The suspended Commissioner of Police, Zakari Biu, who is facing disciplinary action over the escape of a high profile Boko Haram suspect, on Tuesday appeared before the Senate Committee on Police Affairs. Biu was taken before the committee where he was asked some questions by the senators about the circumstances surrounding the escape […]
8, 2012 BY SEGUN OLATUNJI AND FIDELIS SORIWEI 8 COMMENTS Suspected members of the violent Islamic sect, Boko Haram, early Tuesday launched daring attacks at military formations, including the headquarters of 1 Division of the Nigerian Army, in Kaduna. While the explosion at the 1 Division went off at about 8.45 am, another explosion was heard 15 […]
Ribadu In a political script of life imitating art imitating life, Mr. Nuhu Ribadu, the pioneer chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has been named at the head of a Petroleum Revenue Special Task Force set up by the Minister of Petroleum Resources, Mrs. Dieziani Alison-Madueke. A government statement today said that […]
February 6, 2012 by Olusola Fabiyi 105 Comments February 6, 2012 by Olusola Fabiyi A former Inspector-General of Police, Mr. Mike Okiro, has said Nigerians have lost confidence in the Police. Okiro said the bombing of the Force Headquarters and several other police stations across the country had also proved that men of the Force […]
February 6, 2012 by Ademola Oni Pastor Tunde Bakare | credits: File copy The Save Nigeria Group has said it is concluding plans to begin a nationwide protest against corruption and official graft in the country. The Convener of the group, Pastor Tunde Bakare, who said this in Lagos during the Sunday service at the […]
Shake Up Entire Security System, Not Just IGP — ACF • Only Govt Can Initiate Dialogue With Boko Haram — Mohammed • Time To consider State Police Option — Shinkafi • To Preserve Unity, Sect Must Be Stopped Decisively — Umar WHILE the cloud is still not clear on where and how the Federal Government […]
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 […]
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 […]
Friday February 03, 2012 •Uwazurike The burial of the 12 Adazi-Nnukwu citizens killed in Mubi Adamawa State yesterday threw up another round of calls for Ndigbo to stand up and take their destiny in their hands. Leader of the Movement for the Actualization of the Sovereign State of Biafra (MASSOB), Chief Ra;ph Uwazuruike who was […]
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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