The General Officer Commanding 1 Division, Nigerian Army, Maj- Gen. Garba Wahab, yesterday said that the military was closing in on politicians, who sponsor terrorism in the country. He also said the Police alone cannot handle the security challenges facing the country. “If we are told by the political leadership of Nigeria to leave the... Read More
by Stanley Azuakola Boko Haram has come out to flat-out deny responsibility for. the execution of about 40 students in Mubi Adamawa. So who exactly is responsible? The insurgent group, Jamaatu ahlis Sunnah lil daawati wal jihad, also known as Boko Haram, claimed that the lives of over forty persons, most of them students of... Read More
by Stanley Azuakola As though the news of the gruesome killing of 22 students in Mubi, Adamawa State this week isn’t sad enough, there are reports now that some of those students could have been saved from the assassins’ knives and bullets, if they had been warned by their friends. Unfortunately that wasn’t to be... Read More
by Terfa Tilley-Gyado The inordinate amount of unemployed Nigerians can be linked directly to rising insecurity levels. There is insufficient power to energize the productive energy of the economy. In Nigeria, nobody speaks of terrible things. Where some unimaginable atrocity has been committed the news is often met with pursed lips, a double snap of... Read More
by Isi Esene Up to three people were reported killed in an explosion which occurred at an outdoor relaxation spot in Jalingo, the capital of Taraba State on Thursday. Police spokesman, Amos Olaoye confirmed the incident saying, “There was an explosion at a beer garden in the Dorawa area of the city.” The explosion occurred... Read More
by Akan Ido The Nigerian military is conducting a massive house-to-house search in Mubi, Adamawa State to arrest the perpetrators of the Mubi massacre where over twenty students of the Federal Polytechnic, Mubi were either shot or had their throats slit. The gruesome attack which happened in the early hours of Tuesday has put residents... Read More
by Isi Esene At least 20 students have been reported shot in Mubi, Adamawa State by unknown gunmen. The incident reportedly happened late Monday night between the 10pm and 11am hour. A source who preferred to remain anonymous said the students were killed at one of the off-campus hostels of the Federal Polytechnic, Mubi. According... Read More
by Isi Esene Abubakar Shekau, leader of the Boko Haram Islamic group released a YouTube video message today claiming, Abu Qaqa, who is widely believed to have been killed by men of the Joint Military Task Force (JTF) recently, is still alive. The Boko Haram leader described the arrest of wives of its members as... Read More
by Isi Esene The Senate president, David Mark has released a goodwill message to Nigerians as the nation marks its 52nd Independence Anniversary. Mark expressed optimism that notwithstanding the myriad of challenges which the country faces presently Nigeria will reach the end of the tunnel. He stressed his belief that the destiny of the nation... Read More
by Isi Esene A Nigerian Army joint force today released a statement giving reasons for launching a pre-emptive strike on suspected militants at Gaskiya area of Zaria, Kaduna today. According to the statement, the Army received security reports indicating the group is planning coordinated suicide attacks top coincide with tomorrow’s Independence anniversary. The Army confirmed... Read More
by Isi Esene The Joint Military Task Force on Sunday morning shot and killed two suspected Boko Haram militants who were suspected to be planning an attack on some churches in Zaria, Kaduna State. After the killing, witnesses say a loud explosive sound suspected to be a powerful bomb was heard in the Gaskiya area... Read More
by Isi Esene The statement made a few months ago by President Goodluck Jonathan that members of the terrorist group, Boko Haram, had infiltrated many organs of the government rings true as the Joint Military Task Force (JTF) confirms the arrest of a number of officials who allegedly have affiliations with the dreaded Islamic militant... Read More
by Stanley Azuakola On the issue of Boko Haram, President Goodluck Jonathan’s official position at the United Nations General Assembly is that Nigeria’s three-prong strategy of a “robust” approach to neutralizing Boko Haram, holding indirect talks with the group and improving education in the North is working, and Nigeria is winning the war. When one... Read More
by Stanley Azuakola It’s been a slew of victories recently for the Joint Task Force (JTF), reportedly killing the Boko Haram spokesman and making critical arrests and interceptions, although there was the deadly bomb blast in a Bauchi church on Sunday which claimed two lives. The JTF recorded another victory on Monday, as its operatives raided... Read More
by Isi Esene These are the pictures of some of the victims of the St. John’s Catholic Cathedral in the Batyan Gari Area of Bauchi, Bauchi State. Six people were reported dead in the suicide attack but many victims sustained varying levels of injury. “When the suicide bomber targeted the church, he was prevented by... Read More
by Isi Esene Unconfirmed reports say that the bomb which exploded in Bauchi State at St. John’s Catholic Cathedral directly across from the Bauchi Township stadium killed several christian worshippers earlier this morning. The explosion reportedly occurred a few minutes after 9am this morning during Sunday church service on Murtala Mohammed way in the Bayan... Read More
by Isi Esene Following the killing and arrest of certain key members of the Boko Haram Islamic sect a few days ago in Kano, the Joint Military Task Force (JTF) has gone further to raid the sect’s heavily equipped command and control centre. In the said incident, a top Boko Haram member widely believed to... Read More
by Reuben Daba While the Nigerian government and security agencies are still struggling to grapple with the threat from the Jama’atu Ahlis sunna Lida’awati wal ihad sect (popularly called Boko Haram), a new sect, Jama’atul Qatlul Kafir Fi Sabilillahi, has announced its presence by threatening to attack a private radio station, Cool/Wazobia FM, in Kano.... Read More
by Stanley Azuakola The offensive by operatives of JTF on Monday in Kano continued, with the raiding of the residence of a suspected top media coordinator of radical Islamist group (Boko Haram). The JTF has still not released the name of this top media coordinator, even though several media reports have named Boko Haram spokesman, Abu... Read More
by Isi Esene President Goodluck Jonathan yesterday said that the January fuel subsidy protests were not carried out by ordinary Nigerians who wanted to express their opposition to a government policy saying the protests were stage-managed by a class of Nigerians who wanted to maintain a status quo of corruption in the petroleum sector. Jonathan... Read More
by Isi Esene The Borno State commissioner for Justice, Zannah Malam Gana, was yesterday killed by unidentified gunmen. Reports say the commissioner was killed Monday night at his residence. A government official who spoke to reporters on the condition of anonymity said, “He was shot dead by some gunmen in his house around 8:45 pm last... Read More
by Isi Esene The Joint Military Task Force (JTF) operating in Kano have confirmed the death of a top Boko Haram leader and two others. Reports say the members of the militant Islamic sect were traveling from Maiguguri to Kano with a woman and three children in the car earlier today in the Mariri area... Read More
by Akan Ido Rev. Anthony Innocent Chidi, the founder and General Overseer of Kings in Christ International Ministries, Lagos, says he foresees a separation of Nigeria into three parts by 2015. Chidi said this in an interview over the weekend where he spoke about religion, insecurity, governance, politics, and his vision for the country. According... Read More
by Isi Esene There are strong indications that Abu Qaqa, the spokesman of the militant Islamic sect, Boko Haram is in the custody of Nigerian security agencies. Sources say Abu Qaqa and other top commanders were arrested when the Kano State Joint Task Force (JTF) on Sunday carried out a sweeping raid on the sect’s... Read More
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