The Chief of Defence Staff, Air Chief Marshal Alex Badeh has assured Nigerians of the commitment of the newly appointed service chiefs in ensuring that the Boko Haram insurgency is ended before the general elections in 2015. Badeh who was decorated alongside the Chief of Army Staff, Chief of Naval Staff and Chief of Air […]

Former Defence Minister, General Theophilus Danjuma on Saturday decried the security situation in the north orchestrated by the activities of the Boko Haram sect. He was speaking at the launch of the Ahmadu Bello University Zaria’s N50b Phase II Development project. Former military president General Ibrahim Babangida and Sultan of Sokoto, Alhaji Muhammad Sa’ad […]

Up to 7 French nationals have been kidnapped by gunmen in Northern Cameroon, only a few miles from the Nigerian border, French President Francois Hollande has said. The president said they all belong to the same family and were seized by a “known terrorist group which is active in Northern Nigeria”. He added that the […]

Reports from online sources indicates that Boko Haram has again struck in the North-East, this time, they attacked and killed at least 17 people in a village close to Chibok, where over 200 school girls were seized. This comes a day after 118 people died in a double bombing in the central city of Jos, […]

A new video released by Islamist militants Boko Haram claims to show around 100 girls kidnapped from a school in Nigeria last month. The group’s leader, Abubakar Shekau, said they would be held until all imprisoned militants had been freed. He said the girls had converted to Islam. The video, released on Monday, claims to […]

Contrary to the claim by the Nigerian military that it is on top of the security challenge in the commercial town of Mubi in Adamawa state, the dreaded Boko Haram sect is consolidating its position in the the captured town and has indeed renamed it “Madinatul Islam” meaning the city of Islam. Aliyu Bala, one […]

The Nigerian State Security Service have confirmed the arrest of five suspected Boko Haram members including their spiritual leader. The arrested men, who all hail from Kogi state and attended Islamic schools are Muhammad Nazeef, Umar Musa, Mustapha Yusuf, Ismaila Abdulazez, and Ibrahim Isah, were paraded publicly before the press after their arrest. Muhammad […]

The United State Department will formally designate the Nigerian Islamist militant group Boko Haram as a “foreign terrorist organization” on Wednesday, congressional sources and others briefed on the matter said. The designation is significant because it directs U.S. law enforcement and regulatory agencies to block business and financial transactions with Boko Haram, which wants to […]