Forward Operational Base (FOB) along Maiduguri-Damaturu road, have rescued 17 civilians from abduction by Boko Haram terrorists in Borno. The Director, Army Public Relations, Brig.-Gen. Onyema Nwachukwu, disclosed this in a statement on Tuesday. He said the terrorists had attempted to ...Some people in govt., military are benefiting from insurgency – Gov. Zulum
July 7, 2021 Some people are crying marginalization but if you take a closer look at some states, you will discover that there is more marginalization of “some ethnic nationalities in these states than they accuse Buhari of doing.” Governor Babagana Zulum of Borno State has accused some persons in government, the military and political ...Taraba gov. recommends push for removal of exploration, exploitation of mineral resources from exclusive to concurrent list to North East Govs
July 7, 2021 The Taraba State Governor, Darius Dickson Ishaku, has recommended to the North East Governors’ Forum to push for the removal of the exploration and exploitation of mineral resources from the exclusive list to the concurrent list. The Governor made the recommendation on Tuesday, at the 5th meeting of the North East Governors’ ...Insurgency: Troops capture 2 terrorists, intercept supplies in Borno
July 6, 2021 Troops of 195 Battalion, Sector 1 Operation Hadin Kai (OPHK), in conjunction with Civilian Joint Task Force (CJTF), on July 3 captured two Boko Haram terrorists around Muna general area of Borno. The Director, Army Public Relations, Brig.-Gen. Onyema Nwachukwu, in a statement on Tuesday said the troops also intercepted supplies meant ...Boko Haram fighters’ pledge to ISWAP in new video fuels fear
June 28, 2021 A group of fighters from Nigerian Islamist group Boko Haram pledged allegiance to rivals the Islamic State West African Province (ISWAP) weeks after the former group’s leader died, according to a video seen by Reuters. The video fuels fears that ISWAP is consolidating control of the insurgency in northeastern Nigeria following the ...Our drive now is to conclude with North-East Insurgency – Army Chief
June 26, 2021 The Chief of Army Staff, Major-General Farouk Yahaya on Saturday said the army is committed to ending the insurgency in the North-East. The army chief made the comment while on an operation visit to frontline troops of Sector 2, Joint Taskforce of the Nigeria Army ‘Operation Hadin Kai’ in Damaturu, Yobe State. ...
