Boko Haram

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At least 23 civilian force members killed in northern Nigeria, officials say

At least 23 members of Nigeria's civilian joint task force were killed on Saturday in separate attacks by militants and an armed kidnapping gang in the north, two officials from the force said on ... Read More

Understanding Boko Haram and Other Security Challenges in Nigeria

Boko Haram and other Security Challenges in Nigeria, pp. 669 ... The author made copious references to local and external sources backed by staggering statistics, though some of the statistics ... Read More

Boko Haram abducted Chibok girls 10 years ago — Nigeria learned nothing from it

The jihadists — targeting religious institutions, government buildings, businesses and security installations — had killed ... Boko Haram kick-started a trend that's still biting Nigeria ... Read More

Boko Haram slaughters 27 fishermen in Cameroon

a Boko Haram terrorists’ group on the border between Cameroon and Nigeria. DAILY POST gathered that the terrorists suspected to be from the Buduma faction of Abou Ummaymah attacked a local ... Read More

Boko Haram major threat to Nigeria’s existence since Biafra Civil War – Gowon

Former Military Head of State, Yakubu Gowon, says Boko Haram has been a major threat to Nigeria’s existence after the civil war. Gowon said Boko Haram had created a major problem in Nigeria. Read More

Dozens of Boko Haram suspects arrested in Niger

Several dozen people suspected of having links to Nigeria's Boko Haram have been arrested in southern Niger since the start of cross-border attacks by the Islamist group, a local governor said. Read More

One Sister Fled Boko Haram. The Other Was Trapped. Their Lives Will Never Be the Same.

On the campus below, students finishing fall semester were strolling between the manicured flower beds and parking lots of Nigeria’s elite American University. Read More

Borno: 85 Terrorists Feared Killed As Boko Haram, ISWAP Clashes

At least 85 terrorists have been killed in renewed clashes between the Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP) and Boko Haram in the Lake Chad region of Borno State. The fighting, which took place ... Read More

Boko Haram kills 20 Christians in Easter Day bombings

The radical Islamist terror group Boko Haram killed more than 20 Christians and wounded dozens more in a series of bombings outside a church in Kaduna. One of the ... Read More

Ten years after Boko Haram kidnapped hundreds of schoolgirls, nearly a third remain missing

Boko Haram – whose name means ‘Western education is forbidden’ in the local Hausa language – had launched an uprising for Islamic State in northeastern Nigeria in 2009. They set up ... Read More