Captain Sule was killed in a battle launched by Boko Haram fighters against our troops between Saturday and Sunday,” said his military friend who is based in the Ikom Barracks in Cross River State.by SAHARA REPORTERS, NEW YORK Captain Sule on his wedding day in November 2013 Insurgents belonging to the dreaded Islamist group, Boko…
Militants with suspected ties to Nigerian Islamist group Boko Haram have killed 10 people in a raid on a remote village in north Cameroon, police say.Nine bus passengers and a soldier were shot dead after coming “face-to-face” with heavily armed militants in Zigague, they add.The son of a local chief was kidnapped in the attack,…
LAGOS — FOLLOWING the death of the matron that was one of the primary contacts of the late American-Liberian, Mr. Patrick Sawyer, who died recently of Ebola Virus Disease, EVD, in Lagos, Minister of Health, Professor Onyebuchi Chukwu, has described the presence of Ebola in the country as a national emergency. UNITED KINGDOM, London :…
The terrorists’ capture of Gwoza represents the second time that Boko Haram would seize a major town from Nigerian troops. Boko Haram militants had killed Emir of Gwoza two months ago on his way to attend the burial of the Emir of Gombe. Two sources, including a high-level security official, have disclosed to SaharaReporters that…
The Chief Butcher of the Boko Haram sect, Zakari Mohammed Ardo, yesterday, gave a chilling description of how the terrorist group used to slaughter people they capture, saying it only takes him two minutes to butcher victims and enemies condemned to death. Ardo, who had been reported in some media (not Vanguard) as having escaped…
PRESIDENT Goodluck Jonathan has called for effective international assistance in the fight against Boko Haram insurgency in some parts of the country and rescue of the over 200 girls of Government Secondary School, Chibok, Borno State, kidnapped 115 days ago. The President also insisted that the government knew the whereabouts of the girls. According to…
The World Bank Group has committed $5 billion in new technical and financial support
Abuja – President Goodluck Jonathan and Vice President Joe Biden have agreed that Nigeria and the United States would work together to urgently curtail the outbreak of Ebola virus. Jonathan and Biden met in Washington D.C on Tuesday on the side-line of the on- going US-Africa African leader’s summit, according to a `readout’ issued by…
By JOE EFFIONG, Uyo Akwa Ibom State Government and the state police command have dispelled rumours that Boko Haram members were on the verge of wreaking havoc in the state. The police command, through its Public Relations Officer, Mr. Etim Dickson (DSP), told Daily Sun yesterday that the command was aware of the rumours but…
(ABUJA)No fewer than 650,000 persons have been displaced from their homes, in several attacks orchestrated by the outlawed Boko Haram sect, the United Nations humanitarian office said on Tuesday.According to a report by the UN refugee agency, (UNHCR), about 1,000 people trying to escape the fighting had fled to an uninhabited island on Lake Chad,…