Tag: Boko Haram
Yorubas should Leave Northern Nigeria Now
Chairman of Kaduna based Yoruba Development Association, Chief Mukaila Ajibade has asked the Yorubas whether Muslims or Christians to leave…
Boko Haram’s 3-Day Ultimatum: It’s A Joke, Igbo Leaders
Southerners resident in the north have described the Boko Haram three-day ultimatum ordering them to vacate the area as a…
FG Tightens Security On Borders With Cameroon
Following attacks by the Islamic fundamentalist sect, Boko Haram, the Federal Government has increased security on the country’s borders with…
Boko Haram Beats War Drums; Asks Christians, Southerners To Leave North
The Muslim fundamentalist sect, Boko Haram, has given Christians and southerners living in northern Nigeria, a three-day ultimatum to leave…
Jonathan slams emergency rule in Boko Haram’s areas
Ayorinde Oluokun/Abuja After two days of feverish meetings with his security chiefs following the Christmas Day bombings of a Catholic…
3 killed in Maiduguri not bombed
Ayo Oluokun The Joint Task Force in charge of security in Borno State said contrary to reports, none of the…
Boko Haram: Jonathan Seeks Support Of Nigeria’s Neighbours
President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan has said government will fight Boko Haram, the “group of evil-minded people who want to cause…
Xmas Bombs: Death Toll Rises to 37
ABUJA | Fri Dec 30, 2011 (Reuters) – The death toll from a bomb attack on a church just outside…
Boko Haram Bombs: Jonathan Set To Respond
Ayo Oluokun/Abuja Five days after the Christmas bombing, President Goodluck Jonathan summoned an emergency national security meeting on Thursday just…
Boko Haram: Kumuyi Calls For National Conference
The General Superintendent of the Deeper Christian Life Ministry, Pastor William Kumuyi, has called for a national conference to address…
Boko Haram And The Christmas Day Bombings
Once again, members of the Islamic fundamentalist sect, Boko Haram, have proved to us all that they are still as…
Sultan: Boko Haram Attacks Beyond Religion
Ayo Oluokun/ Abuja President Goodluck Jonathan on Tuesday met with a major Nigerian Muslim leader, the Sultan of Sokoto, Muhammad…
Nigerian Bomb planted in car at park, say witnesses
Ayo Oluokun/Abuja Christmas celebration in Nigeria was marred by bomb blasts which claimed scores of lives across the country on…
What a Bloody Xmas: Bomb Blast in Jos!
Like Xmas bangers,bombs are exploding in Nigerian cities, on a day Nigerian Christians are celebrating the birthday of their Saviour.…
Bomb Rocks Catholic Church in Abuja
Update – A bomb exploded outside of a Catholic church on the outskirts of the Nigerian capital Abuja during Christmas…
Boko Haram Threatens Attack On Kano
Spiritual head of the dreaded Islamic sect, Boko Haram, Mallam Abubakar Shekau, has threatened to unleash mayhem on Kano unless…
Suspend Planned Fuel Subsidy Removal —Rep
Mr Lanre Odubote, representing Epe Federal Constituency in the House of Representatives, has urged the Federal Government to suspend the…
Boko Haram Leader Had 4000 Trained Followers, Witness Tells Court
Trial of the killers of the slain leader of Boko Haram sect, Mohammed Yusuf, resumed on Wednesday before a Federal…
Boko Haram Man Jailed
Former spokesman for the Islamic fundamentalist sect, Boko Haram, Ali Sanda Umar Konduga, has been sentenced to three years imprisonment…
Fuel Subsidy: Tanker Drivers Vote For Strike
Members of the Petroleum Tanker Drivers, PTD, have threatened to withdraw their vehicles from the roads as from January 2012…
Boko Haram: Time For Action —Ben Nanagan
Hearing horror tales from a distance has a way of injecting a feeling of apathy and disconsolate nonchalance on the…
Boko Haram Attacks Indefensible, Perpetrators Must be Punished – HRW
Human Rights Watch on Tuesday described the series of attacks by militant Islamist group Boko  Haram that resulted in scores…
Boko Haram Plans Fresh Attacks In Abuja, says US Embassy
As Nigerians continue to count the number of lives lost to series of bombs, suicide and gun attacks by members…
Outcry Over Sack Of 3,000 Non-indigenes By Gov Orji
The Campaign for Democracy (CD) has urged the leadership of Ohaneze Ndi-Igbo and prominent Igbo personalities to prevail on the…
Comedy Meets Music At Harp Rhythm Unplugged
Away from the usual Boko Haram and MEND threats, residents of Abuja had something to be excited about recently, when…
Gunmen Kill Nigerian Cop In Yobe State
Gunmen have shot dead a Nigerian policeman at his home in Damaturu, Yobe state, the AFP has reported. It was…
ACN Condemns Killing Of Journalist By Boko Haram
The Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) has described as a condemnable escalation of the Boko Haram crisis following the reported…
Boko Haram: Committee Asks Government to Negotiate
The Usman Galtimari Committee set up by President Goodluck Jonathan to study the problem and advise the government on the…
Boko Haram: Don Calls For Dialogue
Dr. Kamil Oloso, a lecturer at the University of Ibadan, has advised the Federal Government to end the Boko Haram…
Police Beef Up Security In Ibadan
Following information that the Islamic fundamentalist sect, Boko Haram, plans to bomb the popular Bodija market in Ibadan, Oyo State,…