Troops of the Nigerian Army have arrested a bus driver and seven passengers who are illegal immigrants and believed to be working for the Islamic State West Africa Province and the Boko Haram fighters along Yola Road in Borno State. The eight suspects were rounded up by troops of 331 Artillery Regiment deployed at a…
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The Presidency has reacted to reports that Leah Sharibu, one of the Dapchi schoolgirls abducted last year has been killed. Grace Taku, an aid worker with Non-Governmental Organisation, Action Against Hunger, who was kidnapped by Boko Haram terrorists on July 18, had claimed in a “proof of life video” that Leah alongside one Alice had…
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At least 30 people have been reportedly killed in Borno, Northeast, Nigeria, following a triple suicide attack that was carried out by unknown suicide bombers, the biggest mass killing the country has witnessed this year. Although no terrorist organisation is yet to claim the attack, the Boko Haram group and its Islamic State splinter group…
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The Federal Government of Nigeria has demanded that the former President of Nigeria, Olusegun Obasanjo issue a public apology over his comments imputing ethno-religious motive to Boko Haram and ISWAP. Also, the Government asked him to withdraw the statement it described as deeply offensive and patently divisive. It said such indiscreet comments are far below…
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The Nigerian Chief of Army Staff, Tukur Buratai, has stated that the threat by the Boko Haram sect is real and is being aided by Politicians, amidst other insecurities. Speaking on Wednesday when the chairman house of representatives committee on the army visited him in Maiduguri, Borno state, Buratai blamed some politicians for fuelling insecurity,…
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A member of the Presidential Committee on North East Initiative (PCNI), Dr. Sidi Ali Mohammed, yesterday disclosed that Boko Haram fighters receive $3000 (an equivalent of N1,080,000 daily) as allowance, while Nigerian soldiers get a paltry N1000. According to a report by Guardian, he spoke during the presentation of International Monetary Fund (IMF) Sub-Sahara Africa’s…
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Bishop Sunday Onuoha, The Co-Chairman, Interfaith Dialogue Forum for Peace, has warned that the Boko Haram insurgency group in the North-East may spread to Bauchi, Gombe, Adamawa and Taraba states. He said this could lead to the displacement of thousands of people in the states. Onuoha said at the 2nd IDFP General Assembly in Abuja…
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Reports coming in from Sahara Reports, says that Boko Haram Insurgents attacked Rann in Kala Balge Local Government Area f Borno State, shooting sporadically and torching buildings, including a UNICEF clinic. For more on News, follow us on Instagram @OnoBello | Twitter: OnoBello | Facebook: OnoBello Magazine —————————————————————————————————————— Leave your views in comments box below!…
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In the wake of President Muhammadu Buhari‘s visit to Borno on Wednesday, to visit the wounded soldiers, former aide to the former President of Nigeria, Reno Omokri has played down the compassion of President Buhari, towards the soldiers. . . In a comparism tweet of Buhari and Reno’s former boss, Goodluck Jonathan, he pointed out…
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ACF asks Buhari to probe killing of ‘nearly 100 soldiers’ by B’Haram (The Punch Front-page) Nigeria’s economy is bleak, says World Bank (The Guardian Front-page) Nigeria, Saudi Arabia advance talks on stabilisation of global crude prices (Business Day Front-page) Buhari: We’ll end B’Haram madness (Daily Sun Front-page) . Buhari orders troops to wipe out Boko…
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