Tag: Boko Haram
Suicide Bombers Under Influence Of Hard Drug -NDLEA DG
By Simon Ateba The Director General of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, Mr. Femi Ajayi, has linked the…
Dasuki: I’ve Boko Haram phone numbers
The new National Security Adviser, NSA retired Col. Sambo Dasuki (retd) continued his tour of crisis ridden parts of Northern…
Abuja On Alert After Shopping Mall Attack
Nigeria’s capital was on alert Wednesday after an explosion went off outside a popular shopping centre, in the latest attack…
US Warns Its Citizens In Nigeria
The US embassy in Nigeria today warned its citizens about threats to American targets through the independence holiday week in…
ICC prosecutor urges action on Boko Haram
The International Criminal Court’s new chief prosecutor has urged Nigeria to investigate crimes claimed by Boko Haram Islamists, during her…
‘FG Confused About Boko Haram’
A former chairmanship aspirant in Lagos Island East Local Council Development Area on the platform of the Action Congress of…
Harvest Of Disasters
By Akunna Ejim News of bombing of churches in Nigeria have become so commonplace that such an event elicits a…
Can Dasuki Cage Boko Haram?
It hardly came as a surprise that President Goodluck Jonathan’s axe was brought into action on 26 June. And by…
Dasuki’s Job Is Tough, says Col. Nyiam
Tony Nyiam, a retired army colonel and one of the brains behind the 1990 coup against the regime of General…
Terrorism In Nigeria: Time For Attitudinal Change
By Akido Agenro, Nigerians are generally religious inclined, hence the multiplicity of religious groups in the country, which in itself…
Bombs, gunfire rock Damaturu again
Gunfire and explosions rocked the northeastern Nigerian city of Damaturu on Saturday as security forces launched a pre-emptive offensive against…
Boko Haram: Army chief warns combat troops
MADUABUCHI NMERIBEH/Kano Soldiers deployed as members of the Joint Security Task Force, JTF, in Kano, northwest Nigeria, have been urged…
Insecurity: Catholic Bishops Warn
By Folarin Ademosun Catholic bishops in Nigeria have decried the dire security situation in the country following the persistent bomb…
One Bomb Attack Too Many
By Isaac Asabor It is not an exaggeration to say that the evil works that were over time carried out…
Kaduna: Religious War Revived
A wave of Boko Haram attacks on churches in Kaduna triggers ethno-religious killings, raising the possibility of a religious war…
Bloody Week In The North-east
Apart from the violence that engulfed parts of Kaduna State last weekend, three other northern Nigerian states were hit in…
Jonathan vows to smash Boko Haram
Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan on Monday vowed to “decisively deal” with members of Islamist sect Boko Haram which has pressed…
Woman In Trouble Over Facebook Message
A 23-year old mother of one has been arrested by policemen from Ipaja Police Station, Lagos State, Southwest Nigeria, for…
Boko Haram: Nigeria Needs Prayers —Kumuyi
The General Superintendent of the Deeper Life Christian Ministry, Pastor William Kumuyi says Nigeria will need prayers of intervention for…
Is It Over For Nigeria?
BY HENRY CHUKWUEMEKA ONYEMA On my way from the Igbo and predominantly Christian Eastern Nigeria to Lagos a couple of…
Shakeup Long Over-Due
The shakeup of the country’s security apparatus was long overdue even though it was not far-reaching, considering the spate of…
Bauchi night blast injures 9
An explosion near a cluster of bars in the northern Nigerian city of Bauchi, recently targeted by Boko Haram Islamists,…
Jonathan: Boko Haram wants to topple government
Updated Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan on Sunday said Islamist group Boko Haram was seeking to destabilise the government and had…
How Gunmen raided Damaturu Prison
Bombers, gunmen spared Nigerian churches and their worshippers today. But they seemed to have another target in mind as they…
Xtian, muslim leaders parley with Kaduna governor
Gov. Patrick Yakowa of Kaduna State on Saturday met with Christian and Muslim leaders to discuss the protracted crisis in…
The World closes in on Boko Haram militants
Less than 24 hours after the United States labelled three leaders of the Boko Haram sect, terrorists, more trouble appears…
Nigerian cop killed in Boko Haram attack
MADUABUCHI NMERIBEH/KANO A top source from the Joint Security Task Force, JTF, in Kano, northwest Nigeria, Thursday confirmed the killing…
Qaeda-linked militants with Boko Haram ties
Nigeria’s Khalid al-Barnawi, labeled a “global terrorist” by the US government Thursday, is alleged to be an Al Qaeda-linked militant…
Wanted Boko Haram mastermind arrested, ‘fatally wounded’
Habib Bama, a suspected Boko Haram member, who was declared wanted by the State Security Service (SSS) on 15 February…
News Analysis: Fears of wider unrest grow in Nigeria
An Islamist insurgency that has increasingly targeted churches has sparked fears of wider unrest in Nigeria after anger boiled over…