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Boko Haram, Latest Politics, Raw Politics, Religion, Sultan of Sokoto
Monday, July 7th, 2014
SOME Islamic elite have written to the Sultan of Sokoto, Alhaji Sa’ad Abubakar III, asking him to lead the dialogue with members of the terrorist Islamic sect, Boko Haram. The elite, writing under the aegis of Concerned Muslim Professionals, told the Sultan, who is also the President-General of the Nigerian Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs, […]
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Boko Haram, Headlines
Monday, July 7th, 2014
Sixty-three women abducted by the Boko Haram Islamic sect from Kummabza village in the Damboa Local Government Area of Borno State two weeks ago have escaped from their kidnappers, security sources said on Sunday. The women, the security sources said, had reunited with their families. Some witnesses said that their unexpected freedom was facilitated when […]
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American Politics, Armed Forces, Boko Haram, Latest Politics
Wednesday, July 2nd, 2014
Shekau and Obama When Washington imposed sanctions in June 2012 on Boko Haram leader Abubakar Shekau, he dismissed it as an empty gesture. Two years later, Shekau’s skepticism appears well founded: his Islamic militant group is now the biggest security threat to Africa’s top oil producer, is richer than ever, more violent and its abductions […]
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Boko Haram, Headlines
Monday, June 30th, 2014
The atrocious activities of of Boko Haram have been tolerated for too long by all Nigerians. There is no way the terrorist sect’s devious atrocities could continue like this, without the active connivance of some prominent elders and leaders in that region. However, it remains an indubitable fact that every patriotic Nigerian must be involved […]
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Boko Haram, Borno, Latest Politics, State News
Monday, June 30th, 2014
Insurgents on Sunday launched attacks on three villages near Chibok in Borno State, setting ablaze five churches and killing no fewer than 48. In the offensive, which was said to have lasted for about four hours, the terrorists attacked churches during Sunday worship, shot at worshippers and set the church buildings ablaze. A resident said, […]
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Abuja (FCT), Boko Haram, Latest Politics, State News
Thursday, June 26th, 2014
SAM EYOBOKA, OKEY NDIRIBE, BEN AGANDE, FAVOUR NNABUGWU, IKECHUKWU NNOCHIRI, VICTORIA OJEME LAIDE AKINBOADE GABRIEL EWEPU, FUNMI OLASUPO ABUJA—As outrage from within and outside Nigeria continues to trail last Wednesday’s bomb blast in Abuja, which claimed 22 lives and left 50 others injured, some of the survivors have narrated their close shave with death. The […]
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Boko Haram, Borno, Headlines, State News
Thursday, June 26th, 2014
By NDAHI MARAMA MAIDUGURI-Some members of the Islamist sect, Boko Haram, arrested yesterday at Mairi ward behind University of Maiduguri by members of the Civilian JTF vigilante group, have confessed that most of them are fleeing the Sambisa Forest to areas across Borno State owing to what they believe is spiritual attacks from mysterious snakes […]
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Boko Haram, Kebbi, Latest Politics, State News
Wednesday, June 25th, 2014
-Punch *Chibok: ‘Asari’s statement puts govt in bad light’ Alhaji Adamu Aliero is a former governor of Kebbi State. He was also a Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) and a senator. He is currently a delegate to the National Conference in Abuja. In this interview, he speaks on the state of the nation, […]
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Boko Haram, Latest Politics
Wednesday, June 25th, 2014
Former Minister of External Affairs, Prof. Bolaji Akinyemi A member of the Presidential Committee on the abducted Chibok schoolgirls, Prof. Bolaji Akinyemi, on Tuesday narrated how members of the committee were attacked by Boko Haram members in Bama, Borno State. Akinyemi, who is also the deputy chairman of the National Conference, disclosed this while […]
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Boko Haram, Borno, Headlines, State News
Wednesday, June 25th, 2014
The militant Islamist sect, Boko Haram, gives out abducted young girls and women to its members as wives, the 2014 Trafficking in Persons Report, has stated. It said that through forced marriages, the women and girls are subjected to sex slavery, domestic servitude and forced labour. The report, which covered 2013, noted that the sect […]
