Peoples Democratic Party has called on the United States and other members of the international community to prevail on President Muhammadu Buhari to take decisive steps to protect Nigerians. The party said the U.S. and others should advice Buhari to curb escalated violence, terrorism and banditry ravaging the country under […]
Boko Haram
One of the parents of the Chibok girls in Boko Haram custody, Mr Ali Maiyanga, has confirmed that his daughter escaped from the terrorists’ camp six years after. Maiyanga said he spoke directly with his daughter who is now in the safe hands of Nigerian soldiers. Maiyanga’s two daughters were […]
…..says ‘military could do better fighting Boko Haram, bandits’ President Muhammadu Buhari says his administration has been doing its best regarding the fight against Boko Haram insurgents in the North East and Niger Delta militants. Buhari spoke on Friday in an interview with State House correspondents after he joined his […]
The House of Representatives Lawmaker representing Michika/Madagali Federal Constituency of Adamawa state, Honourable Zakariya Dauda Nyampa has.called on the federal government to transferred the capital and procurement projects of the military to the state government to handle. Honourable Nyampa said this during a zoom online conference organized by Speak out […]
troops of Special Response Area Pulka with the Civilian Joint Task Force and hunters ambushed the terrorists on May 13, 2020, along Pulka-Boko- Kirawa road. Eight (8) BHT/ISWAP fighters were killed while 10 Motorcycles and assorted food items were captured. Defense Headquarters says Operation LAFIYA DOLE troops have neutralized a […]
The leader of Boko Haram, Abubakar Shekau, has cried profusely in a new audio, seeking protection of Allah against the firepower of the Nigerian military. Of late, the Nigerian military has intensified offensive and recorded a series of successes against the Boko Haram terrorists on the fringes of Lake Chad. […]
The Defence Headquarters says the troops of Operation Lafiya Dole have eliminated 134 Boko Haram/Islamic States of West Africa Province terrorists and arrested 16 of their informants in Borno State. The Coordinator, Defence Media Operations, Major General John Enenche, disclosed this in a statement on Monday in Abuja. Enenche disclosed […]
Adeoba Olusegun Adeoba Olusegun The Embassy of the Republic of Chad to Nigeria has dismissed media reports which portrayed President Idriss Déby as leading the country’s army on an onslaught against Boko Haram. The reports which also showed the capturing of Boko Haram armoury by the Chadian military, according to […]
The Defence Headquarters says troops of Operation Lafiya Dole have eliminated another top Boko Haram commander, Abu Usamah, in an encounter on March 22 at Gorgi in Borno State. The Acting Director, Defence Media Operations, Brigadier General Benard Onyeuko, disclosed this in a statement on Monday in Abuja. Onyeuko said […]
By Yuwana Enoch,Jos The Executive Chairman of Jos North LGC, Hon. Shehu Bala Usman has asked the residents of the LGA to disregard the rumours making the rounds that Boko Haram will attack Jos, the Plateau State capital. In a press release made available to the NewsCrest Newspaper reads in […]
Northern Adamawa Senator,Ishaku Elisha Abbo Cliff praised Nigerian Soldiers for repeling attacks on the communities of Michika Local Government area of the state by the remaining members of Boko Haram. According to him the Soldiers on peace keeping mission in Michika and Gulak areas of Adamawa state Northeast Nigeria have […]
Barely 40,000 household belonging to communities attacked by Boko Haram insurgents are to receive assorted food items that the Federal Government commenced the distribution in seven liberated Local Government areas (LGA) of Adamawa State. The distribution was flagged off by Mustapha Maihaja, the Director General, National Emergency Management Agency ( […]
Local vigilantes have on Saturday morning killed seven suspected Boko Haram fighters and seized a machine gun in Sabon gari village in Madagali. A member of vigilantes, Abdu Mai said the assailants who thronged the village in large number met resistance from a group of hunters and vigilantes who forced them to flee […]
The Senator representing Kogi West under the platform of All progressives Congress (APC), Dino Melaye said the secretary to the Government of the federation (SGF) Mr David Babachir Lawal “ is a disgrace to the All Progressives Congress”; adding that the SGF “is exhibiting anti-Buhari tendency”. Mr. Melaye led the […]
United Nations High Commission for Refugees( UNHCR) has embarked on the construction of two bedroom permanent shelter for displaced persons in the North East region. The Adamawa State. Governor Sen. Mohammed Jibrilla and Mrs Angele Dikongue-Atangana, UNHCR representative in Nigeria and ECOWAS,on Monday performed the blocking laying ceremony for construction […]
Adamawa state governor, Senator Muhammad Umar Jibrilla Bindow has visited the scene of the recent Madagali twin bomb blast that killed over 50 people and injured many others. The governor, who made the visit, Monday morning, symphatised with the people of Madagali over the loss of lives and properties in […]
The Governor of Adamawa State, Senator Muhammad Umaru Jibrilla Bindow is considering to have a temporary review of the use of hijab in security prone areas as part of measures to contain suicide bombers. The Governor who stated through the Commissioner for Information and Strategy, Mallam Ahmad Sajoh, announced this […]
United Nations Children Fund UNICEF has donated 2,100 plastic buckets, kettles, cups, Jerry cans and laundry soaps to victims of insurgents that have return to their various communities in Hong Local Government area of Adamawa state following the restoration of peace in the area. Similarly, the Federal government through the […]
The Federal Government is doing everything possible to secure the release of the Chibok girls and put an end to the horrible saga of their abduction. Reacting to the latest video of some of the girls, the Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, said in a statement in […]
Brig.-Gen. Bamidele Shaffa, Coordinator of Operation Safe Corridor for Repentant Boko Haram, said on Monday that 800 repentant Boko Haram members would soon arrive Gombe for rehabilitation. Speaking during an interactive session with newsmen, Shaffa said that all the necessary arrangements had been put in place to commence operation at […]
The leadership of Igbo Community Association (ICA) in Adamawa state yesterday commended Governor Muhammadu Umaru Jibrilla Bindow and Nigerian Soldiers for chasing away Boko Haram in the state. The out gone President General,Chief Ofor Eze Nwachukwu said this in his handing over text addressed to hundreds of Ndigbo to witness […]
A Commander of a Non-Governmental Organisation (NGO),”Gallant Chaplain Corps”, Chaplain Patrick Benson said The Adamawa state of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) had infringed in his right as a citizen of this country that does not commit any crime. According to him the Civil defence in the […]
The Premier ruler of Fombina Adama and the Grand Patron of Tapilaku People in Africa,HRH Alhaji (Dr) Barkindo Aliyu Mustapha said Buhari has done a great job In curtailing the activities of Boko Haram in the entire North East. Lamido who equally took time appreciating Governor Muhammadu Umaru Jibrilla Bindow […]
By Tom Garba, Yola The founder and the vision pioneer of the Throneroom (Trust) Ministry, Kafanchan, Kaduna State, Apostle Emmanuel Nuhu Kure enjoins Christians all over the country to give their “due” and cooperate with the present Government to totally fight the menace of Boko Haram. Kure who said this […]
The Nigerian Army has announced that it has found some of its troops that went missing after an ambush by Boko Haram at Guro Gongon on 20th July 2016. Army spokesman, Col Sani Usman, in a statement on Saturday, said concerted efforts were initiated to search for and rescue the […]
DSS nabs alleged leaders of ND Avengers, Boko Haram The Department of State Services ( DSS) has announced the arrested one Jones Abari, aka General Akotebe Darikoro, for playing a major role in the alleged fake plan to overthrow President Muhammad Buhari by the military. In a statement issued by […]
Simon Sani in Yola The Boko Haram incessant attacks and the perennial floods on Adamawa state communities have brought nothing but pains and hardship to residents in the state. Breadwinners killed by the insurgents leaving their wives and children with nothing to survive on. Their homes and businesses were also […]
By Segun Adebowale The Boko Haram members were said to have fled from Bama, Baga and Konduga Local Government Areas of Borno State following the increase in the tempo of military operations to flush out the dreaded sect members from the North East Six suspected Boko Haram members have been […]
From JOE Ayaaji Two suicide bombers in the early hours of Friday carried out attacks targeting two mosques in Damboa, Borno State, North east Nigeria. According to a statement from the Army Spokesman Col. Sani Usman, the first bomber could not make his target and therefore detonated his explosive laden […]
From Dan,Junaid, Garba,North East For the first time in six years, residents of Yola,Jimeta, Mubi,Michika, Maiha,Hong and Gombi,in Adamawa State celebrated a religious festival without restrictions of movements. States in the North East particularly Adamawa,Borno and Yobe have in the past six years been under insurgents’ attacks, including several suicide […]
BY SEGUN ADEBOWALE The President, who personally served food to his guests, stated that his administration was conscious of their needs and desire, but that the government met very poor conditions on ground President Muhammadu Buhari on Monday in Abuja hosted less-privileged members of the society to the breaking of […]
Boko Haram: No restriction ofmovement during Sallah – Borno State Government By Joel Ayaaji,Maiduguri The Borno State Government announced on Monday that there will be no restriction of movement within and outside the state during this year’s Sallah celebrations. Governor Kashim Shettima made the announcement shortly after an emergency meeting […]
The General Officer Commanding (GOC), 81 Division of the Nigerian Army, Maj.-Gen. Isidore Henry Edet has said that the division arrested Boko Haram insurgents on a daily basis. The GOC made the assertion at the Inter- Denominational Church Service organised to commemorate the Nigerian Army Celebration Day at Saint Charles […]
He added that Shettima explained during the roundtable, which had the Minister of Health, Prof. Isaac Adewole, in attendance, that such NGOs act under the guise of trying to help victims of the Boko Haram insurgency. Governor Kashim Shettima of Borno State on Monday said some Non-Governmental Organisations have been […]
“A team of the Police Explosives Ordinance Department has been deployed to the scene near Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation depot to further screen the area for unexploded explosives.” The Borno State Police Command on Monday confirmed two suspected suicide bombers killed themselves when they were intercepted on their way to […]
Sergeant Joseph DanIliya is one gallant Nigerian Police officer who is still alive after one in one serious encountered with Boko Haram in Madagali Divisional Police Headquarters, exchanging several guns shots with the insurgents where killed two of them and injuries many others at the cause of his official assignment. […]
Boko Haram: NEMA closed down 6 designated Camps in Adamawa National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) announced that it has closed down six formal camps in Adamawa. Mr. Sa’ad Bello, the Adamawa Camps Coordinator of the agency made this known shortly after distributing food and non food relief materials to Internally […]
