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Boko Haram, Headlines
Saturday, November 26th, 2011
Most politicians have fled their party offices in Borno State following a threat by members of the Islamic sect, Boko Haram, to attack all political party offices from national to states levels in the country. Majority of the party offices in the state capital, Maiduguri, were deserted on Friday. Saturday Tribune correspondent, who went round the offices, […]
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Boko Haram, Latest Politics
Thursday, November 24th, 2011
Aspokesman for Boko Haram claimed yesterday that the group has links with Al-Qaeda, while also threatening to kill a Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) chieftain in Borno State as well as attack political party offices. “It is true we have links with Al-Qaeda,” the man identifying himself as Abul Qaqa told reporters in a phone conference […]
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Boko Haram, Latest Politics, Legislature, Senate
Tuesday, November 22nd, 2011
Less than 24 hours after Ali Sanda Umar Konduga implicated Senator Ali Ndume as one of the sponsors of the dreaded Boko Haram sect, Senate has distanced itself from his travails. Ndume represents Borno South Senatorial District and chairs the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) Committee. In his first term in the Senate after two terms […]
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Boko Haram, Borno, Latest Politics, State News
Tuesday, November 22nd, 2011
A member of the National Assembly, Sen. Ali Mohammed Ndume has pleaded not guilty of conspiracy to commit a felony. However, an Abuja Magistrate Court presided over by Mrs. Oyebode Oyewole has convicted the spokesman of Boko Haram sect, Ali Sanda Umar Konduga of conspiracy to commit a felony and breach of official trust contrary […]
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Boko Haram, Borno, National Politics, State News, Top Stories
Tuesday, November 22nd, 2011
A serving Nigerian senator, Ali Ndume has been arrested following confessions of a Boko Haram extremist currently in custody of the State Security Services (SSS). The Boko Haram suspect Ali Sanda Umar Konduga, confessed yesterday to agents that a certain serving Senator, ex-governor and some politicians in the North were sponsors of the radical Islamic […]
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Boko Haram, Latest Politics
Monday, November 21st, 2011
THE self-acclaimed chief spokesman of the dreaded Boko Haram sect, Ali Sanda Umar Konduga, popularly known in media circles as Usman Al-Zawahiri, has been nabbed by the Department of State Security Service (SSS), just as he opened up on those backing the sect. Fielding questions from newsmen at the SSS headquarters in Abuja, on Monday, […]
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Boko Haram, Latest Politics, Raw Politics, Women Politics
Monday, November 21st, 2011
Special Adviser to President Goodluck Jonathan on Ethics and Values, Mrs Sarah Jubril, has become a recurring decimal in national politics. In this interview with REMI ADEFULU, the presidential aide laments the insecurity in the country, especially the activities of the Boko Haram sect which is peopled by northern youths. She opined that most worrisome […]
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Boko Haram, INEC Politics, Latest Politics
Monday, November 21st, 2011
THE Federal High Court, Abuja Division was yesterday told how six persons suspected to be members of the Islamic sect Boko Haram allegedly procured 200 detonators and 55 yards of blasting cables with which they executed acts of terrorism against innocent persons between March 3 and July 20, 2011. Giving evidence in the trial of […]
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Boko Haram, Latest Politics
Thursday, November 17th, 2011
Anti-terrorism experts met yesterday under aegis of the Global Counterterrorism Forum to discuss ways of preventing the financing of armed militant groups, focussing on north Africa’s Sahel desert region. Intrestingly, Boko Haram, which has claimed responsibility for series of bombings in Nigeria was one of the groups discussed by the experts. Manuel Lopez Blanco, coordinator […]
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Africa & World Politics, Boko Haram, Latest Politics
Thursday, November 17th, 2011
ALGIERS (AFP) – Anti-terrorism experts met at an international security conference Thursday to discuss the financing of armed militant groups and to focus on north Africa’s Sahel desert region, officials said. Some 150 experts from about 30 countries were participating in the forum, which was being co-sponsored by Turkey and the United States. The closed […]
