Tag: Boko Haram
Boko Haram: Exposing The Social Disorder Of A Society
By Comrade Akido Agenro Nigeria, a land abundantly blessed with a huge human and natural resources is currently at the…
14 killed as Nigerian soldiers battle militants
Nigerian troops clashed with militants from the Islamist group Boko Haram in the northeastern city of Maiduguri Tuesday, in an…
View from abroad: Nigeria where every problem too hard to fix
By Gwynne Dyer It is not known if the word “dysfunctional” was invented specifically to describe the Nigerian state –…
15 Christians killed in fresh Nigerian massacre
In another deadly move portraying Nigeria’s Borno state as a killing field for Nigerian Christians, attackers have stormed a church…
Jonathan: Boko Haram killings signs of end times?
Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan has questioned whether deadly Islamist attacks on churches in his country and other violence worldwide could…
Bloody Weekend In Northern Nigeria
It was a bloody weekend in parts of northern Nigeria especially in Yobe State where Boko Haram Islamists attacked churches…
4 militants, one cop killed in troop raid
Nigerian soldiers killed four suspected extremists and lost one policeman in the latest crackdown on the Boko Haram sect in…
Nigeria: Boko Haram gunmen free prisoners, kill 7
Nigeria’s police authorities have given a near full picture of the damages done by armed men, believed to be Boko…
Boxing Day Tragedy In Lagos
At about 9.30 am on 26 December 2012, a loud explosion reverberated at No. 45, Ojo Giwa Street, Jankara area…
Nigeria’s anti-terror war meant to kill muslims, alleges Gumi
A controversial Nigerian Islamic cleric, Sheikh Abubakar Ahmad Gumi has described the military campaign against Boko Haram terrorists as a…
Nigeria: Pastor, 5 worshippers murdered Christmas eve
Pope Benedict XV1 wishes the savage attacks against Nigerian Christians and churches come to an end, but the savagery continues…
SSS arrests 2 Nigerian journalists, wives
Operatives of Nigeria’s State Security Services, the SSS, on Monday arrested two journalists after a report of alleged abuses by…
Bombed Kano city steps up security
MADUABUCHI NMERIBEH/Kano In Kano, northwest Nigeria, human and vehicular traffic increased Monday morning, with hustling and bustling recorded by last…
Suicide bombing: MTN Shuts Kano, Kaduna Offices
Telecom network, MTN Nigeria has announced it is shutting its offices in Kano and Kaduna, hours after suspected Boko Haram…
Army confirms death of 2 suicide bombers
Nigeria’s Joint Security Task Force has confirmed the deaths of two suicide bombers who attacked Airtel and MTN Telecommunications offices…
Nigerian Suicide bomber hits Airtel Kano office
A Nigerian suicide bomber blew himself up Saturday when he rammed his car into the office gate of Airtel, one…
America Warns Citizens Against Trips To Nigeria
Simon Ateba/Lagos The United States Government has warned its citizens against travelling to Nigeria, particularly during the holiday season, saying…
Death penalty for Nigerian terrorists
The Nigerian Senate on Friday said it adopted the death penalty as punishment for acts of terrorism due to Nigeria’s…
Terrorism: More legal setbacks for Nigerian Senator
Nnamdi Felix / Abuja For the second time this week, embattled Senator Aliyu Mohammed Ndume who is standing trial on…
Nigeria: Gunmen on auto bike kill lawmaker
Gunmen on a motorcycle shot dead a prominent lawmaker in kano, the commercial capital of northern Nigeria on Friday, police…
Boko Haram: NYSC Doctors Shun Kano
The local council authorities in Kano, northwest Nigeria have appealed to the National Youths Service Corps, NYSC, to post more…
Boko Haram: Ndume, Konduga Contacted 73 Times
The State Security Service (SSS) told the Federal High Court on Wednesday in Abuja that Senator Ali Ndume’s call log,…
Boko Haram: Jonathan pleads for US assistance
Nigeria’s President Goodluck Jonathan has outlined the various security challenges facing his country, especially Boko Haram and asked for the…
Why Unemployment Is High — Ex-CBN Chief
A former Director of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Mr Titus Okunronmu, on Monday attributed the high unemployment rate…
Tackling NYSC’s Security Challenge
With the security challenge in the country posing unprecedented threat to the continued existence of the National Youth Service Corps,…
Remorseless Killers
The Boko Haram killing machine roars loudly, claiming many lives even in fortified places Matthew Ndagoso, Archbishop of the Catholic…
Boko Haram: JTF seizes 11 rifles
The Joint Task Force (JTF) in Yobe, north eastern Nigeria on Sunday recovered 11 rifles in Kandahar Area of Damaturu,…
Nigeria nabs 28 terror suspects
MADUABUCHI NMERIBEH/Kano Security forces in Kano, northwest Nigeria have renewed raid on hideouts of terrorists recording 28 arrests within the…
Boko Haram loses four more commanders
Nigeria’s Joint Task Force (JTF) on Operation Restore Order has disclosed that it shot dead four suspected terrorist commanders of…
Multiple attacks on Nigerian City by Boko Haram
Two policemen were shot dead at a roundabout in the Nigerian City of Kano today. About the same time, a…