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Boko Haram, Headlines, Nigerian Police
Monday, February 6th, 2012
Cadet officers comprising Inspectors and Assistant Superintendents who reported for training early last month at the Police Academy [POLAC] in Wudil, near Kano, have been thrown into panic as a result of intelligence reports which indicated plans by members of Boko Haram, to attack the institution. Also penciled down for attack by the sect is […]
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Boko Haram, National Politics, Religion, Top Stories
Sunday, February 5th, 2012
By Sam Eyoboka and Olayinka Latona IN a rare display of anger, General Overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of God, RCCG, Pastor Enoch Adejare Adeboye, on Friday night, adopted a spiritual way out of Nigeria’s current security challenges, urging the mammoth crowd of worshipers, who attended the February Holy Ghost Service, to pray to […]
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Boko Haram, Latest Politics
Sunday, February 5th, 2012
British security agencies are investigating Nigerians living in the United Kingdom for possible links with fundamentalist Islamic sect, Boko Haram. SUNDAY PUNCH learnt last week that the investigators were seeking to determine if the sect had sleeper cells or members that could launch attacks on the UK, particularly, during the forthcoming Olympic Games […]
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Boko Haram, Latest Politics
Sunday, February 5th, 2012
The former military governor of Kaduna State and Chairman of the Movement for Unity and Progress, Colonel Abubakar Umar (retd) on Saturday faulted the calls by southern leaders on their kinsmen resident in the North to leave the region due to the incessant attacks on them by the militant Islamic sect, the Boko […]
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Boko Haram, Latest Politics
Friday, February 3rd, 2012
Boko Haram is furious that the Federal Government tricked the Islamist sect for talks in Kaduna and in the process, arrested a kingpin, Abu Dardaa, who had been flown to Abuja for questioning. The papers had reported that Abu Qaqa was arrested. But clarifying the identity of the suspect Thursday, the group said Dardaa and […]
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Boko Haram, General Politics, Top Stories
Thursday, February 2nd, 2012
The violent Islamic sect, Boko Haram, has denied reports that his spokesman Abu Qada, has been arrested by the State Security Service. The denial came even as the confusion set off by initial reports of Qada’s arrest on Tuesday deepened. Qaqa, known for granting interviews and issuing statements on behalf of the group, was reportedly […]
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Boko Haram, Headlines
Wednesday, February 1st, 2012
, Maiduguri Thursday, February 02, 2012 More Stories on This Section Security agencies have arrested a man believed to be a spokesman for Islamist sect, Boko Haram, which has claimed responsibility for scores of deadly attacks, security sources said Wednesday. The attacks claimed hundreds of lives and property with billions of Naira since its leaders, […]
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Armed Forces, Boko Haram, Borno, Headlines, State News
Wednesday, February 1st, 2012
Abuja — IN Continuation of its plan to Islamize Northern Nigeria, the Boko Haram Islamic Sect on Monday night invaded the Nigerian Air Force, NAF, barracks as well as a police station in Maiduguri, Borno State, killing five persons including a soldier, two policemen and two civilians. Also, two other civilians were reportedly injured, as […]
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Armed Forces, Boko Haram, Borno, Latest Politics, State News
Tuesday, January 31st, 2012
The Military-led Joint Task Force (JTF) in Borno has killed another Boko Haram sect member barely a week after it gunned down 11 suspected members of the sect during an attack in Maiduguri, the state capital. Daily Sun gathered that some sect members had attacked the task force outpost located around the London Chiki in […]
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Boko Haram, Latest Politics
Sunday, January 29th, 2012
(CNN) — Nigerian security forces killed 11 suspected Islamic militants Saturday in the northeastern city of Maiduguri. The militants belonging to Boko Haram died in a search operation, police said, a day after the group attacked a Mandawari police station in Kano province. Military forces have since cordoned off the area around the provincial capital […]
