WHAT initially started in Maiduguri, the Borno State capital, as a mere skirmish between the police and members of a radicalised group, Jama’atu Ahlis Sunna Lidda’Awati Wal-Jihad, popularly known as Boko Haram (Western education is forbidden), in July, 2009, when its then leader, Mohammed Yusuf, was...

Following the successful election and inauguration of President Muhammadu Buhari, the Internally Displaced Persons from Chibok and Gwoza, currently residing in Wasa 2, Abuja have called on him to totally liberate their communities and state of all Boko Haram elements so that they can return home; ev...

An Improvised Explosive Device (IED) allegedly planted by suspected Boko Haram members on Sunday exploded at a popular market, Gamboru Market in Maiduguri, leaving four persons critically injured, a member of the youth vigilante group in the town, Yunus Kaka has said.‬ ‪It would be recalled t...

Two Yobe towns, Fika and Ngalda, were on Saturday attacked by the Boko Haram insurgents that were on a looting spree, the chairman of Fika Local Government Area of Yobe State, Alhaji Baba Abare, told journalists on Sunday. According to Abare, the militants shot sporadically on arriving at the two...

The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA), on Tuesday, disclosed that over 1.4 million Nigerians were currently in the custody of the agency, at its various Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) camps, located in the three states of the North-East of Adamawa, Borno and Gombe with Borno State hav...

MAIDUGURI—A Boko Haram suicide bomber yesterday sneaked into the Maiduguri Abattoir at Cattle Market (Kasuwan Shanu) killing 10 people and injuring scores of others. The incident occurred at the peak of trading at about 1:25 pm when the market was crowded with traders and buyers. This is coming l...