By Kingsley Omonobi, Umar Yusuf, Caleb Ayansina Yola— Anxiety, panic gripped residents of Mubi, the commercial nerve centre of Adamawa State, yesterday, as news spread that Boko Haram insurgents were closing in on the town. This came as the military vowed that the onslaught to checkmate activities of the terrorists will not stop until they […]
The leader of the Nigerian Islamist extremist group Boko Haram, Abubakar Shekau Leader Abubakar Shekau has announced a caliphate in areas Boko Haram controls Nigeria’s militant Islamist group Boko Haram has captured the key north-eastern town of Michika, residents say, gaining more territory in its efforts to create an Islamic state. People fled into bushes […]
By Arnold A. Alalibo | NNP | Sept. 5, 2014 – In an attempt to reinvigorate the ongoing war against insurgency in the country, President Goodluck Jonathan recently requested the National Assembly to quickly approve a $1 billion external loan to strengthen our security agencies in the battle against insurgents. The president said the loan […]
By Ndahi Marama MAIDUGURI—Governor Kashim Shettima of Borno State who has been on foreign trip since last week was forced to cut off his trip and return to Maiduguri following the recent Boko Haram attacks on Bama town. Governor Shettima who arrived Maiduguri, yesterday, through a chartered flight along with his entourage went straight to […]
• More troops coming from govt, says Shettima • Ezekwesili, others want Nigerians to remember Chibok girls NORTHERN leaders Thursday rallied support for President Goodluck Jonathan over the Federal Government’s campaign against insurgents. The leaders, who spoke under the aegis of the Northern Elders Council (NEC), urged Nigerians to support the government to overcome […]
Christian Okeke -Abuja Thursday, September 4, 2014 advertisement THE Government, on Wednesday, warned that the Boko Haram sect must not be allowed to establish fresh links with the self-styled Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS). This was as it called the parties involved in combating terrorism to continue […]
Nigeria’s militant Islamist group Boko Haram has captured the town of Banki, which borders Cameroon, after government troops fled, residents say. The military has not yet commented on the latest town to reportedly fall to the insurgents in recent weeks. Fears have been raised that their main target is Maiduguri, the capital of north-eastern Borno […]
Boko Haram insurgents have captured another territory in Yobe State on Wednesday after engaging in a fierce battle over Bama, a town not far from Maiduguri in Borno State. Reuters reported that the newly captured town was taken over by the Islamist fighters without any resistance, with witnesses saying that the town has no Nigerian […]
BY NDAHI MARAMA MAIDUGURI – No fewer than 45 suspected members of Boko Haram sect have been killed in an encounter with military troops when the terrorists attempted to invade and take over Bama Local Government Area of Borno State. Over 30 of the insurgents were also injured in the fierce battle with security operatives that lasted […]
The police college overrun by Boko Haram sect over a week ago has been converted into the base of the terrorist group, according to the Director, Catholic Social Communications, Maiduguri Diocese of the Catholic Church, Gideon Obasogie, who narrated the account of a survivor to Saturday PUNCH on Friday. The clergyman in both telephone chat […]
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