Tag: terrorism
Jonathan vows to end terrorism in Nigeria
President Goodluck Jonathan on Wednesday reiterated his administration’s commitment to end all forms of terrorism in the country. In his…
Mutallab, underwear bomber’s life sentence confirmed
(Reuters) – Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab, a Nigerian who tried to set off an explosive hidden in his underwear while aboard…
Jonathan cautions media against sensationalism
President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan has cautioned Nigeria’s media against misrepresenting what he said, citing the report on his speech on…
Boko Haram militants sack village, kill 12
Suspected Boko Haram militants have killed 12 people in Nigeria’s restive northeast, burning homes and stealing cars in an area…
Kenya: 4 charged with Westgate Mall attack
Kenya charged four men Monday in connection with the Westgate mall massacre in September, an attack claimed by Somalia’s Al-Qaeda-linked…
Shekau in new video, claims leading Damaturu attack
Nigeria’s Boko Haram leader, Abubakar Shekau said in a video released Sunday that he led an October 24 attack in…
Al Qaeda frees 4 French hostages in Niger
Four French hostages kidnapped by al Qaeda’s north African arm three years ago in Niger have been released, President Francois…
Get set…Snooping ‘Joe’ coming to Nigeria soon
Get set…Snooping ‘Joe’ is on his way to Nigeria as your text, voice and internet conversations will now be monitored…
Kabiru Sokoto: Judgement Day Fixed
Nnamdi Felix / Abuja Trial of suspected mastermind of the 2011 Christmas Day bombing of St. Theresa’s Catholic church in…
Nairobi attack: President Kenyatta buries nephew, fiancee
The burial has taken place in Nairobi of Mbugua Mwangi, nephew of Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta, who was among the…
Nigerian charged with aiding Al Qaeda
A Nigerian, Lawal Babafemi, has been arraigned in a U.S. Federal Court, Brooklyn, on charges of providing material support to…
Boko Haram’s Shekau alive, taunts Nigeria’s military
Abubakar Shekau, leader of Nigeria’s Boko Haram declared dead by the defunct military task force, is alive. News reports said…
6 Britons likely dead in Nairobi attacks
Six Britons are now believed to have been killed in an attack at a Nairobi shopping mall staged by Islamist…
Jonathan, in talks with Obama, urges global action on terrorism
President Goodluck Jonathan Monday in New York called for a stronger global consensus and determination to end the scourge of…
Terrorism: Obama offers assistance to Kenya
President Barack Obama called Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta on Sunday to offer condolences over what the White House called a…
Ghanaian poet, Kofi Awoonor killed in Nairobi attack
Ghanaian poet and former UN envoy Kofi Awoonor, 78, is among 59 people killed in the attack, according to reports…
Kenya President’s nephew, fiancee killed in Nairobi mall attack
Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta said Sunday a nephew and his fiancee were among the 59 people confirmed killed in an…
Kenyatta loses family members in Westgate mall attack
Thirty-nine people were killed and 150 wounded in Saturday’s attack on a Nairobi shopping mall, Kenyan president Uhuru Kenyatta said…
Somalia’s Shebab claims Nairobi’s mall killings
Somalia’s Al-Qaeda-linked Shebab rebels on Saturday claimed resposibility for the attack on Westgate Mall in Nairobi, saying on Twitter it…
Masked gunmen kill 6 in mall, take hostages
NAIROBI (AFP) – Masked gunmen stormed an upmarket mall in the Kenyan capital Nairobi Saturday and sprayed gunfire on shoppers…
Al-Qaeda Yemen rampage kills 56 soldiers, cops
SANAA(AFP) – Suspected Al-Qaeda fighters killed at least 54 soldiers and police in a wave of dawn attacks Friday, the…
Boko Haram, SSS battle near Senators’ Quarters in Abuja
Ayo Oluokun/Abuja Nigeria’s Department of State Security Services,(SSS) said it arrested 12 suspected members of the militant sect, Boko Haram,…
Boko Haram in deadly rampage in Yobe town
Nigeria’s Boko Haram insurgents have rampaged through a town in Yobe State, northeastern Nigeria with heavy weapons, setting public buildings…
10 Boko Haram fighters killed in air, land raids
Nigerian troops launched an air strike and later killed 10 suspected members of Boko Haram in a clash in the…
Suspected Boko Haram gunmen kill 38 in Nigeria
At least 38 people have been killed in weekend attacks in Nigeria by suspected Boko Haram insurgents, and another 34…
Terrorism: Okiro Advocates Civil Security Force
Chairman of Police Service Commission (PSC), Mike Mbama Okiro has advocated for an establishment of a Civil Security Force (CSF)…
Boko Haram gunmen strike again, kill 11
Suspected Boko Haram Islamists have stormed Damboa, Borno state, northeast Nigeria, opened fire on police and civilians and killed 11…
Nigeria: MOSSAD agents grill Hezbollah linked Lebanese
Two Lebanese suspects alleged to be members of Hezbollah and on trial in Nigeria on terrorism charges told a court…
Nigeria closes case in Hezbollah-linked Lebanese trial
Nnamdi Felix / Abuja At the resumed trial of suspected Lebanese terrorists before a Federal High Court siting in Abuja…
Boko Haram gunmen on motor bike kill 2
A girl and a policeman were killed in an attack in Darazo, Bauchi state, in northwest Nigeria Monday which the…