Tag: Ansaru
How I joined Ansaru terror group – Saleh
Saleh, in a video recording played before Justice Emeka Nwite, said he joined the terrorist organisation in Bauchi shortly before…
Court sets new date for Ansaru terror suspects trial
At Wednesday’s proceedings, the defence lawyer, B.I. Bakum, said the charges and proof of evidence were still with the DSS,…
DSS arrests Ansaru deputy leader
Nigeria secret police, the Department of State Service on Wednesday announced that it has arrested one Bello Danhajiya, a close…
Ansaru leader arrested while visiting army barracks
A leader of Islamist sect, Ansaru, has arrested while visiting to a relation inside the army barracks in Lokoja, the…
Boko Haram: The Road to US Blacklist
The United States on Wednesday designated Nigeria’s radical Islamist Boko Haram network and an offshoot known as Ansaru as terror…
Boko Haram, Ansaru Banned as terrorist groups
Boko Haram and Ansaru, Nigeria’s terror groups have been banned and members and associates would bag up to 20-year jail…
French bizman offers to meet Ansaru, Boko Haram leaders
President Goodluck Jonathan calls them ghosts. But a French businessman and an Islamic activist is travelling down to Nigeria in…
Nigeria’s New Face Of Terror
Ansaru, Nigeria’s new terrorist group in Nigeria specialises in hostage taking With its hands full and security resources overstretched battling…
French family kidnapped unveiled as search intensifies
A kidnapped French family of seven has likely been separated into two groups by their abductors, France said Thursday, as…
Briton, Greek, Italian, 4 others abducted in Nigeria
Gunmen stormed a construction site in northern Nigeria, kidnapping seven foreign workers and killing a security guard, police said Sunday,…
In Pictures: Ansaru, Nigeria’s new terror group
First, it was Boko Haram’s terrorism. As if that is not a nightmare too much for accursed Nigeria already, another…