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16-year old Zara John who was rescued from the Boko Haram sect nearly a year now says she misses her terrorist husband and is still in love with him. Zara John was 14 years old when the Boko Haram militants fighting to establish an Islamist state raided her village- Izge, in northeast Nigeria...

Following the recent deadly attacks carried out in some towns in Borno State by the Boko Haram militants, the nation’s Service Chiefs have opened up to the leadership of the National Assembly why they have been unable to successfully prosecute the insurgency war. Here are the six reasons why...

British media expressed their disappointment over President Buhari's broken promises saying the president's empty promises was exposed by the recent attack by the Islamist terror group – Boko Haram in Northern Nigeria. The attack in the village of Dalori where three female suicide bombers...

Six people were reportedly killed while one person sustained gunshot injury when suspected members of Boko Haram sect invaded Goniambari village in Kaga Local Government Area of Borno state. The insurgents, according to sources also burnt down some houses and vehicles using Improvised Explosive...

Security operatives have demoblilised materials suspected to be Improvised Explosive Devises (IED) planted near the office of the Borno State Pilgrims Welfare Board in Maiduguri. According to Vanguard, the Public Relations Officer of the Borno State Police Command, Mr Victor Isuku, made the...

Over 80 persons were reportedly killed in north-eastern part of Nigeria in a gun and bomb attack by suspected Boko Haram militants that occurred over the weekend. Pictures from the village of Dalori show burned-out buildings and charred livestock. Fires from the burning village could be seen...

A woman, Hadiza Abuna, an Internally Displaced person from Damboa local government Area of Borno state, gave birth to a set of triplets on Monday, January 11 at the NYSC IDP camp clinic in Maiduguri, Borno state. See pictures:

On Monday night, the Islamic militants stormed the remote village of Toshia in Chibok Local Government Area (LGA) of Borno state, injuring villagers and burning down huts before taking away foodstuffs and livestock. A local vigilante, Aliyu Ba'na, disclosed to SaharaReporters that the villagers...

The Emir of hunters in Borno, Mai-Gana Mai-Durma have pleaded with the military to allow them join in the war against insurgents in Sambisa forest. The emir, who made the appeal in Maiduguri while addressing journalists, said the call became imperative because the hunters were familiar with the...

After 14 months old after birth, baby Aisha Lawal, her own mother’s namesake, has been in hospital for a year and two months with severe burns over nearly half her body. Her hospitalization started in Maiduguri where her family fled on foot and bicycle after Boko Haram attacked their village in...

President Muhammadu Buhari says his government will do all within its powers in making the best efforts to free the over 200 abducted Chibok schoolgirls from the captivity of the Boko Haram sect. The president was speaking at the Aso Rock Presidential Villa in Abuja yesterday while receiving...

The Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Mr. Abubakar Malami, SAN, Tuesday, said President Muhammadu Buhari's administration would do everything within its power to ensure the safe return of the over 200 missing Chibok ‎girls. The girls were in April 2014, abducted from...

Detectives attached to the Inspector General of Police Special Intelligence Response Team (SIRT) have arrested suspected arms dealers who supplied Niger Delta militants cum robbers that attacked banks at Lekki, Ikorodu and Festac in Lagos State and Agbara area of Ogun State, New Telegraph...

President Muhammadu Buhari has said that the Federal Government has “technically won the war” against the Islamist Boko Haram militants. Also in his Christmas message to Nigerians on Thursday, Buhari said that the change slogan of his party, the All Progressives Congress, was not a mere...

After hosting the Social media change agents at Aso Villa yesterday night, Aisha Buhari has proceeded to Borno, the capital of Maiduguri in a grand style for a working visit.

Three suspected Boko Haram suicide bombers on Sunday night attacked Benisheikh, a town in Borno State, detonating an Improvised Explosive Devices (IEDs), which killed nine people, including two of the suspects. This was disclosed yesterday in a statement by the Acting Director of Army Public...

The military on Monday said that Boko Haram terrorists have devised other means of inflicting harm on innocent citizens to further their terrorist cause. Rabe Abubakar, a Brigadier General and acting Director Defence Information, in a statement said some of such tactics Boko Haram now used...

Boko Haram gunmen launched a dawn raid Saturday on the hometown of Nigerian army chief, triggering a fierce gunbattle with troops, residents of a nearby village to which people fled the clashes said, Leadership reports. The dreaded Islamic sect had in August taken the bull by the horn by...

Baby Aisha survived severe burns after Boko Haram militants attacked her village in Maiduguri. She was in her room while her mother was in the toilet when Boko Haram set their house on fire. She lost all fingers on her left hand and also lost an ear in the attack. Her face was burnt, with...

The Federal Government warned on Friday that Boko Haram terrorists are plotting another sensational abduction of students or foreigners to hold them ransom for money, food, medical supplies, and armaments. In a statement issued in Abuja, the Minister of Information and Culture Lai Mohammed...