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Senate President, Bukola Saraki, has called on security agencies in the country not to treat the rumours that Boko Haram terrorists are recruiting members from Internally Displaced Persons (IDP) camps in the Northeast with levity but to urgently investigate the issue to unravel those behind the menace, if any.

The Chief of Army Staff, Lt. Gen. Tukur Buratai, during a courtesy visit to the Gbong Gwom Jos, His Royal Majesty, Da Jacob Buba, in his palace in Jishe yesterday, said that the Nigerian Army had defeated Boko Haram terrorist group and have also stopped it from re-grouping anywhere else in the country. Buratai said:

The factional leader of Boko Haram sect, Abu Musab al-Barnawi, who was recently named Boko Haram leader by ISIS, has released an audio statement attacking his rival Abubakar Shekau. In the audio recording, al-Barnawi said Shekau had violated Islamic tenets by killing fellow Muslims, including members of the terrorist Islamist group, living a life of luxury with his wives, neglecting starving women and children, and failing to provide food and weapons for insurgent fighters. Read the excerpts from al-Barnawi’s audiotape after the cut

The Defence Headquarters has described the naming of a new leader for the Boko Haram group as propaganda by terrorist group, ISIL. Defence spokesman, Brigadier General Rabe Abubakar, said this while reacting to yesterday's report by BBC that the Islamic State in Syria and the Levant (ISIL) has named Abu Musab al-Barnawi as the new leader for Boko Haram.

Troops of Operation LAFIYA DOLE with assistance of Vigilantes on routine checks, identified and arrested a high profile suspected Boko Haram terrorist, Mohammed Mohammed Zauro(left) at Sabon Gari, Damboa Local Government Area, Borno State yesterday August 2nd. Preliminary investigation shows that the suspected terrorist kingpin was arrested as he was trying to flee to Birnin Kebbi, Kebbi State, from Sambisa forest.

Islamic State (IS) jihadist group, ISIS, has announced a new leader for its West African branch which is Boko Haram. According to BBC, the terrorist group announced this in the latest issue of their magazine. The magazine featured its first interview with Abu Musab al-Barnawi who replaces Abubakar Shekau. Recall that in January 2015, al-Barnawi appeared in a video clip where he described himself as the spokesman for Boko Haram. This was before the Nigeria-based jihadist group pledged allegiance to IS. Shekau has not made a verified appearance in any of the sects propaganda videos since August 2015.

The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) presented food and non-food items to the military for Operation Safe Corridor Programme meant to de-radicalize, rehabilitate and re-integrate eight hundred (800) repented and surrendered Boko Haram insurgents to fast track peace process in the North east.

Troops of Operation Lafiya Dole accompanied by Civilian JTF on Monday, August 1st, successfully thwarted an attempt by Boko Haram terrorists on Yauri Community at the outskirts of Maiduguri city, Borno State.

Boko Haram terrorist affiliated to ISIS last month attacked a military base in Bosso, Niger republic. 7 soldiers were killed during the attack. The terrorist recorded the attack and shared it online yesterday July 6th. The video shows guns and other weapons they stole from the military base after the attack. More photos after the cut.

Chief of Army Staff, Lt Gen Tukur Buratai, has said that members of the Boko Haram terrorist group have moved their war from Land where they have been defeated to Cyberspace. Buratai said this while addressing newsmen in Abuja yesterday June 28th.

Suspected Boko Haram fighters yesterday killed 20 people who were attending the 40th day prayer for some deceased members of Kuda village in Adamawa state.

Two suicide bombers were killed by Civilian JTF at Kusari area near CBN Staff Quarters in Maiduguri, Borno state today June 17th. The suicide bombers were heading to a mosque to detonate the bombs strapped on them when they were stopped by some members of the state vigilante group. They were gunned down after they tried to escape while they were being questioned. A search carried out on them showed they had bombs strapped on their body.  *viewer discretion advised*

The Civilian JTF in Maiduguri, Borno state this morning shot dead two male suicide bombers who attempted to attack a mosque at Kusari area near CBN Staff Quarters in Maiduguri.

Members of terrorist group, Boko Haram have reportedly launched a radio FM station to propagate their activities in Nigeria and other parts of Africa. According to a report on the Hausa service of the Voice of

Philanthropist, Modupe Ozolua recently shared photos of severely malnourished children rescued from Boko Haram’s captivity in Sambisa Forest by the Army. Her NGO - Empower54 had traveled to the

This past weekend has been one of celebrations — celebrations of a government that promised so much but found reasons to explain why it failed to provide for the basic needs of citizens, celebrations of a government that promised to transform our economy, to destroy corruption, to dismantle the Boko Haram insurgency in the north, suppress other ethnic uprisings, create a stable society by enhancing law and order across the country, and to tackle socioeconomic consequences of rising youth unemployment. By the end of the celebrations, Nigerians