Tag: Boko Haram
Boko Haram: ‘We did not kill General Shuwa”
Nigeria’s dreaded insurgency group, Boko Haram, has denied involvement in the killing Major General Muhammed Shuwa, a Nigerian civil war…
Groom killed by gunmen on auto bike in Kano
A groom along with two friends were shot dead today by gunmen, operating on a motor bike, in Kano, northern…
Bloodletting continues in Nigeria’s troubled state
Gunmen, believed to be from Boko Haram sect, have killed three persons including a fire service chief in Damboa local…
Shuwa, ex-army general assassinated
Less than 24 hours after Nigerian soldiers reportedly massacred about 40 youngsters in Maiduguri, four gunmen have struck in the…
Nigerian soldiers massacre 40 in Maiduguri
No fewer than forty people have been summarily executed by Nigerian soldiers in Maiduguri, capital of Borno state. The soldiers,…
Boko Haram Can’t Force Me Out — Yakowa
Governor Patrick Yakowa of Kaduna State on Thursday said he would not resign his position because of the spate of…
Boko Haram wants peace talks in Saudi Arabia
The Associated Press has reported a telephone conversation with a Boko Haram member in Maiduguri, capital of Nigeria’s Borno State,…
Catalogue Of Church Attacks In Nigeria
The Islamist group Boko Haram has claimed a series of attacks on churches in the north and centre of the…
3 Suspected Boko Haram Sponsors Under Watch — IG
The Inspector General of Police, Mr Abubakar Mohammed, said on Wednesday in Abuja that the three people alleged to be…
Boko Haram: Actions Carry Consequences
By JOE IGBOKWE The article below was lifted from the Book, 2007: The IBB Option written by my humble self…
Army raid yields arms in Damaturu
The Joint Task Force (JTF) security outfit in Nigeria’s Yobe state, said on Monday it had recovered assorted arms in…
Bloody Sunday as Bomb blast rocks Kaduna
FEMI ADI/KADUNA Correspondent Just when Nigerians thought it was going to be a violence-free Sallah weekend, a bomb blast has…
Ndume Admitted Links to Boko Haram, Says SSS
Nnamdi Felix / Abuja An operative of the State Security Service, SSS, on Wednesday told a Federal High Court sitting…
Boko Haram plots to strike on Sallah day, says JTF
Nigeria’s military on Tuesday said it had uncovered a plot by Boko Haram militants to carry out “massive attacks” during…
Ex-Customs chief, son and family of ASP killed
Suspected Boko Haram gunmen killed seven people in Potiskum, Yobe state Saturday, taking the death toll to at least 30…
Top Boko Haram member arrested in Senator’s house
A high-profile member of the Boko Haram sect has been arrested in the home of a senator in Maiduguri, Borno…
Terrorism: Nigeria, Niger pledge collaboration
Niger’s President Mahamadou Issoufou and his Nigerian counterpart Goodluck Jonathan agreed Thursday to reinforce joint efforts against terrorism in their…
Heavy Bombing in Potiskum
Heavy explosions and gunfire rocked Potiskum, the Yobe state capital Wednesday, residents said, after violence this week left at least…
24 Boko Haram militants shot dead in Maiduguri
Despite using grenades, rocket propellers and improvised bombs to battle Nigerian soldiers in multiple attacks in Maiduguri, 24 Boko haram…
Fresh Blasts, Gunfire In Maiduguri
An embattled Nigerian city was in lockdown on Tuesday following a spate of blasts and persistent gunfire in a neighbourhood…
Nigerian Forces ‘May Be Guilty Of Crimes Against Humanity’
Nigerian security forces as well as Islamist extremist group, Boko Haram may both be guilty of crimes against humanity over…
Killings: HRW Slams Nigeria’s security agencies, Boko Haram
Eromosele Ebhomele The Human Rights Watch (HRW) has blamed the Nigerian security agencies and the Boko Haram sect for the…
Army in revenge killings after patrol vehicle bombed
Nigerian soldiers indiscriminately fired on residents of Maiduguri, Borno state Monday, killing several people, after a bomb blast targetted an…
Gunmen attack Nigerian village, many feared dead
Yet-to-be tracked gunmen opened fire Saturday on a village in the northeastern Nigerian state of Yobe, with some residents feared…
Few answers at scene of Mubi massacre
His voice trembling, a man points towards a partially burnt house where seven people were gunned down in a yet…
Nigeria: 32 Students Massacred
At least 32 students of the Federal Polytechnic, Mubi, Adamawa State, northeast Nigeria, have been killed. Though our correspondent said…
Why Does The North Rage Against Jonathan?
BY BEN NANAGHAN It has become a common and regular feature of the Northern elite to challenge President Goodluck Jonathan…
Shebab, Boko Haram allies chased out of Somalia
MOGADISHU (AFP) – Boko Haram and Al-Qaeda linked Shebab rebels said on Saturday they have abandoned the southern Somali port…
Deadly bomb explosion in Bauchi Catholic Church
A bomb has reportedly gone off at St. John’s Catholic Church at Bayan Gari in Bauchi, north western Nigeria, killing…
Curfew slammed on Damaturu, Potiskum
Soldiers of the task force in Nigeria’s Yobe state have conducted door-to-door searches in Damaturu, capital of Yobe and Potiskum,…