There are indications that terrorist groups, Boko Haram and Ansaru, are being funded by drug cartels in Latin America, a report has revealed. The report entitled, “Terrorism in Northern Africa and the Sahel in 2012: Global Reach and Implications,” is an update on five earlier studies. Published by the Director, Inter-University Centre for Terrorism Studies, […]
DOZENS of Islamist militants in Mali have been reportedly killed in the bloodiest phase of the country’s conflict to date, according to French and Chadian authorities. French Defence Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian said his country and Chadian troops were now involved in a “pincer movement” against rebels based in the Ametettai valley. A report by […]
Lagos State Governor Babatunde Fashola has said the economy of the state is rated above Ghana and the United Kingdom. He also said his administration is currently executing about 1,966 projects across the state. He said the projects would boost government’s plan to transform the state and turn it into “Africa’s modern” mega city. The […]
France will not negotiate with Boko Haram gunmen who have taken a French family of seven hostage, the country’s Defence Minister, Jean-Yves Le Drian, said yesterday. The three adults and four children were kidnapped in Cameroon’s far north, near the Nigerian border in Borno State, last week. In a video posted online on Monday, the […]
•Evidence of Boko Haram’s link with al-Qaeda found About 70 percent of troops pledged by Nigeria and others to the African-led International Support Mission in Mali (AFISMA) have been deployed, it was learnt yesterday. Foreign Minister of Côte d’Ivoire Charles Koffi Diby made the disclosure at the opening of an extraordinary meeting of the Mediation […]
Few days after an Iranian terror cell was discovered in Lagos State, SUNDAY PUNCH can authoritatively report that security agents are on the trail of three different foreign-sponsored terror cells in the country. A senior security official who spoke to our correspondents on Friday said the sponsors of the terrorist cells were in Sudan, Somalia […]
JOHANNESBURG (AFP) – South Africa will name public service officials convicted of corruption, a cabinet minister said Sunday, amid criticism authorities are too soft on graft. “In the next few days, we will be publishing all the names of people who have been convicted in cases of corruption, and all those whose assets have either […]
COTONOU (AFP) – The West African nation of Benin on Sunday reacted harshly after France warned its citizens there to be on alert for possible revenge kidnappings or attacks over its military offensive in Mali. Benin’s foreign ministry said in a statement that it had learned “with astonishment and amazement” about the warning through the […]
Abu Muhammad Ibn Abdulazeez, commander of the Boko Haram sect in charge of southern and northern Borno who has been speaking for the sect in recent times appeared again yesterday at a press conference with journalists in Maiduguri and absolved the Islamic militant sect of involvement in the kidnap of seven French nationals in the […]
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