Wanted Boko Haram Commander killed By Ndahi Marama MAIDUGURI—The Joint Task Force, Department of State Security and the Nigeria Police Force Dog section, in a combined special operation yesterday, in Maiduguri, killed a top commander of the Boko Haram, Abdulkareem Ibrahim and two of his sub commanders. Abdulkareem Ibrahim was top on the wanted list […]
KANO – Suspected members of the Islamist extremist group Boko Haram set fire to churches and border posts in northeastern Nigeria on Sunday, residents said, but it was not immediately known if there were casualties. Around 50 gunmen in cars and on motorcycles carried out the attacks on three churches and border posts with neighbouring […]
Barely four days after a deadly attack on the Special Anti-Robbery Squad(SARS) office in Abuja, soldiers yesterday stormed suspected “cells” and hideouts of suspected members of Boko Haram in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT). Some of the suspected cells and shanties were burnt in Apo and Guzape districts. Also, security agencies have arrested more than […]
From Geoffrey Anyanwu, Awka Following the unabated attacks on churches by Boko Haram, the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) yesterday said it was considering approaching the International Criminal Court (ICC) to press charges against the Islamist sect for crimes committed against Christians. Disclosing CAN’s plan at the opening of its National Executive Council (NEC) meeting […]
Nigeria’s Senate President David Mark has blasted members of the Boko Haram group over the bombings of Jaji Military cantonment which killed about eleven people. The senate president in a statement said “this is a challenge to all, irrespective of religious, ethnic or political leanings. It’s about the survival of Nigeria.” On his own part, […]
Gunmen believed to be members of the deadly Islamic Boko Haram insurgents have attacked the Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS) headquarters in Abuja in a bid to free their members detained in the building. Reports say two policemen were killed in the gun battle and some detainees were freed. The Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS) headquarters in […]
• 30 others injured, vehicles destroyed IT was presumed an unlikely victim of bombing. It was supposed to be a security hub that is immune to the recurrent violence outside it. Yet suicide bombers Sunday penetrated the Armed Forces Command and Staff College (AFCSC), Jaji in Kaduna and attacked the St. Andrews Military Protestant Church. […]
Alhaji Mu’azu Babangida AliyuArmed Forces Command And Staff CollegeChannels TVGovernor Of Niger StateKaduna StateNorthern States Governors ForumNSGF The Northern States Governors Forum (NSGF) has described the bomb attacks on the Saint Andrews Protestant Church, in a military barracks of the Armed Forces Command and Staff College, in Jaji, Kaduna state, as “cruel and wicked.” The […]
(Reuters) – A car bomb was detonated at a church inside military barracks in Jaji in Nigeria’s Kaduna state on Sunday, two military sources said. “A car drove into the church premises … then detonated the bomb,” one of the military officers told Reuters, asking not to be named. The National Emergency Agency confirmed there […]
PREV1 of 2NEXT • Borno, Yobe Govs Keep Mum; Residents Applaud JTF • Action Reckless, Say Junaid Mohammed, Activists NORTHERN elders, under the aegis of the Arewa Consultative Forum (ACF), Saturday, said they welcome the decision of the Federal Government to place monetary ransom on leaders and commanders of the militant Boko Haram sect. The […]
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