A suspected bomb believed to have been planted at the divisional police headquarters in Dutsinma, home town of Katsina State Governor, Ibrahim Shema, by Islamic millitants Boko Haram, has caused severe panic in the town the entire state. The said attempt to blow up the police station came in the wake of penultimate Monday’s explosion […]
The Chief of Army Staff, Lieutenant-General Onyeabor Azubuike Ihejirika, yesterday, said intelligence and patriotism on the part of religious leaders and the generality of Nigerians, remained the only solution to the security threat posed by members of the Boko Haram sect terrorising the country. Ihejirika, who spoke at a press briefing to mark the 2011 […]
By Paul Ohia in Lagos, Michael Olugbode in Maiduguri, Senator Iroegbu in Abuja and Wole Ayodele in Jalingo The Nigerian Army has said the tactics employed by the Islamic fundamentalist sect, Boko Haram, in its operation is strange to it, but assured Nigerians that it is equal to the threat, adding that it will soon […]
THE Nigerian Army has assured Nigerians that it is equal to the task of bringing the menace of Boko Haram to an end and vowed that operations towards that end will commence very soon. The Chief of Army Staff, Lieutenant-General Azubuike Ihejirika, who stated this in Abuja on Monday while answering questions from newsmen, after […]
It was another day of tragedy yesterday as members of the Boko Haram sect stormed a drinking joint in the Maiduguri metropolis killing no fewer than 30 people even as fears heightened in Bauchi over rumour of fresh attack. A source told Daily Sun that the members numbering about 10 had arrived at a popular […]
The Election Petitions Tribunal for the April National Assembly election in Borno State has adjourned its sitting indefinitely following the worsening security situation in the state. The tribunal, which ought to begin the hearing of petitions filed before it this week suddenly resolved to adjourn indefinitely. Counsel to the parties in the petitions had waited […]
By Leonard Karshima Shilgba, PhD, Yola, Nigeria – June 22, 2011 – A terrorist group in Nigeria, Boko Haram has been engaging in a bombing campaign against the Nigerian state, bombing whatever and whoever they can. The height of this engagement was the bombing of the Nigerian police headquarters at the country’s capital city of […]
The inspector- general of police (IGP), Hafiz Ringim, yesterday denied meeting with the suspected member of Boko Haram who bombed the Force Headquarters, even as a review of the force’s mode of operation commences. The review comes as pressure continues to mount on the IGP, following failure of the police to curb the menace of […]
THERE are clear indications that the Inspector General of Police, Hafiz Ringim, may effect a mass transfer of officers from Force Headquarters to police zones and state commands. This follows last Thursday’s bomb blast, which killed about eight people and destroyed over 70 cars, at the Force Headquarters. The wreckage of the cars is now […]
In order not to be caught unawares the second time, government at different levels and sensitive agencies of the Federal Government have mapped out new strategies aimed at curbing the Boko Haram insurgence. The security alert, which was sequel to last week’s bombing of the Force Headquarter, Abuja, was a fallout of a meeting between […]
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