President Goodluck Jonathan has directed the Defence Headquarters to release some members of the Boko Haram sect in custody in connection with terrorist activities. Already the directive to release the detainees has been communicated to all the units of the Joint Military Task Force. Both the Presidency and the Defence Headquarters confirmed this on Tuesday. The Director of Defence Information, Brig.-Gen. C ...

The United Nations warned on Friday that members of Boko Haram and other extremist groups in Nigeria could face war crimes charges for deliberate acts leading to ethnic and religious cleansing. The spokesperson for the UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, Rupert Colvile, said this in a statement made available at the UN headquarters in New York on Friday, the News Agency of Nigeria reports. ...

Early reports of military operations in the three North-East states under emergency rule, on Thursday, indicated that Nigerian soldiers had recaptured three of the local government areas where insurgents had been in control in northern Borno. The names of the recaptured councils could not be confirmed out of the lot in possession of the violent Islamic sect, Boko Haram. The areas where the insurgents were s ...

Chairman of the Presidential Committee on Dialogue and Peaceful Resolution of Security Challenges in the North, Karibu Turaki has disclosed that President Goodluck Jonathan, on Tuesday, had a crucial meeting with members of the committee. Turaki, said the meeting was at the instance of the committee which after speaking with different stakeholders and Boko Haram members, thought it fit to ask the President ...

Nigeria’s terror outfit, Boko Haram, is said to have commenced the recruitment of women for the movement of arms and ammunition in the North Eastern geo-political zone. It was learnt that the leadership of the JTF had informed operatives of the special task force during a briefing in Maiduguri, that the sect was recruiting women into its fold as couriers. An officer of the JTF,  who pleaded anonymity, told ...

The Federal Government has uncovered the hidden agenda of Boko Haram to bomb churches, worship centres, recreational centres, hotels, military and paramilitary, police and telecommunications installations, among others in some states of the country. ...

Gunmen suspected to be members of Boko Haram, killed at least two policemen on Sunday during their attack and burning of churches and border posts on Sunday, residents told AFP. ...

Apparently sensing the looming danger and the Federal Government’s readiness to oust them, outlawed Islamist extremists, Boko Haram, has said it is now ready for peace talks. ...

The Islamist militant group, Boko Haram, has distributed a letter requesting dialogue with the Federal Government. ...

President Goodluck Jonathan admitted yesterday that growing insecurity caused by the gory activities of the Boko Haram sect and kidnapping activities in the south was his major challenge. ...