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How 350,000 people have been killed due to Boko Haram scourge in Nigeria

This year, 2021, commemorates the 12th anniversary of Mohamed Yusuf’s extrajudicial death in police custody in Borno State, Nigeria, and the beginning of a new and terrible chapter in Boko Haram’s...

Kola Masha, the Nigerian entrepreneur drying up support for Boko Haram

Kola Masha is a Nigerian social entrepreneur and the founder of Babban Gona. He founded his firm in 2010 to bring jobs and stability to his home country. Worldwide, Nigeria is ranked among countries with...

After escaping Boko Haram in 2014, these Chibok girls are now college graduates

In April 2014, the world was in an uproar when 276 teenage girls were abducted by Boko Haram, the insurgent group that is against girls having any form of western education. Two young girls Joy Bishara...

UAE court convicts six Nigerians for transferring $782,000 to Boko Haram

An appellate court in Abu Dhabi in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) has upheld the conviction of six Nigerians for funding the terrorist group Boko Haram, Nigeria’s Daily Trust newspaper has reported....

Chad’s president Deby suits up to join front-line attack on Boko Haram

The president of the central African country of Chad, Iddris Deby Itno, is joining front-line efforts to combat the terrorist group Boko Haram in an operation dubbed “The Wrath of Bomo”. Reports...

Hamsatu Allamin, the 60-year-old who talks to one of the world’s deadliest extremist groups Boko Haram

Hamsatu Allamin retired from public service in 2016 after more than 30 years as an educator. Allamin was forced to become a human rights defender and women’s activists with the rise of the militant...

275 people killed in Cameroon by Boko Haram in 2019 despite govt claim of pushing them out

Resurgence by terrorist group Boko Haram in Cameroon’s Far North region appears not to have been mitigated as suggested by the government. A report by Amnesty International, however, proves otherwise....

Nigerian archbishop who shelters orphans amidst intense persecution by Boko Haram extremists to be honoured

Nigerian Archbishop of Jos Benjamin Ben Kwashi and his wife, Gloria, have offered shelter and a safe haven for orphans throughout the years despite coming up against steep challenges. In 2018, during clashes...

Nigeria bans international NGO for ‘feeding Boko Haram, Islamic State’

Nigeria’s army has banned the activities of a humanitarian agency, Action Against Hunger, after accusing it of aiding and abetting terrorist groups such as Boko Haram and Islamic State. A statement...

African politicians should learn from the ex-Nigerian Senator who donated his pay to Boko Haram victims

It’s a lot of money for anybody to do away with especially when it is deserved. But that isn’t much of a big deal for the immediate past president of the Nigerian Senate, Bukola Saraki. Saraki,...

5 Christmases with terrorists, the plight of 112 Nigerian schoolgirls held by Boko Haram

Thanks to one of the world’s deadliest terrorist group in Nigeria, 112 girls are far from celebrating the Christmas holidays for the fifth time since their capture in April 2014 by Boko Haram. Boko...

This Nigerian war is six times deadlier than Boko Haram insurgency

Boko Haram has waged decades-long war against Nigeria and has been considered one of the deadliest groups. Just recently, the group killed 11 soldiers in a late evening raid in a town in Borno state....

How Boko Haram thugs kidnapped over 200 Nigerian schoolgirls in Chibok for $84 each

Four years after Islamist insurgent group Boko Haram kidnapped more than 270 girls from a school in the town of Chibok, one of the suspected kidnappers has revealed that he and his colleagues each received...

The fascinating story of Aisha Bakari Gombi, the woman hunting down Boko Haram in Nigeria

Many people fondly remember the scene in Marvel’s Black Panther movie where Black Panther, or T’Challa, seeks Nakia, played by beloved Kenyan actress Lupita N’yongo, in the deep forests...

Journalist linked to Boko Haram says many of the Chibok girls are dead

It’s been four years since Islamist insurgent group Boko Haram kidnapped more than 270 girls from a school in the town of Chibok. Many have since been released with 112 still missing. As parents...

Boko Haram releases over a hundred kidnapped Dapchi schoolgirls

Seventy-six out of the 110 schoolgirls kidnapped from the town of Dapchi in February by Nigerian Islamist militant group, Boko Haram have been released. The militant group came with the girls in a motorcade...

Boko Haram strikes again, large number of school girls abducted

Four years after Islamist insurgent group Boko Haram kidnapped more than 270 girls from a school in the town of Chibok, the group has struck again, attacking a boarding school in northern Nigeria. About...

Boko Haram henchman sentenced to 15 years in prison for abducting Chibok girls

One member of a highly visible terrorist group in Nigeria has been called to task on crimes committed against Nigerian citizens. According to local news portal Leadership, a Federal High Court in...

How can we forget the 112 Chibok girls still in Boko Haram captivity?

“You’re only coming to school for prostitution. Boko [Western education] is haram [forbidden] so what are you doing in school?” This was a question posed by a member of the Islamist group...

Boko Haram Has Deployed More Than 200 Female Suicide Bombers, More Than Any Terror Group in History

Boko Haram, the Nigeria-based Islamic terrorist group, has reportedly deployed more women as suicide bombers than any other terror group in history. According to a report, entitled “Exploding Stereotypes:...