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Arewa House, Boko Haram, Latest Politics
Tuesday, December 27th, 2011
Arewa Consultative Forum (ACF), the umbrella body of the Northern Nigeria socio-cultural groups, has condemned the Christmas day multiple bombings that killed and injured several people noting that the attacks are “capable of diverting attention to religious crises that would serve no one.” The group’s position was contained in a statement issued in Kaduna by […]
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Boko Haram, Kwara, Latest Politics, State News
Tuesday, December 27th, 2011
ERSTWHILE Governor of Kwara State Bukola Saraki has condemned the Christmas day bomb-blasts at the St. Theresa Catholic Church, Madalla, near Suleja, Niger State. Also, The Muslim Congress (TMC) has condemned the spate of bombings in parts of the country on Christmas day. The Islamic organisation made the condemnation in a statement by its President, Ustadh Luqman AbdurRaheem, […]
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Africa & World Politics, Boko Haram, Latest Politics
Tuesday, December 27th, 2011
WHEN will Nigeria wriggle out of the spell of bloodshed into which deeper and deeper it has plunged, is a question underlying local and international concern about the senseless waste of lives and property in the country. The high level of insecurity has sparked off fear reinforced by the seeming futility of government’s strategies to […]
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Boko Haram, Raw Politics, Top Stories
Monday, December 26th, 2011
“Many families have gone, many families have gone. They came to worship their God, but all of them killed”. This was how Rev. Fr Isaac Achii, the Parish Priest of St Theresa’s Catholic Church, Madalla, near Suleja, Niger State, captured the bomb explosions that rocked the church on Christmas Day. Not less than five explosions […]
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Armed Forces, Boko Haram, Latest Politics
Saturday, December 24th, 2011
THE Chief of Army Staff, Lt-Gen O. A. Ihejirika, on Friday gave details of the exchange of fire between soldiers and members of the violent Islamic sect, Boko Haram, saying the army killed about 50 members of the sect while three soldiers died in the exchange of gun fire. The police authorities also confirmed that Boko Haram […]
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Boko Haram, Latest Politics
Saturday, December 24th, 2011
From ABU ONYELEBOCHO, Damaturu, TIMOTHY OLA, Maiduguri and DESMOND MGBOH, Kano Saturday December 24, 2011 Photo: Sun News Publishing More Stories on This Section Ahead of Christmas tomorrow, the gun battle between security operatives and members of the Boko Haram sect yesterday took devastating dimension in Damaturu, Yobe State, with the killing of no fewer […]
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Armed Forces, Boko Haram, Latest Politics
Thursday, December 22nd, 2011
Chief of Army Staff, Lt. Gen. Azubuike Ihejirika The Nigerian Army has established a special squad to combat the menace of Boko Haram. The Chief of Army Staff, Lt. Gen. Azubuike Ihejirika, who spoke at a two-day security awareness workshop organised by the Nigerian army on Wednesday, said the suicide attacks […]
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Boko Haram, Latest Politics, Legislature, Senate
Tuesday, December 20th, 2011
Again, an explosion rocked Kaduna on Monday, destroying about seven houses, including one used as a factory to assemble explosive devices at the Mando village, near the National Eye Hospital, Kaduna. Suspected members of the Boko Haram sect were reported to have escaped death in the explosion, just as the police announced the discovery of a […]
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Boko Haram, Latest Politics
Monday, December 19th, 2011
The Boko Haram sect has , yesterday , confirmed that three of its members were killed by their own bombs in Saturday’s explosion in Shuwari, Maiduguri. Spokesman of the group, Mallam Abul Qaqa, made the confirmation in a telephone conference with newsmen in Maiduguri “We have hundreds of members that are willing to sacrifice their […]
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Boko Haram, Latest Politics, Nigerian Police
Sunday, December 18th, 2011
Four suspected members of Boko Haram were killed in Kano State in bloody shootouts between the members of the sect and the police, while a total of 14 members arrested. The sect killed four Police officers, while one officer was injured in the bloody operations that rocked the state in the past few days. Police […]
