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Boko Haram: We’ll carry arms, if… –MASSOB scribe

Posted by admin Biafra, Boko Haram, Headlines, Raw Politics, South-East Monday, December 8th, 2014

»National»Boko Haram: We’ll carry arms, if… –MASSOB scribe 0 By Our Reporter on December 9, 2014 National From OKEY SAMPSON, Aba Movement for the Actualization of the Sovereign State of Biafra (MASSOB) has said it will jettison its non-violent posture towards its struggle and carry arms if the Boko Haram insurgents threatening parts of […]

‘How American experts allowed growth of boko haram’

Posted by admin American Politics, Boko Haram, Headlines Saturday, December 6th, 2014

By Jean Herskovits GOVERNMENTS and newspapers around the world attributed the horrific Christmas Day bombings of churches in Nigeria to “Boko Haram” — a shadowy group that is routinely described as an extremist Islamist organization based in the northeast corner of Nigeria. Indeed, since the May inauguration of President Goodluck Jonathan, a Christian from the […]

10 soldiers die in battle as army repels Boko Haram from Ashaka town

Posted by admin Armed Forces, Boko Haram, Headlines Saturday, December 6th, 2014

Over 70 terrorists killed *Fashola commends armed forcesBy Kingsley Omonobi & Bashir AdefakaTHE Nigerian Military, yesterday, put up a brave fight against hundreds of Boko Haram terrorists who attacked the dynamite-manufacturing town of Ashaka in Gombe State.Their plan was to overrun the town. After several hours of fighting, the Nigerian Army lost 10 soldiers while […]

Boko Haram: Why the US is in Nigeria, by envoy

Posted by admin American Politics, Boko Haram, Latest Politics Saturday, December 6th, 2014

By Funmi Ajumobi To clear the bitterness against United States of America for not being able to help stop insurgency/ terrorism in Nigeria, Mrs Maria E. Brewer, Deputy Missioner, US. Embassy,Abuja, says his country has come to work with Nigeria and not for Nigeria.Brewer spoke while responding to audience question at the Hubert H.Humphrey 2014 […]

Nyanya bombing: Court asks Adoke to defend Terrorism Act

Posted by admin Boko Haram, Headlines Friday, December 5th, 2014

A Federal High Court in Abuja has asked the Attorney-General of the Federation, Mr. Mohammed Adoke, to appear in court to defend the constitutionality of Section 27 of the Terrorism Prevention Act 2013 by which a suspect can be kept in custody for more than 90 days. Justice Adeniyi Ademola gave the directive on […]

B’Haram invades Yobe capital, targets Govt House

Posted by admin Boko Haram, Headlines, State News, Yobe Monday, December 1st, 2014

MEMBERS of the violent Islamic sects, Boko Haram, on Monday attacked Maiduguri and Damaturu, the capital towns of troubled Borno and Yobe states, and killed several people. The insurgents also sacked police stations in the towns and shot at a Nigerian Air Force jet even as they attempted to take over the Government House in […]

Tough talk but no multi-national force yet to fight Boko Haram

Posted by admin Boko Haram, Latest Politics Thursday, November 27th, 2014

Nigeria and its neighbours vowed to have nearly 3,000 troops on the ground to combat Boko Haram by the start of this month but as the year-end approaches, a regional force has yet to be deployed.Soldiers were supposed to have been sent to the borders of Cameroon, Chad, Niger and Nigeria by November 1 and […]

Soldiers, hunters recapture Mubi

Posted by admin Adamawa, Armed Forces, Boko Haram, Headlines, State News Friday, November 14th, 2014

A combined team of local hunters, civilian JTF and the Nigerian soldiers on Wednesday night launched a fierce battle against Boko Haram insurgents and recaptured Mubi and its environ, which had earlier fell into the hands of the sect. Reports from Mubi also indicated that five Nigerian Armoured Personnel Carriers, seized by the dreaded Islamists […]

Senate grills Army chief over losses to B’Haram

Posted by admin Armed Forces, Boko Haram, Legislature, Senate Friday, November 14th, 2014

Members of the Senate Committee on Defence grilled the Chief of Army Staff, Maj. Gen. Kenneth Minimah, on Thursday over the increasing rate of insurgency in the North-East. Trouble started when the senators asked the Army chief to tell them the stage of the ongoing Boko Haram war but Minimah refused, insisting that he would […]

Army releases 125 Boko Haram suspects (So they will fight again)

Posted by admin Armed Forces, Boko Haram, Latest Politics Sunday, November 9th, 2014

The Nigerian Army, on Saturday, released 125 persons arrested for allegedly having links with the Islamic fundamentalist group, Boko Haram. This latest release followed an earlier release of 42 persons who were investigated and found to have no link with the fundamentalist group. The 42 persons were released on Thursday to Governor Kashim Shettima of […]