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Boko Haram, Borno, Delta, Ekiti, Lagos, State News, Top Stories
Friday, July 15th, 2011
Following the degenerating security situation in Borno state as a result of the activities of Boko Haram, Lagos, Ekiti , Edo and Delta state governments yesterday commenced the evacuation of their indigenes from the University of Maiduguri (UNIMAID). No fewer than 14 of the 200 Lagos students from Lagos state arrived the General Aviation Terminal […]
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Boko Haram, Headlines
Friday, July 15th, 2011
The Federal Government has been commended for adopting a holistic, mature and well informed approach to the Boko Haram saga. The Muslim Rights Concern (MURIC), in a statement signed by its director, Dr Is-haq Akintola, in Ibadan, on Wednesday, described the decision of the government’s readiness to dialogue with the group as a welcome development. […]
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Armed Forces, Boko Haram, Latest Politics
Friday, July 15th, 2011
Chairman of the Adamawa State chapter of the All Nigeria Peoples Party (ANPP) and a member of the party’s national executive committee, Alhaji Umar Duhu has suggested a more broad approach in dealing with social and security problem posed by the activities of the Boko Haram sect. The politician said in an interview with newsmen […]
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Armed Forces, Boko Haram, National Politics
Friday, July 15th, 2011
The military Joint Task Force (JTF) established by the Federal Govern-ment to restore order to Borno State is now locked in a war of words with the Committee of Borno Elders and Leaders of Thought, accusing them of having sympathy for the sect, Boko Haram, which has been carrying out a bombing campaign in some […]
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Boko Haram, Headlines, National Politics
Thursday, July 14th, 2011
THE tension generated in the northern part of the country by the violent activities of Boko Haram continued yesterday to draw condemnation amid efforts by state governments to evacuate their indigenes from Borno State. Ekiti, Imo and Abia were among states that expressed their intentions to evacuate their indigenes in Borno yesterday while the Rivers […]
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Boko Haram, Borno, Headlines, State News
Thursday, July 14th, 2011
Former Borno State Governor, Alhaji Ali Modu Sheriff, has denied a claim credited to former Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) General Jeremiah Oseni (retd) that he was the brain behind the creation of the Islamic fundamentalist, Boko Haram. The group, he said, had been in existence before he got into office in 2003. […]
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Boko Haram, National Politics
Thursday, July 14th, 2011
From daring Boko Haram came a threat yesterday that the Islamic militants have listed the Presidential Villa, Abuja as target. Their spokesman, Mallam Abu Zaid, who spoke to journalists on phone in Maiduguri, Borno State yesterday, also called for the removal of troops of the Joint Task Force (JTF) troops from the state, maintaining that […]
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Boko Haram, Latest Politics, Top Stories
Thursday, July 14th, 2011
A Federal High Court sitting in Abuja, on Wednesday, arraigned four police officers alleged to have killed the Boko Haram leader, Mallam Mohammed, on July 30, 2009. The policemen, who were arraigned before Justice Donaltus Okorowo are ACP J.B Abang, ACP Akeera, CSP Mohammed Ahmadu and ACP Mada Buba. When the matter came up on […]
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Boko Haram, Headlines, Niger, State News
Tuesday, July 12th, 2011
Minna – TWENTY- four hours after the blast that claimed four lives and injured others at All Christian Fellowship Mission Church, Suleja, another blast exploded, yesterday, at Ecwa Church in Madalla town, near Suleja. The blast exploded at 8:30 p.m. on Monday, on the day the Acting Governor, Alhaji Ahmed Ibeto, led a government delegation […]
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Boko Haram, Borno, Latest Politics, State News
Tuesday, July 12th, 2011
Reacting, the JTF described the claim by the Borno elders as baseless and uncalled for at a moment the state was facing security challenges. Meanwhile, the Federal Government is worried over the decision of some citizens to take up arms against the state, even as it disclosed that insecurities in the country was its greatest […]
