The State Security Service (SSS) has arrested a Boko Haram member, Hassan Pagi Bukar, at the residence of a former member of the House of Representatives, Hon. Tijani Umara Kumalia. Bukar is suspected of visiting Abuja to wreak some havoc. The ex-lawmaker was interrogated by the SSS on Friday. He denied having any link with […]
FORMER President Olusegun Obasanjo, yesterday, said more could be done to reach out to the militant Islamist group Boko Haram to find out what leads it to carry out acts of violence. Obasanjo who spoke in an interview with CNN, suggested the current government should adopt a dual-track approach rather than just cracking down on […]
FORMER President Olusegun Obasanjo on Tuesday said the President Goodluck Jonathan administration had not been reaching out enough to the violent Islamic sect, Boko Haram, and canvassed what he described as a “carrot-and-stick” strategy to address the sect’s menace. Obasanjo told the CNN in an interview that Jonathan had been applying less of dialogue and […]
From TIMOTHY OLA, Maiduguri Seven people including a soldier, a policeman and five others died yesterday in a fresh attack on a military formation in Borno by gunmen suspected to be Boko Haram. According to sources, the gunmen had launched the attack on the 21 Brigade troops’ located at Marte, Marte Local Government Area in […]
The Nigerian Army says Soldiers on Thursday killed five suspected Boko Haram fighters in a raid at a bomb making factory in Kaduna, north-central Nigeria. Army spokesman in Kaduna Col. Sani Kukasheka Usman said Boko Haram fighters opened fire at the soldiers while they were approaching the illicit bomb factory. “On approaching the factory, some […]
POPE Benedict XVI on Tuesday called for an end to “savage acts of terrorism” in Nigeria and the slaughter of the “defenceless” in Syria. Delivering the Vatican traditional Christmas Day message from the central balcony of St. Peter’s Basilica, the pontiff also called for the return of peace to Mali. Delivering Christmas greetings in 65 […]
NO fewer than 12 worshippers were killed in Potiskum, Yobe State and Maiduguri, the Borno State capital, on Monday when gunmen suspected to be members of Islamic sect, Boko Haram, attacked two churches in the Northern Nigeria towns, police said. CNN quoted the police to have said one assault occurred at the Church of Christ […]
BARELY 24 hours and few days to the Christmas and New Year celebrations, the Federal Government has uncovered secret plots by the Islamic extremist group popularly known as Boko Haram to unleash mayhem in some parts of the country and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Abuja. A highly-placed security source who disclosed this to Nigerian […]
The Joint Task Force on Saturday said two suicide bombers died in coordinated attacks on MTN and Airtel offices. An online news portal, Premium Times, reports that the two attacks occurred within five minutes indicating a coordinated effort. JTF spokesman, Ikedichi Iweha, confirmed the death of the bombers to journalists in Kano on Saturday. Iweha […]
By Ikechukwu Nnochiri, Abuja Justice Gabriel Kolawole of the Federal High Court sitting in Abuja, yesterday, admitted fresh sets of evidence, showing that Senator Mohammed Ali Ndume, allegedly made seventy-three contacts with the Boko Haram Islamic sect. Senator Ali Ndume at the High Court Abuja. The evidence was tendered before the court by a forensic […]
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