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No group has said it carried out the attacks yet but suspicion has fallen on Boko Haram Islamists.

Igbokwe said: “Because of the inordinate ambition of one man and lust to be the Senate President by all means, Saraki ignored the President, the Vice-President, APC governors, Senators, House of Representatives members etc.to sacrifice the unity of his party”.

Boko Haram is blamed for many hit-and-run style attacks including suicide bombings.

The Nigerian Army on Wednesday released 128 detainees after certifying that they had no link with the Boko Haram terrorists group in Borno.

Just on Friday they killed fifty-six people in Baanu village of Nganzai local government.

Adesina was reacting to the criticisms that the appointments on Thursday, of the Secretary to the Government of the Federation and Chief of Staff as well as those of the Comptroller-Generals of the Nigeria Immigration Service and the Nigeria Customs Service were skewed in favour...

Nigerian troops have rescued 178 people from Boko Haram in attacks that destroyed several of the Islamic extremist group’s camps in the north east, according to the army.

Sabon Gari village is settlement along Damboa – Biu road and is 50 kilometers away from Biu, the largest town in southern part of Borno State.

State police commissioner Aderemi Opadokun confirmed the attack but gave a lower toll, saying seven people had been killed.

President Muhammadu Buhari is now in a closed door meeting with Members of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the House of Representatives.

“APC United States of America global Secretariat salute President Buhari for these appointments and call on all Nigerians to support the new service chiefs and national security adviser”, John added.

The ministry reportedly said the suspect was arrested at a checkpoint in the city of Gombe, close to Boko Haram’s stronghold in the northeast. While the group has not yet commented on the bombings, they follow a week of carnage across northern Nigeria – proof that the...

Boko Haram may be responding to an Islamic State group order to commit more mayhem during the Muslim holy month of Ramadan.