Tag: Boko Haram sect
Mortuary records reveal heavy Boko Haram human losses
Just a few days after Amnesty International published a report accusing Nigeria’s military of killing close to 1000 Boko Haram…
Nigerian army lifts phone blackout in Adamawa
Nigeria’s military on Thursday approved the restoration of phone services in Adamawa state where troops are pursuing Islamist insurgents, signalling…
Squeezed by the military, Boko Haram targets schools
Boko Haram insurgents have massacred dozens of students in recent weeks in Nigeria’s northeast, opening a new phase in their…
UK mulls Boko Haram ban
The proscribed Nigerian-based Islamist extremist group Boko Haram is to be further banned in Britain under anti-terror laws, the British…
Boko Haram: Vigilante group burns home of ANPP boss
A vigilante group claiming to help Nigeria’s military authorities battle insurgents in Borno State has set fire to the home…
ACN: Boko Haram ban order limits press freedom
The Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) has said that the recent proscription order against Boko Haram and Ansaru, desirable as…
Abductors of Nigeria’s ex-oil minister demand ransom
Nigeria’s former oil minister was kidnapped Friday by gunmen who stormed his vehicle outside a mosque in the restive city…
14 terror suspects killed in Easter day raid
Nigerian Soldiers raided a suspected hideout for Islamist extremist group Boko Haram in northern Nigeria’s largest city of Kano on…
Jonathan promises to end terrorism in Nigeria
EROMOSELE EBHOMELE Nigeria’s President Goodluck Jonathan has reiterated his promise to end the insecurity that is fast taking a toll…
5 poker players killed in Nigerian state eve of polls
Gunmen on Friday killed five persons and injured seven others at the Bagadaza area of the Gombe metropolis in Gombe…
Nigeria: 9 polio vaccinators killed by gunmen
Maduabuchi Nmeribeh/Kano with agency report Gunmen attacked two clinics where polio vaccinators had gathered in Kano city, northwest Nigeria, on…
Police confirm attack in Kano
By Maduabuchi Nmeribeh/Kano The Assistant Inspector-General of Police, AIG, in charge of Zone 1, Mr. David Olufemi Omojola, Thursday told…
SSS Chief Advises Boko Haram To Embrace Dialogue
The Director of the State Security Service (SSS) in Borno, Alhaji Abdullahi Ahmed, has advised members of the Boko Haram…
Nigeria police warns on bombs in Xmas gifts
The Police in Nigeria’s Gombe State on Thursday urged residents of the state to be on the look out for…
Boko Haram: Bombers Promised 72 Virgins In Heaven
Details emerged yesterday of the incentives promised suicide bombers of the Boko Haram sect to carry out their deadly missions.…
8 Gunmen Arrested In Kano
A team of policemen arrested eight gunmen suspected to be members of the Boko Haram sect who attacked their vehicle…
Daring Security Agencies
Insecurity fears deepen as terrorists take their attacks to military and police facilities Terrorists are becoming increasingly daring these days,…
Security Beefed Up In Abuja
Security has been beefed up in Abuja following the attack on the headquarters of the Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS) in…
Jaji bombings: Top military officer among injured victims
BY FEMI ADI/KADUNA A senior military officer, Air Commodore Alechenu Ekagbo has been confirmed to be among the victims of…
11 killed as suicide bombers hit Nigerian army church
The Nigerian army said that the two blasts today at a church in the military barracks in Jaji, Kaduna state…
Stop the war, governor appeals to Boko Haram
Nigeria’s Borno state governor, Kashim Shettima added his voice to that of the Shehu of Borno, in appealing to members…
Boko Haram begged to embrace dialogue now
The leading traditional leader in the Boko Haram beleaguered Borno state in Northern Nigeria, Abubakar Ibn Garbai, the Shehu of…
One-eyed Boko Haram commander, 29 others killed
Contrary to earlier reports that four suspects, belonging to the militant Boko Haram sect in Yobe state, were killed today,…
Registrar: Mubi Massacre not linked with students’ election
The deputy registrar of Federal Polytechnic Mubi, where a massacre of students happened early Tuesday has denied the link between…
Nigerian army explains Zaria explosions
The Nigerian army has explained the reason for the bomb explosions and the gun fire that rocked the Nigerian northern…
2 die as bomb explosion, gun fire rock Zaria
An explosion and gunfire shook an area around an Islamic school in Zaria, Kaduna state Sunday, leaving two suspected attackers…
Bomb factory found in Kano
The Police Command in Kano State on Thursday announced the discovery of a bomb factory at Hawan Hotoro Area in…
Boko Haram assassins wipe out family in Kano
Four men suspected to be agents of the Boko Haram sect have shot dead a member of the Nigerian Security…
JTF Recovers Guns, Bullets From Boko Haram Commander
The Joint Task Force (JTF) on Operation Restore Order (ORO) said on Monday that it had recovered arms and ammunition…
Imam warns muslims against suicide
The Imam of Gwallaga Mosque in Bauchi metropolis, in north western part of Nigeria, Sheikh Suleiman Bashir, on Sunday warned…