Xmas: FG uncovers plot to attack 10 states, recalls SSS officers on leave

Barely 24 hours and few days to the Christmas and New Year celebrations, the Federal Government has uncovered secret plots by the Islamic extremist group popularly known as Boko Haram to unleash mayhem in some parts of the country and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Abuja. A highly-placed security source who disclosed this to Nigerian... Read More

Abuja, boko haram, FG, frsc, nigeria, security, sss

December 22, 2012

Breaking News: 4 feared dead as suicide bombers attack telecoms facilities in Kano

The commercial city of Kano was Saturday morning enmeshed in coordinated attacks as suicide bombers hit the city, targeting telecom facilities. Vanguard gathered that barely an hour after a suicide bomber struck at Airtel office in Kano, telecom service provider MTN lost its interswitch office to another suicide bombing. The Inter switch office located along Independent way,... Read More

boko haram, kano, suicide bombing, Telecoms facilities

December 22, 2012

Opinion: Azazi, Yakowa’s deaths: How safe is Goodluck Jonathan?

by Obinna Akukwe President Goodluck should be careful of his personal safety. This growing irritation and desperation could result in extremist attacks on the life of the nation’s number one citizen. General Andrew Azazi, Nigeria’s former NSA and Governor Patrick Yakowa of Kaduna State died in a plane crash a week ago raising concerns over... Read More

Andrew Azazi, boko haram, Borno, Goodluck Jonathan, nigeria, olusegun obasanjo, patrick yakowa, security

December 22, 2012

Temie Giwa: Boko Haram spreads its wings (YNaija FrontPage)

The problem of Boko Haram is coming to all our homes faster than we can imagine. Days before the splintering began, the Boko Haram faction, still whole, had created a list of all its public enemies. These men represented all they felt was wrong with their world and contained those that could be traced to... Read More

Alli Modu Sheriff, boko haram, Borno, FG, Mohammed Yusuf, Temie Giwa, YNaija Frontpage

December 20, 2012

French engineer abducted in Katsina by men using dynamites

by Rachel Ogbu A French engineer is in hostage, he was kidnapped by 30 gunmen who used dynamite to force their way into a well-guarded compound in Katsina Nigeria, reports claim. The kidnapped man worked for a French company on a wind power project in the town of Rimi, about 25km (15 miles) from Katsina... Read More

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December 15, 2012

Temie Giwa: Prevention is better than dialogue (YNaija FrontPage)

Every Nigerian with an AK47 is being given an incentive to unleash terror on innocent folks, to kill and maim them, then demand ‘dialogue.’ It is a business model Nigeria is unsafe and most of us who live here have known this for a long time. Roads, airports, offices and entire regions are deadly places... Read More

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December 13, 2012

Sabella Abidde: Why the Charles Okah letter should worry you

by Sabella Abidde Several Nigerian-related websites and the social media are awash with what has come to be known as the Charles Okah Prison Letter.The handwritten letter, about five pages in length, was addressed to His Eminence Anthony Cardinal Olubunmi Okogie, the Archbishop Emeritus of Lagos. Pope Benedict XVI and the Catholic Bishop of Abuja... Read More

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December 13, 2012

SSS says Senator Ndume was in contact with Boko Haram 73 times in one month … I wanted to restore peace, he says

by Akan Ido Investigators yesterday told the federal court that Senator Ali Ndume, who was arrested late 2011 for allegedly having links with the dreaded Islamic sect, Boko Haram, contacted the sect’s spokesman 73 times in a month. Security operatives say Ndume, who is from Borno State, was constantly in touch with an alleged spokesperson... Read More

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December 10, 2012

State of anomie: Potiskum under siege by unknown gunmen

by Akan Ido Unknown gunmen have attacked, Potiskum, a major town in Yobe State. They were said to have attacked a police station, razed a branch of a commercial bank and telecommunication facilities. Unconfirmed reports say several policemen were either injured or killed but the number of affected casualties cannot be ascertained at this moment.... Read More

boko haram, Potiskum, terrorism, violence, Yobe State

December 9, 2012

Simon Kolawole: We’re killing industry in Nigeria softly, steadily

But this is Nigeria and you always suspected there must be a downside. A friend visited me during the week. He is a young Nigerian full of hopes and dreams. His parents had wanted him to study Medicine or Pharmacy, but he had always been fascinated with Agriculture, so he put in for Agric Economics... Read More

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December 8, 2012

Temie Giwa: We need to talk about the North (YNaija Frontpage)

When death comes in waves to people who look like us all, it cheapens the lives of the living; and makes cheap death probable for us all. It is very early morning in Kano city. The dawn peeps in and drives away the thick blanket of Northern sky that covered Kano through the night. I... Read More

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December 8, 2012

We foiled Boko Haram’s ‘Operation Black Christmas’, JTF says

The JTF said it carried out successful operations against the insurgent group. The Joint Task Force in Maiduguri said it killed five different commanders of the insurgent Boko Haram group in the past one week in successful operations. In a statement by its spokesperson, Sagir Musa, the JTF said it killed “Abdulkareem Ibrahim – a... Read More

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December 7, 2012

Read my lips: There is no form of dialogue between GEJ and Boko Haram – Oronto Douglas insists

by Hauwa Gambo The Special Assistant to President Goodluck Jonathan on Research, Documentation and Strategy, Oronto Douglas has repeated the president’s line that he is not in dialogue with the violent group, Boko Haram. He was speaking in Yenagoa, Bayelsa State yesterday on the topic ‘National Unity: Imperative for Growth and Development in Nigeria’ as... Read More

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December 5, 2012

Opinion: Boko Haram the series: Season 2, Episode 1

by Mustapha Rabiu More than anything, this FG has been incompetent, and trigger-happy to blame others. There’s a certain numbness that fills the void in-between the promises made by President Jonathan, and the rampant onslaught brought upon by Boko Haram. There was a brief intermission, however. Somewhere right around the August, where a couple of... Read More

boko haram, FG, Goodluck Jonathan, Nasir el-Rufai, nigeria, terrorism

December 5, 2012

Japheth Omojuwa: Focusing the sun on our activism (YNaija FrontPage)

I call this the National Distraction Album in Nigeria. This is the predictable tactic of those in government to always divert attention from one issue to the other till they end their mandate on a platter of promises delivered on nothing. In Nigeria, when it rains it pours. There are just more than enough issues... Read More

boko haram, government, Insecurity, japheth omojuwa, nigeria, YNaija Frontpage

December 4, 2012

Another bomb blast injures 3 Shari’a guards in Kano

by Akan Ido A bomb explosion in Kano yesterday injured three paramilitary personnel. The Improvised Explosive Device (IED) was said to have been planted by unknown persons by the wall of the Juma’at Praying ground at Kofar Mata, where the paramilitary personnel usually take shelter. The injured officers are from Hisbah Guards, Federal Road Safety... Read More

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December 3, 2012

Blast injures traffic warden, 2 others in Kano

by Akan Ido A bomb which exploded this morning at Kantin Kwari junction near the famous Kantin Kware Textile Market in Kano has reportedly injured three people. A traffic warden was also involved in the blast which occurred around 8:45am according to witnesses. Observers suspect the bomb was planted close to the traffic junction to... Read More

boko haram, Joint Military Task Force, JTF, kano, Magaji Majiya, terrorism

December 3, 2012

Still on the matter: Once I get the money, I will buy a jet – Bishop Tom Samson

by Akan Ido Just like the president of the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN), Pastor Ayo Oritsejafor celebrated 40 years in the Christian ministry recently, Bishop Tom Samson of the Christ Royal Family International Church has rolled out the drums to celebrate his 21 years in the vineyard of Christ. The clergyman spoke with reporters... Read More

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December 3, 2012

Boko Haram gunmen kill policemen, burn churches in Borno

by Isi Esene In what is now becoming a weekly orgy of violence, gunmen suspected to be members of the dreaded Islamic sect, Boko Haram, yesterday killed at-least two police officers in Maiduguri, Borno State. Residents said about 50 men in cars and on motorcycles carried out a raid in the town burning three churches... Read More

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December 2, 2012

Simon Kolawole: Beyond sacking civil servants

…we cannot be building a new Presidential Banquet Hall at over N2 billion and be complaining about “no money”. A few years back when I was in the UK, my wife wanted to do a course. She needed a waiver on council tax, as a student. We went to the council office. An officer attended... Read More

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November 30, 2012

Opinion: Enemies of life

by Tony Iribor Christians are the masters in the art of dealing with enemies. I am tempted to believe that they know this more than any set of people. In Nigeria we are very familiar with the word “enemies”. We hear it every day, everywhere and every time. It has become a part of our... Read More

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November 30, 2012

Army evicts civilians from barracks, as Boko Haram express solidarity with global jihadists

The military has commenced the mass eviction of civilians from barracks across the country, Chief of Army Staff, Lt.-Gen. Azubuike Ihejirika, said on Thursday. The eviction of non-soldiers from barracks is coming on the heels of two successful attacks by suspected terrorists in the first two days of this week. Two car bombers had on... Read More

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November 30, 2012

Opinion: Nigeria sans frontier (A Nigeria without borders)

by Ozia Nneamaka I can write all I want. You can read all you want. In the end, it takes more than a pen and a clean sheet. It takes guts! It takes conscience! It takes plan! Borders are demarcations separating two countries. Even continents have borders, but they are not visible, largely due to... Read More

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November 29, 2012

4 killed and 1 missing in gun duel between Boko Haram and JTF

by Isi Esene A gun battle between men of the Joint Military Task Force and insurgent elements in Maiduguri, the Borno State capital resulted in the death of three men suspected to be affiliated to Boko Haram and a soldier. One other soldier was also wounded in the gun battle which occurred around 12:30pm today.... Read More

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November 29, 2012

“We are ready to sue Boko Haram at the International Criminal Court” – CAN President, Ayo Oritsejafor

by Akan Ido There are indications that the Christian Association of Nigeria is planning to drag the dreaded Islamic group, Boko Haram, before the International Criminal Court (ICC) to answer to its alleged crimes. This was disclosed by the president of the Christian umbrella group, Ayo Oritsejafor, at the opening ceremony of the National Executive... Read More

Ayo Oritsejafor, boko haram, CAN, christian association of nigeria, FG, Goodluck Jonathan, ICC, Insecurity, International Criminal Court, terrorism

November 28, 2012

“No amount is too much”: Police to spend N2 billion to fight terrorism next year

by Rachel Ogbu Caleb Olubolade, minister of police affairs announced new year plans to fight terrorism in Nigeria, recently he said the Nigeria Police Force has reserved N2 billion for logistics, intelligence gathering, and purchase of anti-terror equipment. Out of N319 billion in its 2013 budget Olubolade during his presentation at the 2013 budget defence... Read More

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November 28, 2012

Call for truce: Boko Haram requests for dialogue with FG

by Rachel Ogbu Following a double suicide bombing that killed at least 17 people at the Protestant Military Church, Armed Forces Command and Staff College in Jaji, Kaduna State, the Islamist militant group, Boko Haram, allegedly distributed a letter requesting dialogue with the Federal Government. According to reports, the letter sent through head of journalists in... Read More

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November 27, 2012

Death toll rises in Jaji terrorist attack

by Isi Esene More people have reportedly died as a result of the explosion which occurred last Sunday at the St. Andrew’s Anglican Church located within the premises of the Armed Forces Command and Staff College, AFCSC, Jaji, Kaduna State. This bit of information was disclosed by the commandant of the College, Air Vice Marshal... Read More

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November 25, 2012

Jaji bomb update: 10 people reported dead and more injured in twin car bomb attack on church

by Isi Esene There are indications that the explosion which occurred earlier today at the military protestant church within the Armed Forces Command and Staff College in Jaji, near Kaduna, was caused by two cars rigged with powerful explosives. Reports say at least ten people have been confirmed dead in an attack which happened... Read More

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November 25, 2012

Breaking News: Huge bomb-blast reported at a church in Kaduna

by Akan Ido There are unconfirmed reports of a bomb-blasts at a military protestant church right inside the Armed Forces Command and Staff College, Jaji, Kaduna State. Reports say the blast came after a car was driven into the barracks in Jaji and explosives in it detonated. It is not clear if there are casualties... Read More

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Xmas: FG uncovers plot to attack 10 states, recalls SSS officers on leave

Breaking News: 4 feared dead as suicide bombers attack telecoms facilities in Kano

Opinion: Azazi, Yakowa’s deaths: How safe is Goodluck Jonathan?

Temie Giwa: Boko Haram spreads its wings (YNaija FrontPage)

French engineer abducted in Katsina by men using dynamites

Temie Giwa: Prevention is better than dialogue (YNaija FrontPage)

Sabella Abidde: Why the Charles Okah letter should worry you

SSS says Senator Ndume was in contact with Boko Haram 73 times in one month … I wanted to restore peace, he says

State of anomie: Potiskum under siege by unknown gunmen

Simon Kolawole: We’re killing industry in Nigeria softly, steadily

Temie Giwa: We need to talk about the North (YNaija Frontpage)

We foiled Boko Haram’s ‘Operation Black Christmas’, JTF says

Read my lips: There is no form of dialogue between GEJ and Boko Haram – Oronto Douglas insists

Opinion: Boko Haram the series: Season 2, Episode 1

Japheth Omojuwa: Focusing the sun on our activism (YNaija FrontPage)

Another bomb blast injures 3 Shari’a guards in Kano

Blast injures traffic warden, 2 others in Kano

Still on the matter: Once I get the money, I will buy a jet – Bishop Tom Samson

Boko Haram gunmen kill policemen, burn churches in Borno

Simon Kolawole: Beyond sacking civil servants

Opinion: Enemies of life

Army evicts civilians from barracks, as Boko Haram express solidarity with global jihadists

Opinion: Nigeria sans frontier (A Nigeria without borders)

4 killed and 1 missing in gun duel between Boko Haram and JTF

“We are ready to sue Boko Haram at the International Criminal Court” – CAN President, Ayo Oritsejafor

“No amount is too much”: Police to spend N2 billion to fight terrorism next year

Call for truce: Boko Haram requests for dialogue with FG

Death toll rises in Jaji terrorist attack

Jaji bomb update: 10 people reported dead and more injured in twin car bomb attack on church

Breaking News: Huge bomb-blast reported at a church in Kaduna

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