Tag: bombing
Syria: Assad won’t quit yet
Syrian President Bashar al-Assad insisted he will not resign before the end of his mandate in 2014 as a car…
FIFA Plans Tight Security For 2014 World Cup
A top FIFA official says the international football organisation will be stepping up security for the 2014 FIFA World Cup…
Bombed Kano city steps up security
MADUABUCHI NMERIBEH/Kano In Kano, northwest Nigeria, human and vehicular traffic increased Monday morning, with hustling and bustling recorded by last…
Kano Luxury Bus Bombing: Operators Seek Police Protection
Following Tuesday evening bomb threat on a luxury bus along Zaria Road, Kano, northwest Nigeria, the management of New Road…
Kaduna Bombing: Expose Terrorists Now-Makinde Tells Jonathan
The Prelate of Methodist Church Nigeria, Dr. Ola Makinde has called on the President Goodluck Jonathan-led Federal Government and all…
Heavy Bombing in Potiskum
Heavy explosions and gunfire rocked Potiskum, the Yobe state capital Wednesday, residents said, after violence this week left at least…
Another beer joint bombed in Jalingo
Ben Adaji/Jalingo Another bomb explosion at a drinking joint in Jalingo, capital of Nigeria’s north eastern state of Taraba, has…
Terror in Jalingo as drinking joint bombed
Just some days after the slaying of 40 people in Adamawa state by yet to be identified gunmen, terrorists have…
Church massacre: Nigerian governor’s aide arrested
Nigerian police said they had arrested a governor’s aide over a church massacre and an attack on a military patrol…
Harvest Of Disasters
By Akunna Ejim News of bombing of churches in Nigeria have become so commonplace that such an event elicits a…
IG Orders Massive Deployment Of Police In Kaduna
The Acting Inspector General of Police, Mr. Mohammed Abubakar, has ordered massive deployment of police personnel in Kaduna to restore…
Boko Haram’s Media Bombing Campaign: Matters Arising —Henry Chukwuemeka Onyema
With the bombing of ‘This day’, ‘The Sun’, and ‘The Moment’ newspaper offices by Boko Haram, the terrorist war in…
Boko Haram Plans To Wipe Out Christians —CAN
The Southern Christians Association of Nigeria, CAN, has raised the alarm that there is an agenda to wipe out Christians…
It Is Time For Dialogue
Nobody thought it could turn this bad but the thoughtlessness of those who should know better may destroy our fragile…
Rivers NUJ Condemns Bomb Attack On Media
The Nigerian Union of Journalists (NUJ), Rivers State Council, has condemned the bombing of the offices of ThisDay, The Sun…
Another Bomb Rocks Gombe Varsity
The Gombe State University, Gombe, Northeast Nigeria was bombed yesterday night by a gang of armed men suspected to be…
ThisDay Bombing: Jonathan Must Wake Up Now —Makinde, Aturu, Others
Eminent Nigerians have reacted to the bombing of Thisday and other newspapers in Abuja and Kaduna State, calling on President…
Fashola Condoles THISDAY, THE SUN Publishers
Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babatunde Fashola (SAN) on Thursday expressed sadness over the bombing of the Abuja and Kaduna offices…
Kabiru Sokoto’s Wife Delivers Baby Boy Inside Police Cell
Wife of the fugitive alleged mastermind of the Christmas Day bombing of St. Theresa’s Catholic Church, Madalla, Niger state, Kabiru…
Adefulire Launches Young Commonwealth Competition Project
Lagos State Deputy Governor, Adejoke Orelope-Adefulire has launched the Young Commonwealth Competition and Project Do Something Positive for Nigeria. This…
Another Jos Tragedy: 3 Christians Ambushed, Killed
Gunmen shot dead three Christians in Nigeria near the flashpoint city of Jos, hours after 10 people were killed in…
Robbers Blow Up Bank With Dynamite
Robbers used explosives suspected to be dynamite yesterday to blow up the safe of a first generation bank, opposite the…
Boko Haram Siege Is Over — Gov
Governor Kashim Shettima of Borno State on Thursday declared that the era of insecurity caused by the spate of bombing…
Boko Haram Kingpin Re-Arrested, Vocal Critic Gunned Down In Kano
Security operatives have re-arrested the escaped mastermind of Madalla Christmas Day bombing, Kabiru Sokoto. A police source said Sokoto was…
JTF Names Suspects In Pipeline Sabotage
The Joint Military Task Force (JTF) in the Niger Delta says it has identified seven men who were responsible for…
Amnesty Slams Jonathan
Campaign group, Amnesty International has slammed the President Goodluck Jonathan-led Federal Government for treating the Boko Haram menace with kid…
Escape of Boko Haram Suspect: Ringim Faces Sack
The next few hours will be crucial for Hafiz Ringim, the Inspector General of Police as they may determine whether…
Boko Haram: MASSOB Probes Killing Of Igbo
The leader of the Movement for the Actualisation of the Sovereign State of Biafra, MASSOB, Chief Ralph Uwazurike, has disclosed…
Security Agencies Can Do More
The admission by the National Security Adviser, NSA, General Andrew Azazi, that it was absolutely difficult to man every point…
News Update: Death Toll Rises in Madala Bombing
Three policemen and no fewer than 12 other Nigerians died in the Christmas morning explosion near the St. theresa Catholic…