Hundreds of hostages, mostly children and women, were rescued from Boko Haram extremists in northeastern Nigeria's Sambisa Forest. The hostages, totaling 350, including 209 children, 135 women, and ...
Not many Nigerians know much about Sambisa Forest. In 2014, our then Maiduguri Correspondent, Bodunrin Kayode, gave readers a glimpse of this mysterious forest which was once a game reserve erhaps a ...
The Nigerian Air Force, NAF, says its personnel, under the Air Component of Operation HADIN KAI, OPHK, on April 15, 2025, executed 2 highly successful air interdiction missions, targeting terrorist ...
Troops of Operation Hadin Kai have rescued 75 civilians from Sambisa Forest in Borno State. Addressing journalists on Monday during their handover to the Borno State Government in Maiduguri, the ...
The heart of a de-civilized person is a jungle of violent impulses. The forest outside is a reflection of the forest within. There is a Sambisa Forest in every one of us. It is a metaphor for deformed ...
Nigeria's defense minister claims that Boko Haram will be vanquished from its final stronghold in the Sambisa Forest within three months. Mansur Dan Ali, a retired general in the Nigerian Army who ...
When Amina Ali Nkeki was kidnapped by the Nigerian terrorist group Boko Haram more than two years ago, she was a mere schoolgirl. On Tuesday night, she apparently wandered out of a forest, asking for ...
As night falls, the curfew comes into effect. Nobody is allowed on the streets. Anxiety hangs in the air. Those unable to make it home before sunset are shepherded to roundabouts to wait until day ...
In a victorious statement on Saturday, Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari announced the "long-awaited and most gratifying news of the final crushing of Boko Haram terrorists in their last enclave," ...