Residents of Kanamma in Yunusari Local Government Area of Yobe State have fled their homes following an ongoing attack by Boko Haram militants. They were said to be currently taking refuge in the bush. Kanamma is the birthplace of Boko Haram insurgency in the state and is about 200klm from Damturu, the Yobe State capital in northeast Nigeria. This is coming barely 24 hours after reports claimed that the Boko Haram spiritual leader, Abubakar Shekau...

Residents of Damasak in the northern part of Borno State have given an account of their ordeal in the latest Boko Haram attack on the town that left at least 12 persons dead and several injured. The incident which happened on Tuesday was the sixth in two weeks in the chain of insurgent attacks on Damasak, the headquarters of Mobbar Local Government Area of the state. “What we saw with our eyes on that day...

Troops of Operation Lafiya Dole have arrested suspected Boko Haram informant Modu Ari whose spying activities and that of his accomplices were responsible for the attacks on troops position by terrorists in Kamuya, Yobe State. The informant was apprehended by troops of 27 Task Force Bridge, confessed to have revealed troops’ movements and position to the Boko Haram collaborators. The unfortunate sabotage of troops’ movement by Ari and his accomplices made it possible for the...