Finally, One Of The Missing Chibok Girls Has Been Reported Found In Nigeria

Finally, one of the missing Chibok girls Amina Ali has been reported found in Nigeria, according to Oby Ezekwesili @obyezeks.

If the report is true, this will be the first success story since the Chibok Girls were kidnapped by Boko Haram militants two years ago.

A total number of 276 girls were kidnapped from their secondary school in north-east Nigeria by the Islamist fighters in April 2014.

Mile 12 Crisis: “Fulanis are dominating, cunning and relentless” – Fani-Kayode

A former minister of aviation and PDP Chieftain, Femi Fani-Kayode, has reacted to the bloody clash between Hausa and Yoruba people today at Mile 12 area in Lagos.

Read what he wrote on his Facebook page:

Nigerian Army rescue 195 captives from Boko Haram

The Nigerian Army has rescued 195 persons held hostage by the Boko Haram sect.

The Acting Director, Army Public Relations, Col. Sani Usman, said in an electronic mail on Thursday that soldiers also recovered 300 cows, 200 sheep and 130 goats stolen by the insurgents.

Usman said that the troops of the 7 Division Garrison comprising the 112 Battalion and the Armed Forces Special Forces, who jointly attacked the camps of the insurgents on Wednesday, also recovered camouflages, rifle magazines and grenades from the insurgents.

He said that the troops cleared Boko Haram locations at Kwaptara, Mijigete, Garin Boka, Mosole, Ngubdori, Ma’asa, Dukje and Gulumba in Dikwa and Bama Local Government Areas of Borno State.

Boko Haram ranked ahead of ISIS for deadliest terror group

As much of the world remains focused on the Islamic State and its horrific attacks in Paris, another radical band of extremists has, by one account, captured the infamous title of the world’s deadliest terrorist group: Boko Haram.

Boko Haram, the militant group that has tortured Nigeria and its neighbors for years, was responsible for 6,664 deaths last year, more than any other terrorist group in the world, including the Islamic State, which killed 6,073 people in 2014, according to a report released Wednesday tracking terrorist attacks globally.

The death toll in Nigeria mounted on Wednesday, with a bombing in Kano State in northern Nigeria, not even a full day after Boko Haram was suspected in an explosion that killed and injured dozens in another nearby region.

In Kano, the authorities said that two female suicide bombers detonated vests at a cellphone market at about 4 p.m., killing at least 12 people and wounding dozens. Witnesses and Red Cross officials said that as many as 50 or 60 people died, though the number could not be independently confirmed. Officials accused Boko Haram in the attacks.

UK to support Nigeria with N67bn yearly

 The ​United Kingdom (UK) has pledged to support Nigeria’s effort towards ensuring stability and development with a commitment worth £218 million (N67 billion).

 The country’s minister for Africa, Grant Shapps, said on arrival in Abuja on his maiden visit to Nigeria that the two countries would work together to increase the nation’s prosperity in the areas of trade and security.

 He said the UK government would provide a comprehensive package of support to Nigeria, by expanding military training and intelligence cooperation.

 According to him, the UK would also assist Nigeria on anti-corruption capacity building and investigative support, and an annual development programme worth £218 million (about N67 billion).

 He said the country would also contribute to the increasing prosperity at the heart of a thriving trade relationship worth £6.1 billion per year (about N1.8 trillion).

 He praised the UK’s close relationship with Nigeria and set out how the two countries would work together to increase prosperity, trade and security.

Buhari and I will not rest until you feel safe in your homes - Osinbajo

In a message he shared on his Facebook page, Vice President Yemi Osinbajo said he and President Buhari will not rest until they make Nigerians safe in their homes and community. He said this in reaction to last Friday's bomb blast in Abuja.

Borno govt awards scholarship to girls who got orphaned by boko haram activities

Borno State Government yesterday Tuesday sent fifty girls whose parents were killed by Boko Haram on full junior and senior secondary school scholarship ‎at Zaria Academy, in Kaduna State, a famous institution said to have with records of excellence in academics.

Nigerian Army gives over-weight officers 3 months deadline: Shape up or be sacked

 Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Lieutenant General Tukur Buratai, has given a three-month ultimatum to over-weight Army personnel to shape up or be shown the way out of the forces.

 While fielding questions from newsmen after addressing the Chief of Army Staff’s third quarter conference which opened at the Army Headquarters, Abuja, yesterday, Buratai also renewed the military’s assurance to Nigerians that everything possible would be done to facilitate the rescue of the Chibok schoolgirls seized by Boko Haram terrorists in April 2014.

 The COAS said over-weight soldiers, including officers, have been given till the end of December to shed the excess baggage or start planning for another career, because after that period those who could not comply will not be allowed to continue with the Army.

If Boko haram releases all Chibok girls, I may grant them amnesty - Buhari

In an interview with AFP, President Buhari says that if Boko Haram members return the Chibok girls complete in number, he may decide to grant Boko Haram prisoners amnesty

“We are trying to see whether we can negotiate with the Boko Haram prisoners in our custody for the release of the Chibok girls. If the Boko Haram leadership eventually agrees to turn over the Chibok girls to us, the complete number, then we may decide to give them (the prisoners) amnesty.”

Boko Haram no longer has the capability to occupy North-East, says Pres. Buhari

President Muhammadu Buhari on Sunday said that the fight against corruption is aimed at saving the soul of the nation. Buhari who was represented by Vice President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo, made this statement at the second plenary meeting of Catholic Bishops Conference of Nigeria (CBCN), near Port Harcourt. 

He said:

“ Our fight against corruption is not just a battle of virtue and righteousness in our land, but it is a fight for the soul and substance of our nation.

“ Corruption in our country is endemic and it constitutes a parallel system,“ he said. According to the President, corruption has made a potentially prosperous country struggle to feed and provide jobs for its people.

Nigerian Troops arrest Boko Haram logistics and medical drug suppliers (PHOTOS)

  

Troops of 3 Division Nigerian Army have intercepted and arrested some kingpins of Boko Haram. The men were found with hard drugs and other stimulants. A statement by the spokesperson of the Nigerian army, Sani Usman, said the men were arrested at Geidam local government in Borno state. The statement in part reads;

12 wives of Boko Haram militants surrender in Borno

12 wives of Boko Haram militants have surrendered to members of Civilian JTF in Borno. The women surrendered after their husbands abandoned them in the bush. The women when interrogated said their husbands left them in the forest due to lack of food and fuel supply.

A Leader of state vigilante group in Mussa District in Askira-Uba local government area of Borno state, Apagu Istifanus, said the women surrendered between Monday and Tuesday this week..

Enugu Police command faults DSS claims, says no Boko haram member was arrested in Enugu

The Enugu state police command has faulted claims by the Department of State Security DSS that some Boko Haram members were arrested in Enugu state recently.

DSS had released a statement on Sunday August 30th, stating that it had arrested some frontline Boko Haram members in Lagos, Plateau, Gombe, Kano and Enugu state.

DSS in the statement said 12 Boko haram members were arrested in Lagos state while three were arrested in Enugu, Gombe and Kano. 

‘We’ll meet presidential deadline on Boko Haram’ - Defence HQ spokesperson

The Defence Headquarters (DHQ) spokesman, Colonel Rabe Abubakar has assured Nigerians that the military will meet the presidential deadline to stamp out Boko Haram from Nigeria on or before December this year.  He gave the gave the assurance in a meeting with the editorial team of Media Trust Limited, publishers of the Daily Trust newspaper titles at its Abuja head office yesterday August 27th.

Graphic pics: Troops kill Boko Haram members dressed in Nigerian military uniform

Boko Haram members dressed in Nigerian military uniform were killed during a raid of the sect members camp in the North East. 

See the photos after the cut...be warned it's graphic!

We have spent N12bn on security-related issues- Yobe state Gov



 

Yobe State Governor, Ibrahim Gaidam, says his administration has spent well over N12billion on security-related issues following the increasing rate of attacks by Boko Haram members in the state. The governor made this known through his media aide, Abdullahi Bego who spoke with the press in Damaturu the state capital yesterday August 18th.

Boko Haram raids Borno village, kills seven, loots grains, carts away livestocks

On Monday, Boko Haram extremists raided a village in Borno state near the border with Niger, killing 7 people, community leaders said. Dozens of gunmen stormed Awonori, a farming and herding village near the fishing town of Damasak, and carted away food supplies and livestock, they said.

“They killed seven people, looted grains and took away all the livestocks in the village before fleeing into the bush,” Muhammadu Modu Wan-Wan, head of the Damasak fishermen’s union.

“The gunmen who came in vans and on motorcycles around 7:00 am (0600 GMT) besieged the village and opened fire on residents as they were having breakfast before moving to their farms,” he said.

Buhari decorates Service Chiefs, asks them to defeat Boko Haram in 3 months

President Buhari this morning decorated the newly appointed Service Chiefs at the presidential villa Abuja. Those decorated are – Major-Gen. Abayomi Gabriel Olonishakin (Chief of Defence Staff), Major-Gen. T.Y. Buratai (Chief of Army Staff), Rear Admiral Ibok-Ete Ekwe Ibas (Chief of Naval Staff) and Air Vice Marshal Sadique Abubakar (Chief of Air Staff).

At the ceremony, he charged the service chiefs to works defeating Boko Haram within three months.

Materials used by Boko Haram are sold in shops owned by by Nigerians - Ex Chief of Naval Staff says

Immediate past Chief of Naval Staff (CNS) Vice Admiral Usman Jibrin says that some of the materials used by Boko Haram members to make the devices they use in their various attacks are sold by Nigerians and in Nigerian shops.

According to The Nation, he said this while speaking to reporters after his pulling out ceremony at the Naval Base, Apapa in Lagos yesterday August 12th.

Saraki's visit to Maiduguri not for 2019 presidential bid - Senate

The Senate has discredited claims in some quarters that Senate president Bukola Saraki's visit to some IDP camps in Maiduguri, Borno state on Monday August 3rd was geared towards his alleged presidential aspiration in 2019. Speaking through its chairman on publicity, Senator Dino Melaye, the senate said there was no truth in the claim.

“It is myopic to say the visit has a link with 2019. The visit was not the making of the Senate president but the resolution of the Senate during a plenary last week. The visit has nothing to do with the ambition of the Senate president. 

The visit was as a result of the motion moved by Senator George Thompson Sekibo of Rivers East Senatorial District on the Boko Haram insurgency. It was during the debate at the floor that Senate resolved that a delegation led by the Senate president should visit the North East states,” he said.