Former Military Head of State, General Abdulsalami Abubakar has called on Nigerians to pray for the members of the Boko Haram sect as Prayers is the only permanent way out of the insurgency. General Abubakar in a statement noted that it is saddening that despite repeated calls from well-meaning Nigerians, the sect has refused to hearken to the voice of reasoning. In his words “I implore Nigerians to pray fo ...

The leader of extremist group, Boko Haram, Abubakar Shekau has claimed in a statement that his group had "not committed any wrong to deserve amnesty." "Surprisingly, the Nigerian government is talking about granting us amnesty. What wrong have we done? On the contrary, it is we that should grant you pardon," he said, listing what he described as the state's "atrocities" against Muslims. The Hausa language a ...

The Chief of Defence Staff, Admiral Ola Sahaad has asked the Federal Government to treat the ceasefire declared by a faction of the Boko Haram Islamic sect with caution. Admiral Sahaad, who spoke with reporters after a meeting in Abuja, also called on government to strengthen its security operations all over the country to avert further attacks by the group. According to him, defence officials are excited o ...

The military Joint Task Force (JTF) has said it has launched an attack and killed a top Commander of the fundamentalist group, Boko Haram in some deadly black spots within Maiduguri and Jere local government areas of Borno state. In a press statement made available to newsmen on Thursday, the spokesman of the JTF, Lt. Col. Sagir Musa said Ibn Saleh Ibrahim; one of the top commanders of the sect, commanding ...

The United States today formally declared leader of the Jama’atu Ahlis Sunna Lidda’awati Wal-Jihad, (commonly referred to as Boko Haram), Abubakar Shekau, alongside two of his lieutenants as Specially Designated Global Terrorists. The US, however did not place the entire radical group on its terrorist list. According to a statement issued by the US Department of State on Thursday, "Abubakar Shekau, Abubakar ...