Tag: Boko Haram
Lawyer Tasks Jonathan On Security
A lawyer, Bolanle Olugbani has tasked the Federal government to put in place security measures for the safety of lives…
Don’t Let History Repeat Itself
Like we have often stated, the greatest fear about the Boko Haram bombings are reprisal attacks and last weekend’s attack…
Pope sues for peace in Nigeria
Pope Benedict XVI called Wednesday on those responsible for violence in Nigeria to “stop spilling the blood of innocent people”,…
Religious Riots: Nigeria’s Reps summon Jonathan
The House of Representatives on Tuesday passed a motion requesting President Goodluck Jonathan and the nation’s security chiefs, to address…
34 Die in Damaturu’s violence
Gun battles between security forces and suspected Islamists in Nigeria’s Damaturu town have killed at least 34 people, including three…
Boko Haram: 2 Nigerian cities in a state of war
Gunfire and rioting rocked two northern Nigerian cities on Tuesday in a fresh round of unrest, prompting authorities to slap…
Jonathan Under Fire for Rio Trip
The Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) has criticized President Goodluck Jonathan for embarking on a trip to Brazil for the…
Nigerian town hit by a cocktail of bombs, gunshots
Fresh explosions and gunfire have rocked Nigeria’s northeastern city of Damaturu, a day after suicide attacks claimed by Islamists and…
Boko Haram claims ‘victory’ over Kaduna bombs
Boko Haram Islamists on Monday claimed responsibility for the suicide attacks on three churches in northern Nigeria’s Kaduna state that…
Kaduna Bombings: Death Toll Exceeds 100
The death toll as a result of the bomb explosions that hit churches at Zaria and Kaduna yesterday and the…
Religious War Looms, Clerics Warn
As bombs continue to go off in northern Nigerian churches and a horde of Christians are massacred by Boko Haram,…
24 hour curfew slammed on Kaduna
The Kaduna state government has imposed a 24 hour curfew, following the bombings today of no fewer than five churches…
Nigerian soldiers cordon off bombed churches
Femi Adi/Kaduna Soldiers and policemen have cordoned off all the scenes of bomb blasts in Kaduna state this morning, denying…
Nigerian senator loses bid to quash terror charge
Nnamdi Felix / Abuja A Federal High Court siting in Abuja on Friday threw out an application brought by embattled…
JTF Kills 5 Boko Haram Members
Five Boko Haram members including a woman were killed at their hideout in dawn operation by the Joint Task Force…
Be Security Conscious, SSS Boss Tells Nigerians
The Lagos State Director of the State Security Service, Mr. Achu Ben Olayi, has warned Nigerians to be sensitive to…
Official: 5 die in Jos church bombing
Nigeria’s Special Task Force (STF) has confirmed five persons dead in the Sunday suicide bomb attack on a church in Jos…
One dies in another church attack by Boko Haram
Gunmen suspected to be members of the militant Boko Haram has attacked christian worshippers at a church in Biu, Borno…
Gunmen kill 2 cops, customs officer
Gunmen in Nigeria’s Kano city have killed two policemen and a customs officer, while two civilians wounded in the separate…
Boko Haram cancels Nigeria’s council polls
The Borno Government has ruled out the possibility of conducting local government polls in the state soon because of security…
Nigerian Suicide bomber kills 5
A suicide blast at the police headquarters in Nigeria’s restive city of Maiduguri on Friday killed at least one police…
Bomb Kills Man In Maiduguri
A bomb killed one person early Friday in the northern city of Maiduguri where Islamist sect Boko Haram has carried…
Boko Haram admits killing ex-police chief
Nigeria’s militant group, Boko Haram has claimed responsibility for the killing of a former deputy police chief in the northern…
Boko Haram Sympathisers
A former Nigerian Defence Minister recently in Abuja warned Nigerians about the possible ‘somalianisation’ of Nigeria as a result of…
Another bomb kills 12 in Bauchi
Updated Latest report on the bombing of Christian worshippers in Yewan Tudu, on the outskirts of the Nigerian city of…
‘Dialogue, Answer To Boko Haram’
A call has gone to President Goodluck Jonathan to initiate dialogue with the deadly Islamic sect, Boko Haram, wreaking havoc…
Northern leaders meet with Jonathan on security
The leadership of the Northern Elders Forum (NEF) met with President Goodluck Jonathan late Wednesday night on issues of security…
Mr President, Pick Up Your Inaugural Speech! —Dimeji Daniels
I doubt if President Jonathan ever bothered to read his inaugural speech after May 29, 2011. Jonathan, like most presidents…
Boko Haram militant arrested
Nigerian troops have arrested a “high-profile” member of the Islamist group Boko Haram during a raid in the northern city…
Boko Haram: Yakowa Assures Of Security
Few hours after the police detonated a bomb in the state today, Kaduna State Governor, Patrick Ibrahim Yakowa, has reiterated…