Nollywood actress Susan Pwajok has recalled how Boko Haram razed her family house in Jos, Plateau State, while they were inside it. She said they...
Nollywood actress Susan Pwajok has recalled how Boko Haram razed her family house in Jos, Plateau State, while they were inside it. She said they managed...
No fewer than 35 fighters of the Boko Haram Buduma terrorists faction were killed in a series of deadly clashes with the Islamic State of the...
A prominent leader of the Boko Haram terrorist group, Mustapha Ari, has dumped the group and pitched his tent with the Islamic State of West Africa...
More details have emerged on how suspected Boko Haram/ ISWAP terrorists on Tuesday razed down about 25 newly constructed buildings meant for returnee internally displaced persons...
Boko Haram terrorists have reportedly abducted a large number of female internally displaced persons (IDPs) in Ngala, the headquaters of Gambarou Ngala in Borno State. ...
A group of insurgents suspected of being Boko Haram sect members have reportedly attacked and set fire to a significant number of recently constructed buildings that...
Suspected Boko Haram insurgents have razed down at least 25 newly constructed buildings meant for returnees in Dikwa Local Government Area of Borno State. Amid the...
Boko Haram terrorists have reportedly abducted a large number of female internally displaced persons (IDPs) in Ngala, the headquaters of Gambarou Ngala in Borno State. A...
A distress report has emerged from Ngala, the headquarters of Gambarou Ngala in Borno State, of a large-scale abduction of female internally displaced persons (IDPs) by...
Boko Haram insurgents have reportedly abducted 319 female internally displaced persons (IDPs) in Ngala, the headquaters of Gambarou Ngala in Borno State, a local source told...
The Borno State Government has stated that more than 95 per cent of people with Boko Haram ideology, especially the founding members, are either dead or...
The Borno State Government has revealed that more than 95 per cent of people with Boko Haram ideology, especially the founding members, are either dead or...
The Borno State government has asserted that over 95% of individuals with Boko Haram ideology, particularly the founding members, have either been killed or turned themselves...
The Borno State government has said more than 95 per cent of people with Boko Haram ideology, especially the founding members are either dead or surrendered....
Governor Babagana Zulum of Borno State has appealed to President Bola Ahmed Tinubu to reconsider the decision of merging the Army University in Biu, Borno State...
A report has indicated that the Nigerian Army has reviewed the Ration Cash Allowance (RCA) for its personnel. According to SaharaReporters, the allowance was increased from...
A total of 832 artisans, mostly orphaned as a result of the over a decade-long Boko Haram insurgency, have graduated from the Borno State Enterprise Institute....
Borno State Governor Babagana Umara Zulum has lambasted protesting internally displaced persons ( IDPs), in Mafa Camp, of Mafa local government area of Borno State, complaining...
Governor Babagana Zulum of Borno State on Sunday, says he has done his best for internally displaced persons and vulnerable residents threatening to join terrorists in...
The police command in Yobe State has reported that suspected Boko Haram insurgents destroyed two 330 KVA power transmission towers in the state. Dungus Abdulkarim, the...
Boko Haram insurgents have destroyed two 330 KVA power transmission towers in Yobe state, plunging residents in the state and Borno into darkness. Spokesperson for...
The Yobe State Police Command says suspected Boko Haram insurgents have destroyed two 330 KVA power transmission towers in the state, plunging residents of Borno and...
Suspected Boko Haram insurgents have again targeted critical infrastructure in Yobe State, bringing down two Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) towers in Kasaisa Village, along Kasaisa-Damaturu-Gujba...
Boko Haram families from Bama have been intercepted by security troops while attempting to reunite with their husbands in Lake Chad in Niger Republic. Popular counter-insurgency...
The Multinational Joint Task Force, MNJTF, has killed scores of Boko Haram terrorists, while several others have surrendered in the ongoing clearance operations within the Lake...
The Nigerian Army’s intervention has resulted in the rescue of 386 individuals, mostly women and children, from the Sambisa forest, a decade after their abduction. The...
The Borno state Police command has made a U-turn, denying attacks on police divisional office and burning of Immigration and NDLEA checkpoints in Maiduguri, the state...
Some repentant Boko Haram insurgents Tuesday night invaded a police station in Maiduguri in an attempt to set free their colleagues that were arrested earlier over...
Borno State Governor, Professor Babagana Umara Zulum, has said resources have been set aside to recover and reconstruct all the heritage sites destroyed by the Boko...
The Nigerian Air Force (NAF), on Monday, said airstrikes by the Air Component of Operation Hadarin Daji have killed more than 80 terrorists hibernating at a...
Ad Shehu of Borno, Alhaji Abubakar Umar-Ibn Garbai Al-Amin El-Kanemi, has called on President Bola Tinubu and the military authorities to clear the remnants of Boko...
Sallah Durbar has over the years brought fame and prestige to Kano State, attracting foreign guests, dignitaries, diplomats and thousands of Nigerians. Most people come to...
Ad The community security outfit of Abuja Municipal Area Council (AMAC) known as AMAC Marshall has commended the council chairman, Hon. Christopher Maikalangu, for the payment...
Governor Mai Mala Buni and Hon Idi Barde Gubana were elected as governor and deputy of Yobe State in 2019 and reelected in the 2023 general...
Ad Speaker of the Borno State House of Assembly (BOSHA), Hon Abdulkarim Lawan, has said that the federal government and the Nigerian military abandoned Guzamala local...
The Nigerian Air Force (NAF) ended a series of activities held from May 14-25 to mark its 60th anniversary. With the theme: ‘Nigerian Air Force at...
The Speaker, Borno State House of Assembly, Rt Hon. Abdulkarim Lawan, has alleged that the Nigerian military has abandoned Guzamala Local Government Area of the state...
Bandits in the early hours of Tuesday attacked a military base in Tegina, in the Rafi Local Government Area of Niger State. Naija News learnt that...
The Borno State government has commended the United Nations Food and Agricultural Organization (FAO) for distributing crop production inputs and other interventions to 9,975 farmers. Acting...
The military high command, on Monday, knocked Amnesty International, a rights organisation, over its report indicting the military of violating international law of armed conflicts. Amnesty...
A group of members of the House of Representatives under the aegis of ‘Reform Minded Lawmakers’ has called for a single term of six years for...
Ad The Yobe State governor Hon Mai Mala Buni said his administration’s decision to invest heavily in security, Education and Healthcare delivery among others were done...
Yobe State Government has called on investors around the country and globally to come over to the state to invest, insisting that the season of insecurity...
At least 7 people have been killed in a fresh attack on communities in Shiroro Local Government Area of Niger State by suspected terrorists. Daily...
Leader of Kwankwasiyya Movement and the presidential candidate of the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP), Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso, has accused the opposition in Kano State of...
The Presidential candidate of the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP), Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso, has accused the opposition in Kano of distracting Governor Abba Yusuf for one...
Leader of Kwankwasiyya movement and the Presidential candidate of the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP), Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso, has accused the opposition in Kano of distracting...
At least 7 people have been killed in a fresh attack on communities in Shiroro LGA of Niger State by bandits. Daily Trust Saturday gathered that...
May 29, 2024, marked the first anniversary of many first-time governors in Nigeria. It also marked the fifth anniversary of many governors, and Governor Mai Mala...
Suspected terrorists have killed no fewer than twenty people in the Bassa community in the Shiroro local government area of Niger state. Naija News learnt that...
The Cleen Foundation and International Alert-Nigeria has said that insurgency and banditry have been difficult to contain in North-West and North-East due to the kinetic approach...
The Nigerian Correctional Service (NCoS), on Thursday announced plans to unveil the pictures of the escaped inmates of the recent Suleja jailbreak in the coming weeks....
Ad Three passengers of the Christian faith have been killed Boko Haram terrorists who abducted them among other non-Christian passengers at a village along Biu-Damaturu highway...
Ad Four fighters of Boko Haram and Islamic State of West Africa Province (ISWAP) have surrendered to the combined troops Sector 2 “Operation Hadin kai” and...
No fewer than 9,303 have been killed, 6,998 arrested and 9,562 Boko Haram/ISWAP combatant fighters and their families surrendered to security forces in the last year....
Security force in Nigeria killed 9,303 terrorists, arrested 6,998 while 9,562 Boko Haram/ISWAP combatant fighters and their families surrendered in one year. The forces also rescued...
The House of Representatives has decried the escalating incidents of killings and kidnappings in the communities of Pankshin/Kanke/Kanam federal constituency of Plateau State. The lawmakers, thereby,...
The House of Representatives has called on the military, police and other security agencies to tackle the increasing isolated killings and kidnappings in communities of Pankshin/Kanke/Kanam...
House of Representatives has called for swift action against killings and kidnappings in the Pankshin/Kanke/Kanam federal constituency of Plateau State, North-central Nigeria. The House urged chief...
Inspector-general of police (IGP), Kayode Egbetokun, has blamed the security threat in the country on the pervasive culture of corruption and impunity in the governance structure....
A total of 176 Boko Haram insurgents have surrendered, while 57 others suspected to be involved in terrorist activities in the Lake Chad region have also...
Recently, the United Nations (UN) expressed its determination to give full support to a new initiative as States Action Plans for Durable Solutions in Northeast were...
The Deputy President of the Senate, Senator Jibrin Barau, has assured Nigerians that the establishment of the zonal development commissions was not a plot to return...
The Multinational Joint Task Force (MNJTF) has dismissed as mere propaganda ISWAP terrorists’ warning to Kukawa and neighbouring communities in Borno State, to flee or face...
The Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP) terrorists have given notices to residents of Kukawa LGA to vacate their communities or risk getting killed. A...
The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) on Thursday said it has trained 330 school girls in 93 schools across the three North-East states of Borno, Adamawa...
No fewer than 31 fishermen have been killed while 40 others have been declared missing when suspected Boko Haram/ISWAP terrorists launched a deadly attack on Tunbun...
Alhaji Aminu Bello Masari is a two-term former governor of Katsina State who served as the Speaker of the House of Representatives between 2003 and 2007,...
Nigeria’s security challenges are multifaceted and deeply intertwined with the development and sustenance of its democratic institutions. This report produced for Daily Trust by Dr. Kabir...
Today, May 29, marks exactly one year since Bola Ahmed Tinubu took the oath of office as the president of the largest black nation on earth,...
The Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) has reported the vandalisation of three electricity towers in Maiduguri, Borno State, thereby delaying the restoration of electricity supply to...
Residents of Kuchi in Munya LGA of Niger State have said that bandits have not left their community four days after they were attacked. City &...
Ten people have been reported dead and about 160 villagers have been abducted from a remote community in Nigeria’s central Niger state. According to local official,...
As Nigeria joins the rest of the world in celebrating Children’s Day, it is a moment to reflect on the myriad challenges facing the country’s young...
Former President Olusegun Obasanjo, on Sunday, said to engender investor confidence, the administration of President Bola Tinubu must change its current transactional style of leadership. Obasanjo...
Former President Olusegun Obasanjo, on Sunday, faulted the economic and security policies of the incumbent President Bola Tinubu administration, declaring that the federal government was not...
Former President, Olusegun Obasanjo has warned that Nigeria is at a risk of having more drug abusers, terrorists, bandits, and other social misfits. Obasanjo, lamenting that...
The Managing Director of Okomu Oil Palm Plc, Graham Hefer has said that the company’s rubber plantation was stopped in 2023 due to insecurity and attacks on the...
Governor Mai Mala Buni of Yobe has urged the Federal Ministry of Housing and Urban Development to cut down the prices of its 208 housing units...
As President Bola Ahmed Tinubu prepares to mark one year in office, the focus would be on his performance since his assumption of office on May...
A middle-aged woman in Sokoto State has been murdered in one of the hotels within the metropolis. Naija News learnt that the victim, a divorcee mother...
The Multinational Joint Task Force (MNJTF) has announced the surrender of Adamu Muhammad, a Boko Haram terrorist commander, and five other fighters to Sector 3 MNJTF...
The House of Representatives Committee on Northeast Development Commission (NEDC) has called for more investment in roads and agriculture to ameliorate the suffering of victims of...
The Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) has approved a $4.49 million grant aimed at enhancing healthcare interventions in Adamawa state in a bid to bolster healthcare...
The North East Development Commission (NEDC) has expressed its commitment to revitalising all dams and irrigation facilities that were destroyed during the Boko Haram insurgency in...
Despite losing limbs to battle injury, amputee soldiers find new life in the Invictus games co founded by the Duke of Sussex. Prince Harry, initiated the...
Former Commander of the Force Intelligence Response Team, DCP Abba Kyari, has been granted two weeks’ bail by an Abuja Federal High Court. Naija News understands that Kyari...
A Superintendent of Police who served as the Divisional Police Officer (DPO) in New Marte, Marte Local Government Area of Borno State, has been tragically killed...
The military government of Niger Republic reported on Tuesday that intense fighting in the western Tillaberi region, a hotspot for jihadist activity, resulted in the deaths...
The Niger Republic’s military government said on Tuesday that seven soldiers and dozens of terrorists were killed in fighting in a restive region plagued by insurgents...
Suspected members of the Islamic State of West Africa Province(ISWAP) have killed a Divisional Police Officer, Superintendent Sunday Pius, in the northern part of Borno State....
Suspected members of the Islamic State of West Africa Province(ISWAP) have killed a senior police officer in the northern part of Borno State. Daily Trust learnt...
By Niran Adedokun This day, three years ago, an unprecedented event in Nigeria’s history occurred. The country’s 21st Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Lt Gen Ibrahim...
The Nigerian Army, on Monday, handed over 386 captives recued from Sambisa Forest 10 years after their abduction by the Boko Haram terrorists, to the Borno...
As the sun ascends the horizon on the 17th of May, Nigeria celebrates the birthday of a titan, Igho Charles Sanomi, who, at 49, stands as...
From Hamisu Kabir Matazu (Maiduguri); Habibu Idris Gimba (Damaturu); Hassan Ibrahim (Bauchi); Magaji Isa Hunkuyi (Taraba); Kabiru R. Anwar (Yola) & Haruna Gimba Yaya (Gombe) ...
Governors of the six North East states have decried the neglect of the region, calling on the federal government to do something urgently to amend obvious...
Three abducted Chibok girls who escaped from Boko Haram captivity and enrolled at the American University of Nigeria, AUN, were among 189 students who officially graduated...