Hundreds of residents of Kirawa in Borno State displaced by Boko Haram insurgents and now taking refuge in Cameroonian villages have lamented harsh living conditions, saying they spend the day in Nigeria and return to Cameroon at night to sleep in fear of renewed attacks. Speaking with Frontline Reporters onContinue Reading
The Nigerian Air Force says it has conducted more than 1,500 operational flight hours under the Air Component of Operation Hadin Kai in the last eight months, killing at least 592 terrorists and destroying 372 enemy assets. The operations, according to the Air Force, involved 798 combat sorties that significantlyContinue Reading
Sixteen inmates on Tuesday escaped from the Medium Security Custodial Centre in Keffi, Nasarawa State. The incident happened in the early hours of the day after a breach of the facility’s security, the spokesperson of the Nigerian Correctional Service, Umar Abubakar, wrote in a statement. The inmates overpowered the personnelContinue Reading
A member of the House of Representatives, Bayo Balogun, on Tuesday, said the green chamber is advancing a bill seeking to amend the 1999 Constitution to make the Court of Appeal the final arbiter on governorship election petitions in Nigeria Balogun, the Chairman of House Committee on the Independent NationalContinue Reading