Tag: Boko Haram
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…
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…