boko haram

The Digest: The government of President Bola Tinubu allegedly paid a ransom of approximately N10 billion and released two top Boko Haram commanders to secure the release of over 230 pupils and staff abducted from St. Mary's Catholic School in Niger State last November, according to an AFP...

The Digest: Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF) George Akume has asserted that many terrorists responsible for killing Nigerians are foreign nationals who infiltrated through the country's porous borders. Speaking at the Catholic Bishops' Conference of Nigeria (CBCN) plenary in...

The Digest: Boko Haram/ISWAP terrorists have intercepted and set ablaze three trucks loaded with fish at Mile-forty area of Magumeri Local Government Area in Borno State. The attack occurred around 1:00 p.m. on Thursday as drivers transported fish to Maiduguri. A security source confirmed all...

The Digest: Troops of Operation HADIN KAI, in coordination with local vigilantes and hunters, have neutralised a former hybrid Boko Haram commander, Abdullahi Mafa, in the Madagali area of Zamfara State. In a separate operation, troops arrested a suspected drone and logistics supplier for the...

The Digest: The United States has frozen the assets and properties of eight Nigerians accused of ties to Boko Haram, the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), and cybercrime. The action, contained in a 3,000-page document dated February 10 from the US Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets...

The Digest: Suspected Boko Haram fighters have killed at least 21 people in fresh attacks on villages in Borgu and Agwara local government areas of Niger State, according to security sources. Security reporter Comrade Zakari Y. Adamu Kontogora reported on Facebook that the attackers moved from...

The Digest: Suspected Boko Haram terrorists have released a disturbing video parading 176 abducted victims, including women, children, and a nursing mother, allegedly seized from Woro community in Kaiama Local Government Area, Kwara State. In the footage obtained by Sahara Reporters, a...

The Digest: The United Nations has listed Nigeria among countries with the highest cases of child recruitment by armed groups, ahead of the International Day Against the Use of Child Soldiers on February 12. UN Special Representative for Children and Armed Conflict, Vanessa Frazier, told UN...

The Digest: Pope Leo XIV has expressed sorrow over deadly attacks in Nigeria's Kwara State that killed more than 160 people. Assailants linked to a Boko Haram faction struck Woro and Nuku villages for over ten hours on February 3-4 with little security resistance. Eyewitnesses reported that a...

The Digest: The village head of Woro in Kaiama Local Government Area of Kwara State, Salihu Umar, has revealed that Boko Haram terrorists sent a letter to the community three weeks before Tuesday’s deadly attack. Umar stated that he forwarded the letter to the Kaiama Emirate and the State...

The Digest: The Nigerian military has announced a breakthrough with the elimination of Abu Khalid, a high-ranking commander identified as the second-in-command of Boko Haram terrorists in the Sambisa Forest. According to military sources, Khalid was a key figure in the group's command...

The Digest: Troops of Operation Hadin Kai have arrested a 65-year-old woman, Hauwa Abulazeez, for allegedly supplying drugs to Boko Haram fighters in Nigeria's North-East. She was apprehended in Askira Uba Local Government Area of Borno State on January 23, 2026, following credible...

The Digest: A suicide bomber driving an explosives-laden vehicle rammed into a military convoy in the Timbuktu Triangle area of Borno State on Tuesday, January 20, 2026, killing five soldiers and wounding an unspecified number of troops. According to Daily Trust, the attack occurred as troops...

The Digest: The Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP) has significantly expanded its drone capability and is preparing coordinated aerial attacks on military positions in Yobe and Borno. Key Points : ISWAP has acquired about 35 new drones transported via the Lake Chad corridor. The...

The Digest: Suspected Boko Haram insurgents have demanded a N423 million ransom for the release of Hassan Miringa, the former Vice-Chairman of Biu Local Government Area in Borno State, and another abductee. In a video released by the militants, the captives appealed to government officials and...

The Digest: Controversial Islamic cleric Sheikh Ahmad Gumi has claimed he received a secret warning that his name is on a Boko Haram assassination list, alleging the information came from a security source and linking Nigeria's insecurity to foreign interference. Key Points: Sheikh Ahmad...

The Digest: A suspected Boko Haram bomber, Ibrahim Mohammed, captured in Yobe State, has detailed how he was paid N100,000 to plant explosives at the Gamboru Market Mosque in Maiduguri, an attack that killed five and injured 32 on December 24. Key Points: Ibrahim, from Michika, Adamawa...

The Digest: Fayina Akilawus, a former captive of Boko Haram, has detailed her four-year nightmare in a terrorists' camp, revealing how she and other Christians were enslaved for refusing to convert to Islam. Her testimony highlights a brutal regime of forced labor and religious coercion, from...

The Digest: Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has described Nigeria’s insecurity as an “industry” and lamented that the fight against Boko Haram has lasted nearly 15 years, longer than the civil war. Rooted in the storm of prolonged conflict, he called for specialized training, intelligence...

The Digest: Former Deputy Speaker Idris Wase has exposed a critical vulnerability in Nigeria’s security architecture, revealing that Boko Haram members and other criminals were once discovered among shortlisted candidates during military and police recruitment exercises. The disclosure, made...