ANOTHER breakthrough was recorded by the Kano State police command, on Monday, when a member of the Boko Haram sect, Augustine Effiong (a.k.a Abubakar Garba), 25, an indigene of Akwa Ibom State, was arrested in connection with the recent attack in Bayero University, Kano (BUK), where no fewer than 30 Christians were killed during a […]
Twenty American scholars with a special interest in Nigeria and broad expertise on African politics have warned the United States government not brand Nigeria’s violent Islamic sect Boko Haram a Foreign Terrorist Organisation, (FTO). The scholars who are drawn from various universities across United States, in a letter to Hillary Clinton, US Secretary of state […]
By Sunny Chris Okenwa | Abidjan, Ivory Coast | May 21, 2012 – Boko Haram, ‘Western Education Is Forbidden’, is waging a bloody campaign of bombs in Nigeria. Thus far and still counting the islamic extremist sect whose main goal reportedly is to ‘islamise’ the federation has succeeded in killing thousands and destroying properties worth […]
By Luka Binniyat KADUNA – Governor Gabriel Suswam of Benue weekend expressed the frustration of Northern Governors over their inability to halt the violence perpetrated by the Islamic militant group, Boko Haram, saying they have found it difficult to initiate a meeting with the group because it hides its identity and the governors do not […]
* All options are open – VP Sambo By Kingsley Omonobi “Drop your arms and embrace dialogue”. With these words, the Federal Government restated its willingness to engage in talks with the Islamist group, Boko Haram, to end the spate of bombings, gun attacks and killings in some parts of the North. The vice president, […]
Hauwa responding to questions from journalists As JTF uncovers sect’s enclave in Jos • Five other suspected bombers’ wives held • Accept negotiation offer, Sambo tells sect A suspected Boko Haram enclave came down in rubbles yesterday in Jos. Its last occupants included Hauwa Mohammed, said to be the widow of the suspected ThisDay suicide […]
Nigeria and the United States of America (USA) are set for high-level talks in Washington next month with the issue of Boko Haram likely to top the agenda. The US Justice Department is already pressing the State Department to designate the Islamist sect as a “foreign terrorist organisation,” according to a document obtained by Reuters. […]
Army Trains Another Batch of Anti-Terrorist Squard To Combat Insecurity • US Mulls Designating Sect As International Terror Group THE Primate Anglican Communion, Most Rev. Nicholas Okoh, has expressed fear that the Islamic Terrorist group, Boko Haram plans to destroy Nigeria, if given the chance. While charging Christians to intensify prayer against the sect carrying […]
THE Federal Government has struck military deal with no fewer than 17 countries, in its bid to contain the menace of terrorism occasioned by the activities of the Boko Haram sect This was disclosed in Abuja, on Thursday, by the Minister of Defence, Dr Bello Haliru Mohammed, while speaking at the ongoing ministerial platform organised […]
May 16, 2012 by Adelani Adepegba, Abuja 20 Comments KADUNA State Police Command has arrested five suspects in connection with the bombing of the Kaduna offices of ThisDay and Sun newspapers. Commissioner of Police, Kaduna State, Mohammed Abubakar, told our correspondent on the telephone on Tuesday that the suspects had been transferred to Abuja for […]
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