Boko Haram refugees risk lives to cross lake to Chad camps

Kellou Abakar knew she was in trouble as the contractions started not long after an Islamic extremist group attacked her town in Nigeria. 
 

Her husband was nowhere to be found, and so she pulled her 4-year-old son onto her back and grabbed her two little girls by the hand.

The 30-year-old pregnant woman ran as fast as she could to escape the Jan. 3 attack on her hometown of Baga. It was one of the worst massacres ever carried out by Boko Haram during its five-year insurgency.

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BH: DHQ Reacts To Alleged Frustration Of Allied Forces

The Nigerian army has reacted to the alleged frustration of neighboring troops who are part of the Multinational Joint Task Force (MNJTF) in the fight against the Boko Haram insurgency.

Channels Television on Wednesday reported that the reaction was conveyed by the spokesman of the Defense Headquarters, Major General Chris Olukolade.

Major Olukolade, who denied the report, explained that the current wave of events in the fight against the Boko Haram insurgency in the northeastern part of the country was conceived and being driven by the Nigerian Military.

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Ezekwesili: I Couldn't Pay My Mum's Rent As A Minister

Former Minister of Education and Solid Minerals, and chief campaigner of the #BringBackOurGirls  group, Mrs. Obiageli Ezekwesili, has revealed how she struggled to pay her mum’s rent as a minister.

According to Punch, Ezekwesili made this disclosure during a live interview at  Foursquare Gospel Church, at the Foursquare Camp, Ajebo, Ogun State.

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FG In Closed Door Meeting With Chibok Girls’ Parents

The Federal Government today had a closed door meeting with parents and relatives of abducted Chibok school girls, where it tabled plans to get the girls released from Boko Haram captivity.
Recall that over 200 girls were abducted from Government Secondary School, Chibok, on April 14, 2014 by the Islamic fundamentalist group, Boko Haram.

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Surrender or face death, Chadian President warns B'Haram leader Shekau

President Idriss Deby of Chad on Wednesday called on Boko Haram leader, Abubakar Shekau, to surrender or face death.
Derby told a news conference in N’djamena, that he knows the whereabouts of Shekau, who, according to him, was sighted in Dikwa , a village in Borno State two days ago.

“Abubakar Shekau must surrender. We know where he is. If he doesn’t give himself up he will suffer the same fate as his compatriots,” he said.

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Bash Ali in jail over criminal intimidation

A Wuse Zone 6 Senior Magistrates’ Court, Abuja on Wednesday fixed April 2 for hearing in the criminal case brought against Nigerian boxer, Bash Ali, and four other accused persons.

Meanwhile Bash Ali has refused to leave jail despite meeting bail conditions.

The four others are Gabriel Ikyowe; Timothy Ugbede; Daniel Otoski and Jones Ebele.

They were arraigned by the police on Feb. 19 on a six-count charge of joint act of abetment, criminal trespass, and obstruction in public way.

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