Tag: terrorism
Priest, 2 others dead in hostage situation in France (WATCH)
A hostage situation in Normandy region of France on Tuesday, turned sour after two men armed with knives killed a ...
Suicide bomber injures 12 in Germany
A suicide bomber has killed himself and injured 12 others, in an explosion outside a wine bar in the German ...
Pres. Buhari condoles with Germany over Munich attack
President Muhammadu Buhari has condoled with the German government and its people over the recent shopping mall attack. In a ...
Troops arrest suspected Boko Haram fuel suppliers
Troops of the 7 Division have arrested two men suspected to supply fuel to Boko Haram terrorists. The two men ...
Nigerian Army finally advances deep into Sambisa forest (PHOTOS)
Troops of the Nigerian Army have advanced deep into Sambisa Forest in Borno state in a bid to totally clear ...
Chibok Girls: Presidency calls for support from BBOG group
The Presidency has called for support from groups campaigning for the return of over 217 school girls kidnapped by Boko ...
Buhari condoles with Saudi Arabia over suicide bombing
President Muhammadu Buhari has condemned the suicide bombing in Madinah, which occurred on Monday in Islam’s second holiest city. In ...
‘My priority is to rescue Chibok girls unharmed’ – Buhari
Despite wobbling on the issue of the missing Chibok Girls, President Muhammadu Buhari, on Thursday, said his administration was determined ...
Nigerian troops ambush, kill Boko Haram insurgents in multiple operations
Troops of 118 Task Force Battalion, 8 Task Force Division, on Thursday, successfully ambushed Boko Haram terrorists at Gudumbali in ...
Warning: Boko Haram insurgency may create ‘a generation of drug addicts’
A man in the Internally Displaced Person camp at Daloi, Maiduguri has revealed that he got addicted to drugs to ...
Nnamdi Kanu arrives court for continuation of trial (PHOTOS)
Leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu on Monday, arrived an Abuja Federal High Court for to resume ...
Opinion: The ugly face of America’s not-so-subtle biases
by Abiola Akintunde The mass shooting at the Pulse Nightclub in Orlando has revealed the subtle biases in the language ...
Opinion: Taking extremism out of Islam
by Victor Terhemba If it has to do with religion I’m always careful not to lend a voice because many ...
ISIS responsible for murder of 50 people in US gay club
The Islamic State’s Amaq News Agency has announced that the terrorist group, ISIS is responsible for the shooting in a ...
‘Boko Haram not linked to ISIS’
“There is no evidence that Boko Haram has received significant operational support or financing from Islamic State (IS),” a United States ...
Full text of President Buhari’s Democracy Day speech (READ)
President Muhammadu Buhari has delivered his Democracy Day address to Nigerians today in commemoration of his first year in office. ...
‘EFCC not under Buhari’s influence’ – Osinbajo
In a bid to ensure effective prosecution of high profile criminal cases in the country, Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, on ...
A prostitution ring has been uncovered in Borno IDP camps
The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) has uncovered a prostitution ring in Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) camps in ...
Letter: How Islam views ‘global peace’
by Michael Olusegun Olayanju After reading the piece by Muhammad Sidq Isa in Daily Trust of April 1st 2016 titled ...
Chibok girls, Amina Alli and Serah Luka offered full scholarship
Kunike International School, Osogbo, a private school in Osun state has offered a full scholarship to the first 2 Chibok ...
‘You can’t kill the innocent and shout Allahu Akbar’ -Buhari
President Buhari, on Wednesday, said corruption is the main reason why the Nigerian Military has been unable to defeat Boko ...
President Buhari says Boko Haram is using weapons they stole from Nigerian military
President Muhammadu Buhari has said there is no empirical evidence to suggest that the dreaded terrorist sect, Boko Haram is ...
N17,000 for Nigerian IDPs to start afresh
The World Food Programme – set up by the United Nations to address hunger – is giving N17,000 to over 500,000 families ...
REPORT: Death, destruction and the herdsmen
The following is a report conducted by SB Morgen, on the menace of Fulani herdsmen. Introduction In the early hours ...
Gabriella Jóźwiak: 7 ways to support women and girls who escape from Boko Haram
Non-governmental organizations working in Nigeria have called for renewed focus on supporting women and girls who escape abduction, as the ...
4 Fulani herdsmen abduct university staff in Delta
The menace of the rampaging Fulani herdsmen has now spread to Delta state, in the South-South region of Nigeria. A ...
‘Defeated’ Boko Haram demands N10bn for release of Chibok girls
Terrorist sect, Boko Haram has allegedly demanded a ransom of N10billion from the Federal Government in exchange for the 219 ...
‘IPOB members are igniting ethnic terrorism’ – DSS
The Department of State Services has accused members of the Indigenous Peoples of Biafra (IPOB) of being complicit in the ...
Nigerian soldiers rescue 275 Boko Haram captives
The Nigerian Army has revealed that 275 hostages have been rescued from Boko Haram terrorists around Madawaya general area, in ...
Opinion: Fighting terrorism with a lean purse
Apart from those who witnessed the Mallam Muhammadu Maitasine riots in the ’80, many would have beaten their chests that ...
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