Tag: Boko Haram
Boko Haram gets N500m to free French family
Nigeria’s militant group, the Boko Haram was paid $3.15million, about N500 million before releasing a French family of seven, a…
Bank robbed, 5 cops killed in ‘Boko Haram’ attack
The Commissioner of Police in the Nigerian north eastern state of Yobe, Alhaji Sanusi Rufai, said that five policemen and…
Boko Haram kills 2 Nigerian cops in Bama
At least two policemen were feared dead on Thursday, after some gunmen suspected to be Boko Haram insurgents attacked a…
Jonathan sued over amnesty deal for Boko Haram
Nnamdi Felix / Abuja As President Goodluck Jonathan battles to repair the ship of the Presidential Committee set up to…
Baga Massacre: Too Little, Too Late
The media was awashed this week with news of a mass murder, arson and outright brigandage perpetrated in the fishing…
Relief camps set up for victims of Baga carnage
Nigeria rescue workers have now set up temporary camps in the remote northeastern town of Baga and distributed aid to…
Amnesty panel chair says talks possible with Boko Haram
The head of the panel set up to seek an amnesty deal with Nigeria’s Boko Haram voiced confidence Wednesday that…
Baga Massacre: Jonathan Vows Action
President Goodluck Jonathan on Wednesday assured Nigerians and members of the international community of the commitment of his administration to…
Baga Massacre: Jonathan vows action
Ayo Oluokun/Abuja President Goodluck Jonathan on Wednesday assured Nigerians and members of the international community of the commitment of his…
Nigerian army confirms 30 Boko Haram insurgents killed
Nigeria’s Defence Headquarters (DHQ) has confirmed the death of 30 Boko Haram insurgents in an encounter with a multi-national Joint…
US condemns Baga massacre
The United States Monday condemned clashes between troops and Islamist militants in Baga, in Nigeria’s north eastern state of Borno,…
Jonathan orders probe of Baga Massacre
Nigeria’s President Goodluck Jonathan has ordered a full scale investigation into reports of high civilian casualties in the shooting war…
Massacre In Maiduguri As JTF, Boko Haram Clash
Several people have been killed and houses set ablaze following a clash between Nigeria’s military and suspected Boko Haram Islamist…
Freed French hostage recounts experience with Boko Haram
Tanguy Moulin-Fournier, the head of the French family kidnapped by Boko Haram on 19 February in northern Cameroon, has spoken…
Muslim Women Cry Out Over MEND’s Threat
Muslim women have cried out to Nigeria’s Federal Government to put security measures in place to protect the lives of…
French family kidnapped in northern Cameroon freed
Cameroon’s president, Paul Biya has announced the release of a French family of seven kidnapped by Islamic extremists in Cameroon…
Bomber lynched after mosque blast, another arrested
Muslim worshippers in northern Nigeria’s Kano city on Wednesday night lynched a suspected bomber after an explosive detonated outside the…
Politicians Behind Boko Haram —Sheik Ahmad
The Chief Missioner of Ansar-deen Society of Nigeria, Sheik Rahman Ahmad, has said that the Boko Haram insurgency is more…
Boko Haram: 271 Illegal Aliens For Deportation
In order to prevent Boko Haram from attacking Lagos, the Lagos State Police Command has handed over 271 illegal foreigners…
Unabating Bloodshed
As negotiations for an amnesty deal for its members intensify, Boko Haram is showing no let up in its killing…
Failed Peace Efforts
Past and present efforts to reconcile Boko Haram with the Federal Government remain a mirage Former President Olusegun Obasanjo, in…
Boko Haram: Roadblock To Amnesty
Boko Haram rejects offer of amnesty by the Federal Government, sticking a pin into the balloon of optimism that its…
Asari Dokubo warns MEND against religious war
Mujahid Dokubo Asari, the Leader of the Niger Delta People’s Volunteer Force (NDPVF) has cautioned the Movement for the Emancipation…
Amnesty To Boko Haram?
Nigerians were jolted last Thursday when Abubakar Shekau, the purported leader of Boko Haram in an audio message rejected the…
Boko Haram: Governors part of amnesty deal, say speakers
The Northern Speakers Forum on Sunday appealed to Nigeria’s Federal Government to include Governors from the region in the Amnesty…
Jonathan commended over amnesty offer to Boko Haram
Even after Abubakar Shekau, leader of Boko Haram openly ridiculed the idea of an amnesty, Speaker of Niger House of…
Biafran Group Flays Amnesty to Boko Haram
Nnamdi Felix / Abuja A pro-Igbo socio cultural group, the Biafra Liberation Council, BLC, on Friday in Abuja flayed federal…
Amnesty For Boko Haram: A Wrong Signal From The North
By Lajunwon Lasisi Amnesty request for terrorist Boko Haram sect, is a wrong miscalculation of political harangue. The request is…
Boko Haram: A People’s Alternative To Peace
By Adewale Adeoye Recently, tear-soaked Mrs. Deborah Shettima from Borno State gave a gory account of how her husband was…
Boko Haram: The Amnesty Debate
The clamour for amnesty for Boko Haram members as a solution to the insurgency ravaging the North delivers its first…