Tag: Boko Haram
3 cops killed in assault on police station
Gunmen on Friday killed three policemen and burnt three churches as well as a school in Bonny Yadi, in Nigeria’s…
Soyinka: Peace talks with Boko Haram wrong
Professor Wole Soyinka, Nigerian Nobel literature laureate said Friday that trying to end a deadly insurgency by Islamist extremist group…
Boko Haram bombs army convoy in Mubi
Mubi, the nigerian town in Adamawa state, where scores of students were slaughtered on independence day, is back in the…
Boko Haram: 4 killed, 4 arrested
Blasts and gunfire that rocked Gashua, the prison town in Nigeria’s northeastern state of Yobe, early toady may have come…
195 Suspected Hoodlums Arrested In Lagos
At least 195 suspected hoodlums have been arrested by the Lagos State Police Command in Lagos, Southwest Nigeria. The hoodlums,…
Don’t Reward Terrorists
The plan by the Federal Government to compensate Boko Haram for all the atrocities it has committed is a great…
Soldiers on patrol after bombs, gunfire rock Gashua
Explosions and gunfire rocked the prison town of Gashua in Yobe state early today, with soldiers deployed to maintain the…
Terrorism Trial: Court rejects witnesses against Ndume
Nnamdi Felix / Abuja The ongoing trial of a serving senator of the Federal Republic of Nigeria before an Abuja…
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…