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Boko Haram: Many students killed as gunmen attack college dormitory in Yobe

Many students are feared dead after suspected Islamist gunmen struck a college in north-eastern Nigeria. The students were shot dead as they slept in their dormitory at the College of…

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Independence Day: FG beefs up security nationwide

by Tutu Akinlabi Security across the federation has been beefed up in preparation for Independence day celebrations which will take place on Tuesday, the 1st of October. This move comes…

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Boko Haram: 18 people dead following attacks in Borno and Kaduna

by 'Jola Sotubo Not less than eighteen persons have been reported dead in Borno and Kaduna states following alleged attacks by the terrorist sect, Boko Haram. Seven of the victims…

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Temie Giwa: Extra-judicial killings in Nigeria – Show me your particulars (Y! FrontPage)

by Temie Giwa Here is the remarkable fact, they are killing us. All of us. They kill us in our cars, at our shops, in our homes sometimes just negligently…

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Vera Ezimora: Kenya attack – Why are we crying more than the Kenyans?

by Vera Ezimora Ehm, wasn’t it just a couple days before the violence in Kenya that almost 150 people were slaughtered on the highway in Borno State? Wasn’t it done…

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Kenya mall attack: US report links Boko Haram to Islamic militant group, Al- Shabaab

A report by a committee of the United States House of Representatives has linked the fundamentalist Islamist sect, Boko Haram, to al Shabaab, the terror group that carried out…

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Apo killing: “They were terrorists, not squatters” – Army Chief insists

by 'Jola Sotubo Despite reports saying that the 9 squatters killed in Abuja were innocent citizens, the army has insisted that they were terrorists. This was revealed by the Chief…

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Olusegun Adeniyi: Ex-AGF Aondoakaa’s connection in James Ibori’s corruption saga (Part 2)

by Olusegun Adeniyi As the man at whose desk the buck stopped, he (Yar'Adua) must accept responsibility—and Nigerians indeed hold him accountable—for everything that happened on his watch. When the…

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Olusegun Adeniyi: Ex-AGF Aondoakaa’s connection in James Ibori’s corruption saga (Part 1)

by Olusegun Adeniyi I watched Ogar’s press conference and noticed how she was hesitant, tentative and edgy about the arms cache that were purportedly (her exact word) buried in the…

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REVEALED: OBJ’s sister reportedly owns Abuja building where squatters were killed

The unfinished building where security forces killed at least seven squatters Friday, September 20, in the Apo neighbourhood of Abuja, belongs to Mrs. Adunni Oluwole Salisu, believed to be the…

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Akin Adesokan: Is Boko Haram now an excuse to murder innocent Nigerians?

by Akin Adesokan Knowing the Nigeria state and its way with nebulous categories and phrases, might the now-standard phrase “suspected Boko Haram members” used by the JTF and parroted by…

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Terrorism: 3 policemen killed by suspected Boko Haram gunmen in Kano

by Adeola Balogun The death toll of lives lost to Boko Haram was again increased yesterday as suspected members of the sect reportedly shot dead three policemen in Kano. The…

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Terrorism: 20 people die in fresh Boko Haram attack in Borno

by 'Jola Sotubo Fresh deaths of not less than 20 people have been recorded in Borno State after a fresh attack by Boko Haram insurgents. The attack occurred on Thursday…

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“We are not Boko Haram” – Survivors of Abuja killings (PHOTOS)

There has been a twist in the claims by Nigeria’s intelligence agency, the SSS that its men engaged in a shootout with armed Boko Haram elements early Friday, in Abuja,…

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Terrorism: Soldiers kill 9 Boko Haram suspects in Yobe gunfight

by Adeola Balogun The number of Boko Haram insurgents in the country has been further reduced as the Nigerian Army yesterday said that it had taken down nine suspected members…

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Not again: Gunmen kill scores in Yobe

Iby Oge Okonkwo According to reports, armed men suspected to be members of Islamist sect , Boko Haram , on Wednesday night, allegedly attacked Buni Yadi, the headquarters of Gujba…

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Militants set up road blocks, kill motorists in fresh Boko Haram attack

by Oge Okonkwo One of the burnt school buildings in Maiduguri Suspected Islamist rebels dressed in military uniforms set up check points in an attack in Borno state, killing an…

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Boko Haram: 16 soldiers killed, many others missing in deadly ambush in Borno

Army authorities disclosed, yesterday, that 15 soldiers and a lieutenant have been killed by Boko Haram terrorists along the Baga-Maiduguri Road in Borno State, while 150 sect members were killed…

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Boko Haram: Schools in Yobe reopen 2 months after gov’t seal off

by Adeola Balogun Normal academic activities resumed in Yobe State schools yesterday, more than 2 months after they were compulsorily shut down due to the activities of Boko Haram insurgents…

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Terrorism: JTF kills 6, arrests 11 Boko Haram suspects

by Adeola Balogun The war against the Boko haram insurgency is gradually being won as the Joint Task Force yesterday took down some more members of the dreaded sect. At…

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Youth protest in Borno as policeman fatally shoots ‘civilian JTF’ member, governor’s convoy stopped

There was pandemonium in Maiduguri yesterday as youths took to the streets to protest the alleged killing of a member of the Civilian JTF by a trigger happy policeman. The…

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Terrorism: Boko Haram kills 3 people, demand N1m from Borno traders

Following the dislodgement of Boko Haram camps in some parts of Borno State by troops which had forced many of the terrorists to scavenge for food from villagers, the terrorists…

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Opinion: Winning the war against insurgency

by Ola Lookman Therefore, the recent attack on a Mosque in Konduga in Borno State further reveals to Nigerians that the Boko Haram group is never an organisation whose interest…

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JTF takes down 10 Boko Haram members in Borno state

by Oge Okonkwo The Joint Task Force (JTF) says it has gunned down 10 members of the Boko Haram sect in Borno state, Nigeria. According to the JTF spokesman in…

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Ife Adebayo: Security in Nigeria – Of powerless guns and gated communities (Y! Politico)

by Ife Adebayo In spite of the increase in guns, gated communities... insecurity continues to increase. This is because the solution to insecurity is not guns, nor is it gated…

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“We will not give up”: ‘Civilian JTF’ vows to continue engaging Boko Haram after losing 37 men in attack

by Adeola Balogun In a show of resilience despite the massive loss of life that has befallen the group, the vigilante group tagged "civilian JTF" has stated that it is…

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Terrorism: NAF invents bomb detecting robot to fight Boko Haram (WATCH)

by 'Jola Sotubo In an effort to combat the terrorism menace currently plaguing the country, the Nigerian Air Force has invented a bomb detecting robot. The robot, which has fully…

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Opinion: Comrade Shehu Sani has betrayed our confidence over Boko Haram

by Ola Lookman Comrade Shehu Sani has indeed sank all time low in his recent outing. This is unexpected of a man who had sacrificed his comfort, joy, pleasure and…

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Boko Haram: Military intensify search for remnants of sect members

by Oge Okonkwo The military has embarked on a search for remnants the Boko Haram sect, following the strategic ambush of innocent citizens in villages in the North by the…

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Emotions swell as 12 widows of slain soldiers get N1million compensation each

by 'Jola Sotubo It was an emotional time yesterday for the widows and children of some soldiers killed in Maiduguri, Borno State, last month. The families of the deceased received…

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