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February 26, 2014

SAD: More bodies discovered as death toll rises to 59 in Yobe college attack

by ‘Jola Sotubo Reports coming in have revealed that the number of people killed in yesterday’s college massacre in Yobe has increased. [READ: Just In: Boko Haram kills 29 college students in Yobe] Initial accounts had it that 29 people were killed, then the toll rose to 43 and now it has reportedly risen to... Read More

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February 26, 2014

Yobe massacre: How soldiers mysteriously withdrew before attack leaving school unprotected

by ‘Jola Sotubo According Governor Ibrahim Gaidam of Yobe, soldiers protecting the area near the Federal Government College, Buni Yadi were mysteriously withdrawn just before yesterday’s early morning attacks occurred. This was revealed by the governor’s spokesman, Abdullahi Bego, who also said that female students were spared in the attack. Governor Gaidam is said to... Read More

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February 26, 2014

Why Boko Haram spared female students and killed only boys in Yobe attack

by ‘Jola Sotubo The massacre of students at the Federal Government College in the Buni Yadi area of Yobe was shrouded in mystery after reports revealed that only male students were killed. It has however emerged that the extremists intentionally spared the female students telling them to abandon their education and get married. Boko Haram... Read More

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February 25, 2014

‘We will not relent in our efforts to end terrorism’: President Jonathan condemns Yobe attacks

by Adeola Balogun The news of the murder of 43 innocent secondary school children in Yobe was met with surprise and outrage all around the country. The students of the Federal Government College in Buni Yadi were massacred in the early hours of today by Boko Haram militants. President Goodluck Jonathan has reacted to the... Read More

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December 15, 2013

Resign now or face humiliation – Sheikh Gumi warns Jonathan

by Akintomiwa Agbaje Sheik Ahmad Abubakar Gumi, an influential Islamic scholar, has warned President Goodluck Jonathan to honourably resign his duty post or face the shame losing in the 2015 election. Mr. Gumi said in a statement released earlier today that, “For Nigerians to be safe, [President Goodluck Jonathan] has three options. He either resigns or... Read More

November 15, 2013

Good riddance: Man who bombed ThisDay has been jailed for life

by Chi Ibe Umar Mustapha who was arrested for the bombing of ThisDay newspapers in April last year has been sentenced to life imprisonment with hard labour by the Federal High Court in Abuja today. Mustapha had bombed the newspaper’s office in Kaduna using 12 camp gas cylinders. The attack also brought down the offices... Read More

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November 3, 2013

Tragedy: Bridegroom, wedding guests killed by gunmen in Adamawa

A bridegroom, family members and friends were said to be among 30 persons killed yesterday in an attack by insurgents believed to be members of Boko Haram in Michika local government area of Adamawa State. The victims, eye witnesses said, were returning from a wedding Fatiha in Michika town when they ran into an... Read More

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October 27, 2013

“It’s not Islam, we just kill people and steal”: Suspected Boko Haram member reveals the group’s motive

by ‘Jola Sotubo A man arrested on suspicion of being a member of terrorist sect Boko Haram has said that the group has nothing to do with Islamic teachings. He said the group’s motives were not to appear noble or pious but that they were interested solely in looting and murder. The alleged terrorist, identified... Read More

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October 25, 2013

BUSTED: ‘Repentant Boko Haram member’ arrested by police in Enugu

by Adeola Balogun A man pretending to be a repentant former member of terrorist sect Boko Haram has been apprehended by security agents in Enugu State. Daniel Danboyi, 35, was arrested by operatives of the Department of State Services (DSS) after it was alleged that he used his tall tale of repentance to extort money... Read More

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October 19, 2013

Let the denials begin: Kenyan mall gunman was a Chelsea fan before he was radicalised in Somalia (PICTURED)

Norwegian-Somali Hassan Abdi Dhuhulow sits on a rock during a school outing in Larvik, Norway. The picture was taken six years before the mall shootings he is thought to have taken part in Suspected Kenyan mall terrorist Hassan Abdi Dhuhulow has been revealed as a Chelsea fan as pictures his life begin to... Read More

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October 11, 2013

Opinion: Confessions of a Boko Haram member

by Fredrick Nwabufo Life has no meaning to him anymore, and that which is worth living and dying for is what he must pursue. Salisu nestles under a baobab tree which is at the centre of Kagua village, Bize in Borno state, Nigeria. It is a sunless afternoon. The humming wind cruises right about him,... Read More

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October 4, 2013

Opinion: Religion, terrorism and the arrogance of truth

by Emmanuel James Ibe-Anyanwu Bombs are evangelical loudspeakers that kill. For the Islamist terrorist, the ideology is simple: all men must convert to the ‘truth’; nations must implement the ‘true’ laws of God, the Sharia, or be sorry for themselves. Yesterday, my teenage cousins were arguing to establish who qualifies as world’s most powerful man.... Read More

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September 28, 2013

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 by terrorists? In Nigeria? With about double the casualties as that in Kenya? And hasn’t this been going on in Nigeria for years with no... Read More

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August 24, 2013

#InCaseYouMissedIt: 35 people killed in fresh Boko Haram attack, 14 others injured

by ‘Jola Sotubo The nation has continued to count its losses to the rampaging terrorist sect Boko Haram. According to reports released by the military today,at least 35 people have been killed in a fresh attack which also left 14 people injured. The attack occurred in a remote village in Borno State since Monday but... Read More

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Opinion: What rights need to be protected more – minority extremists or the innocent majority?

by Favour Afolabi The things Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, Tamerlan Tsarnaev, Ibragim Todashev, Michael Adebolajo, Michael Oluwatobi Adebowale; the 9/11 and 7/7 bombers all have in common are: 1. The CIA/FBI/MI5/MI6 as the case maybe had some “intelligence” on some of them at one time or the other but didn’t act on such because they were deemed... Read More

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State of Emergency: Troops, fighter jets deployed to restive northeast

by Isi Esene Following the enactment of an emergency situation in three states in Nigeria including Yobe, Adamawa and Borno by President Goodluck Jonathan yesterday, the military has undertaken a massive deploymentof troops to the region today. Reports say the military has also deployed fighter jets to the affected areas in a bid to wrest... Read More

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How Boston terrorist was found hiding out in a boat parked in a driveway (PHOTOS)

He was in a boatload of trouble, and that’s where cops found him. Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, 19, was discovered in the bottom of a rare, 1980s pleasure boat in the backyard of a Watertown, Mass., home just after 6 p.m. by the shocked owner David Henneberry, his family told the Daily News. Henneberry, an avid boater... Read More

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CSI Lagos: 100 soldiers storm “terrorist hideout” in Ijora

Fear gripped many residents of Lagos on Thursday when news filtered in that troops numbering about 100 stormed terror suspects’ hideouts in Ijora, a densely populated part of the city. The soldiers, who were assisted by men of the State Security Service, were believed to have acted on a tip-off. They were said to have... Read More

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Terrorism: Al-Qaeda member charged in US for failed bombing plot in Nigeria

by Chi Ibe The United States has charged Ibrahim Suleiman Adnan Adam Harun for allegedly planning to bomb the US diplomatic buildings in Nigeria in 2003. On Wednesday, federal and state government agencies revealed the charges set against him. Harun, 43, who received six terrorism charges including conspiracy to bomb US military personnel in Afghanistan... Read More

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February 8, 2013

Screening to begin in Maiduguri on suspected terrorists in JTF custody

by Rachel Ogbu The screening of all suspected terrorist in the custody of the Joint Task Force in Maiduguri would soon take place, the Defence Headquarter announced on Thursday. Deputy Director, Civil-Military Relations at the Defence Headquarters Abuja, Air Commodore Ademola Ojikutu, announced the development at a town hall meeting with religious and political leaders in Maiduguri... Read More

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January 20, 2013

Awful: 7 oil workers executed by Al Qaeda terrorists as 16 freed in raid by Algerian forces (WATCH, PHOTOS)

Seven hostages were executed today as Algeria’s four-day hostage stand-off came to a bloody end when the country’s special forces stormed the remote desert gas plant. The army killed 11 militants during the ‘final assault’ on Al Qaeda-linked gunmen, but not before they in turn executed seven hostages, the state news agency reported Defence Minister Philip Hammond... Read More

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December 17, 2012

He’s a terrorist – Enraged Nigerian woman lies to police that her husband is going to blow up a plane (PICTURED)

Okieze Ukaegbu, 58, seized at airport gate after wife, Eunice Ukaegbu, 50, told authorities that he was a terrorist Husband released after interrogation and allowed to board later flight A New Jersey man was grabbed by police at Newark Airport yesterday after police were tipped off that he planned to ‘blow up’ a Delta Airlines... Read More

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JTF attacked by Boko Haram, also nabs 25 suspects

by Stanley Azuakola Some optimists who had hoped that radical Islamic sect, Boko Haram, would call a ceasefire in observance of the holy month of Ramadan had their hearts broken when the sect struck in Maiduguri last week. Their victims were two Indian nationals and an Islamic cleric. As if that wasn’t enough, a Joint... Read More

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One down: JTF nab another Boko Haram mastermind

by Stanley Azuakola Amidst all the gloom in the country as a result of Boko Haram’s continued assault in the North, there are still signs that little progress is being made. On Thursday June 21, the Joint Task Force recorded a breakthrough in the fight against the sect, when it arrested Habeeb Bama, a man... Read More

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February 17, 2012

“God is great”? – Drama as Abdullmutallab was sentenced yesterday

By Hauwa Gambo Underwear bomber, Umar Farouk Abdumuttallab, was handed a life sentence on four charges without the chance of a parole. He pleaded guilty to the eight counts against him including terrorism and attempted murder. For many who might think this is a tragic end for the 25 year old engineering student should... Read More

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