Sentences with phrase «boko haram sect»

Residents of Baga in Kukawa Local Government area of Borno, where about 200 persons were reportedly killed in a deadly confrontation between the Boko Haram sect and soldiers of the Multinational Joint Task Force, JTF, at the weekend are in search of their relatives who have gone missing.

No fewer than three persons were slaughtered while 8 others sustained cutlass injuries when some suspected Boko Haram sect members ambushed residents of Bama Local Government...

A source hinted that there was intelligent report about the attack three days ago, when a member of the Boko Haram sect was arrested in Maiduguri.

The Borno State Command of the NSCDC, Ibrahim Abdu, during the briefing, said the intelligence operatives intercepted two teenage girls, comprising an ex-wife of the factional leader of Boko Haram sect.

Meanwhile the Nigeria Army at the weekend re-opened the Damaturu - Biu road which had been closed down for three years due to the activities of members of the Boko Haram sect.

In a statement signed by its President, Pereotubo Oweilaemi, Esq., the group stressed that Buhari should not be thinking of offering amnesty to the Boko Haram sect members as it should only be given to people who have a genuine cause.

There is currently tension and confusion in Maiduguri, the Borno State capital as the Nigerian troops engage members of the Boko Haram sect in a gun duel.

There were angry reactions on Monday after President Muhammadu Buhari shunned the #BringBackOurGirls group and the parents of the Chibok schoolgirls who were abducted by the Boko Haram sect 861 days ago.

Speaking during an operational visits to troops locations in parts of Borno and Yobe states, Buratai said joint forces had within the time - frame given by President Muhammadu Buhari, decimated the Boko Haram sect and substantially destroyed its enclaves on Nigerian territory.

President of the media forum of the Islamic Movement of Nigeria, IMN, better known as Shiites, Ibrahim Musa has faulted the comparison made by former America's Ambassador to Nigeria, John Campbell on the Shia Islamic movement and the dreaded Boko Haram sect.

The recent attacks on churches by the Islamist Boko Haram sect has re-awaken the consciousness of the Christian Association of.

President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday admitted that he was disturbed and surprised by the claim made by members of Boko Haram sect about the support they have been receiving from the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria.

A thirty - year - old mother - of - six, Aishat Maiangu Ali has recalled how she lied to five commanders of the Boko Haram sect who came to pay her dowry after...

Mohammed had while addressing reporters in Lagos yesterday, disclosed that the government has been in a long ceasefire talk with members of the Boko Haram sect.

This strike is thus a major setback for the Boko Haram Sect, and a major plus for the fight against insurgency by own troops.

The governor said the country should be mourning at the moment, following the killing of schoolchildren and teachers in Potiskum, Yobe State, on Monday by the Boko Haram sect.

«Those were Nigerians who were to be killed for running away because they couldn't confront the Boko Haram sect that was well armed while they were asked to go and fight with their bare hands and we were told that weapons, ammunition and everything had been provided,» he said.

The Sen. Ahmed Makarfi - led faction of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), has congratulated President Muhammadu Buhari over the successful routing out of the Boko Haram sect from Sambisa forest.

Four Internally Displaced Persons, IDPs, in Dalori - 1 Camp of Maiduguri, Borno State, were reportedly beheaded by the Boko Haram sect on Saturday.

President Muhammadu Buhari on Wednesday vowed deal decisively with oil and gas pipelines vandals including other saboteurs the same way the Nigerian troops are dealing with members of the Boko Haram sect.

Borno state Governor Kashim Shettima has on Wednesday urged the Military to redouble their efforts in clearing remnants of Boko Haram sect still occupying some communities...

The Nigerian Army on Sunday responded to the release of the latest video by the Boko Haram sect on the abducted Chibok Girls by declaring three persons wanted in connection with the kdinap of the girls.

The Vice President, Prof Yemi Osinbajo, SAN, has lamented that the Goodluck Jonathan administration failed to defeat the Boko Haram sect.

The Governor of Ebonyi State, Chief Martin Elechi has urged President Goodluck Jonathan not to succumb to the agitation and request from some quarters to engage the Boko Haram sect in dialogue or negotiation of any form.

Ahmad Salkida, a journalist and close ally of the Boko Haram sect has reversed his statement behind the abduction of Chibok girls from Borno State in...

«They have killed more people than the Boko Haram sect and almost displaced more people than them.

Twenty one suspected members of the Boko Haram sect have been arrested at Obollo - Afor in Udenu Local Government Area of Enugu State.

He disclosed that was why he changed the leadership of the armed forces and appointed new Service Chiefs with a clear mandate to re-organize, retrain and equip the army in other to neutralize the Boko Haram sect.

The special Adviser to President Goodluck Jonathan on Niger Delta Kingsley Kuku, Friday, accused Northeast leaders of lying over the actual number girls abducted by the Boko Haram sect few months back.

It will be recalled that Ndume was arraigned in 2011 on a four - count charge bordering on allegedly sponsoring the violent Boko Haram sect.

Presidential candidate of Citizen's Popular Party, CPP, in the 2015 general election and National chairman of Green Party of Nigeria, Chief Sam Eke has called on the President Muhammadu Buhari - led federal government to jettison its proposed amnesty to dreaded Boko Haram sect.

Eke made the call in his Ikwuano residence in Abia State on Monday afternoon, while reacting to the federal government's proposed amnesty to repentant Boko Haram sect.

She had earlier met with the 82 Chibok girls who were released after a successful negotiation with the Boko Haram sect by the Federal Government.

The last time she visited Nigeria was in 2014 shortly after members of the Boko Haram sect abducted the Chibok girls.

The lawmaker stressed that Buhari had failed Nigerians with the recent abduction of 110 Dapchi school girls by the Boko Haram sect and increasing rate of insecurity in the North east.

While urging security agencies to respect the people's rights with regards to the on - going pro-Biafra protest, Metuh observed that the right to peaceful protest was protected under democracy and stressed that instead of flexing muscles with innocent and un-armed protesters, security agents should move to the Sambisa forest and battle the Boko Haram sect.

A victim of Boko Haram sect, Ibrahim Jummai, has narrated her painful ordeal in the hands of the terrorists.

Troops of 28 Brigade on operation LAFIYA DOLE have killed three members of the Boko Haram sect.

Members of the Boko Haram sect.

Indications emerged Friday that the members of Boko Haram sect have agreed to release the Chibok girls, latest Monday, next week.

The Cameroonian Information Minister, Issa Bakari, has clarified that the Chibok schoolgirls kidnapped by the deadly Boko Haram sect are not among the 900 hostages recently...

Following the ceasefire deal reached between the Nigerian government and the Boko Haram sect, there are indications that the 218 schoolgirls abducted six months ago in...

The former Education minister disclosed that as part of its many plans to commemorate the first anniversary of the abduction of the girls by the Boko Haram sect, the group will from Wednesday, the 8 of April, begin a Global Week of Action with the theme: #ChibokGirls #NeverToBeForgotten which will terminate on Tuesday, 14th April, 2015.

However, the dreaded Boko Haram sect has intensified attacks in Adamawa state lately.

The Bring Back Our Girls, BBOG, has reacted to the «proof - of - life» video released by the Boko Haram sect on Sunday regarding the ordeals of the over...

Ezekwesili, who spoke yesterday, observed that President Jonathan's slow response to freeing the girls from the grip of the Boko Haram sect depicts incompetence in the country's affairs.

DailyPost reporter gathered that the incident occurred at about 9:10 am on Monday around Ruwan Zafi area of Maiduguri Metropolitan Council, where six suspected Boko Haram sect laid ambush to Shehu Sanda Kyarimi Secondary School, and killed a teacher who can not exactly be identified at the moment.

The last time she visited Nigeria was in 2014 shortly after members of Boko Haram sect abducted the Chibok girls.

Nigeria's Foreign Minister, Aminu Wali has expressed optimism that the Boko Haram sect will soon release the abducted Chibok girls.

Residents of Baga in Kukawa Local Government area of Borno, where about 200 persons were reportedly killed in a deadly confrontation between the Boko Haram sect and...