“Once a woman is educated, she will know how to take care of herself,” Mrs. Buhari says.
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The northeast state says Boko Haram must be defeated militarily and ideologically.
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Boko Haram’s shadowy leader Abubakar Shekau has appeared in a new video vowing to fight on, shrugging off an apparent split in the hardline jihadist group blamed for thousands of deaths since 2009.
The Nigerian Army on Saturday expressed optimism that the Government Secondary School (GSS), Chibok, in Borno will re-open for academic activities in September.
Hundreds of returnees displaced by the activities of Boko Haram insurgents in some communities in Yobe have returned to their farmlands a survey by the News Agency of Nigeria finds.
Boko Haram’s elusive leader Abubakar Shekau broke his silence Thursday to insist he was “still around” following reports Islamic State had replaced him, but his message fuelled talk of a split within the jihadist group.
The audio recording of the leader, Abubakar Shekau, came hours after an Islamic State publication suggested that another militant had taken control of Boko Haram.
A UN official says Nigeria must act to stem the tide.
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A bomb, arms and ammunition were recovered in the operation.
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Sequel to the capture from Boko Haram and subsequent occupation of Damasak town and surrounding villages by Sector 4 of the Multinational Joint Task Force Headquarters, MNJTF, troops of OP LAFIYA DOLE (Nigeria) are currently consolidating their defences in the cleared town and stabilising the area. Colonel Muhammad Dole, MNJTF Public Information Officer, in a […]
Boko Haram acting like good people, entering border towns of Nigeria, other countries – MNJTF
