Tag: terrorism
Nigerian troops kill Boko Haram militants
Nigeria’s special military task force, fighting Boko Haram terrorism has reported yet another success in its campaign, with the destruction…
Nigeria starves troops fighting terror, claims governor
MADUABUCHI NMERIBEH/Kano The Governor of the northern state of Kano, Rabi’u Musa Kwankwaso has lamented that for two years running,…
Henry Okah: Should Nigeria take MEND’s threat seriously?
On 23 January, a spokesman of the Movement of the Emancipation of Niger Delta, MEND, issued a threat letter, not…
Henry Okah convicted of terrorism charge
A South African court on Monday convicted Nigerian Henry Okah of 13 terrorism charges, including bombings that killed 12 people…
Suspected bombers of Nigeria’s military base paraded
Nnamdi Felix / Abuja Eighteen year old Ibrahim Mohammed Alilullah of Ilobu in Nigeria’s state of Osun and 50 year…
7 die in another day of Boko Haram terror
Nigerian soldiers said they have killed five gunmen believed to belong to the Islamist group Boko Haram while losing a…
Terrorism: Panel Report Divides Senate
The Senate on Wednesday, suspended discussions of the Conference Committee Report on the Terrorism (Prevention) Act, 2011 (Amendment) Bill, 2012.…
Terrorism: Britain Warns Citizens To Avoid Nigeria
Following the spate of terrorist attacks, kidnappings, armed robbery and petty crimes in the country, the British government has warned…
Senator Ndume spoke with Boko Haram man 73 times
Nnamdi Felix / Abuja A Nigerian High Court siting in Abuja was on Wednesday told that Senator Aliyu Mohammed Ndume,…
Boko Haram loses four more commanders
Nigeria’s Joint Task Force (JTF) on Operation Restore Order has disclosed that it shot dead four suspected terrorist commanders of…
Almajiri System Breeds Terrorists
Mr. Ibrahim Kpotun Idris, Kano State Commissioner of Police, tells MADUABUCHI NMERIBEH that a reform of the Almajiri system is…
24 Boko Haram militants shot dead in Maiduguri
Despite using grenades, rocket propellers and improvised bombs to battle Nigerian soldiers in multiple attacks in Maiduguri, 24 Boko haram…
Britain extradites radical Islamic preacher Hamza
LONDON (AFP) – Radical Islamist preacher Abu Hamza and four other terror suspects were extradited from Britain to the United…
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…
Police parade robbery, Boko Haram suspects
Femi Adi/Kaduna Kaduna State Police command today paraded two suspected members of the Boko Haram sect and 30 robbery suspects,…
2 die as bomb explosion, gun fire rock Zaria
An explosion and gunfire shook an area around an Islamic school in Zaria, Kaduna state Sunday, leaving two suspected attackers…
Zawahiri speaks on ‘one-eyed’ bin Laden in video
DUBAI(AFP) – Al-Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahiri resurfaced for the second time in a month on Wednesday in an online video…
35 Boko Haram militants killed, says JTF
Nigeria’s military said Monday it has killed 35 suspected Boko Haram Islamists in a crackdown on the insurgent group in…
Deadly bomb explosion in Bauchi Catholic Church
A bomb has reportedly gone off at St. John’s Catholic Church at Bayan Gari in Bauchi, north western Nigeria, killing…
Curfew slammed on Damaturu, Potiskum
Soldiers of the task force in Nigeria’s Yobe state have conducted door-to-door searches in Damaturu, capital of Yobe and Potiskum,…
7 Boko Haram terrorists killed in gun battle
Suspected members of Boko Haram ,the Islamist extremist group and Nigerian soldiers exchanged gun fire in a battle in Maiduguri…
Boko Haram claims attacks on telecom firms
Nigeria’s Islamist group Boko Haram on Thursday claimed a set of fires yesterday at telecom masts across the north, while…
Boko Haram threatens media, denies peace talks
Nigeria’s Boko Haram sect has debunked stories that its representatives are holding peace talks with the government and threatened to…
TERRORISM: Group Decries Action Of State Govs
The Foundation for Sustainable Peace and Conflict Resolution in Africa, a Non-Governmental, Non-Political Organization with Regional Offices in other African…
US blames Iran for rising Al-Qaeda threats
Al-Qaeda affiliates pose a rising threat exploiting poverty and upheavals in the world’s most vulnerable regions even as the core…
October 1 bomb meant to rattle government
Nnamdi Felix / Abuja Trial of one of the alleged masterminds of the Independence Day twin bomb blasts in Abuja,…
Oritsejafor urges US to tag Boko Haram terrorists
Pastor Ayo Oritsejafor, president of Nigeria’s Christian Association of Nigeria called Tuesday on the United States to declare the Islamist…
The Police We Desire
From all indications, the desire of the acting Inspector-General of Police, Mohammed Abubakar, to reform the police is on course…
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…
NATIONAL SECURITY: Fashola Advocates Adequate Attention To Small Crimes
Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babatunde Fashola (SAN), Monday called on security agencies in the country to pay more attention to…