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Troops ambush Boko Haram terrorists in Pulka (PHOTOS)

Nigerian troops on blocking position in Pulka on Friday ambushed and killed two fleeing Boko Haram terrorists. Army spokesman, Col. Sani Usman, in a statement, said others escaped with gun shot wounds. “The troops also recovered 1 AK-47 rifle with registration number S 77411, a General Purpose Machine Gun (GPMG) with registration number FN 131908,... Read More

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UN envoy attack: Saraki calls for calm

Senate President, Dr. Abubakar Bukola Saraki, on Friday called for calm as the United Nation’s announced that it would be suspending aid deliveries in Nigeria after a United Nation’s Children’s Fund (UNICEF) humanitarian convoy was attacked while travelling from Bama to Maiduguri in Borno State. Saraki in a statement by his Media Office, condemned the... Read More

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No more Boko Haram camps in the north – Nigerian Army

The Nigerian Army on Monday said there were no longer camps belonging to Boko Haram terrorists in the North-Eastern part of the country. This assertion was made by Acting Director, Army Public Relations, Col. Sani Usman while addressing newsmen at the inauguration of Strategic Communication Course for senior officers at the Nigerian Army School of... Read More

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DSS arrests Niger Delta militants, suspected terrorists (PHOTO)

The Department of State Services has confirmed the arrests of some Niger Delta militants, Boko Haram terrorists and kidnappers. The service said this in a statement signed by Tony Opuiyo in Abuja. According to the statement, one General Akotebe Darikoko, leader of the Joint Revolutionary Council of the Joint Niger Delta Liberation Force (JNDLF) was... Read More

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Army confronts terrorists, recover gun truck

Military troops on Friday confronted Boko Haram terrorists at Guro Gongon village and environs in continuation of efforts to rout out remnants hibernating therein. In a statement released by the Acting Director of Public Relations Colonel Sabi Usman, troops destroyed the terrorists’ makeshift camps and recovered quite a number of weapons, equipment and foodstuff in... Read More

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Boko Haram

Military kill 42 Boko Haram terrorists, rescue 38 women and children

Nigerian military troops on Tuesday killed 42 Boko Haram terrorists at Gangere Village in Kukawa Local Government Area of Borno state. The troops also rescued 38 women and 42 children from the terrorists. This is contained in a statement released on Thursday by the acting Director Army Public Relations, Colonel Sani Usman. “Following confirmed intelligence... Read More

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Boko Haram spy killed by soldiers (VIEWER DISCRETION)

On Tuesday, men of the Nigerian Army ambushed and killed an alleged Boko Haram spy at Barwati village, Kukawa LGA. The terrorist was killed while trying to gain access into the military location in a bid to infiltrate the troop’s position. 1 AK-47 rifle, 59 rounds of 7.62mm (Special) ammunition, one 40mm x 46mm BGL2... Read More

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Soldiers kill more Boko Haram insurgents in Gamboru Ngala

As the Nigerian Army keeps recording success against insurgency, troops of 3 Battalion, 22 Task Force Brigade yesterday, conducted a fighting patrol operations in the general area of Muska village in Gamboru Ngala Local Government Area. The troops acted based on information received that Boko Haram terrorists elements earlier dislodged at Chukungudu and Hausari villages... Read More

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How international media excitedly reported rescue of Chibok girl

Today, it was gathered that one of the 275 missing Chibok girls believed to have been kidnapped from Government Secondary School, Borno state in April, 2014 by Boko Haram terrorists had been found. To demonstrate the global interest the issue and the activism of #BringBackOurGirls has sparked, this was immediately headline news on TV, newspapers... Read More

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An appeals court in Lagos just sent potential terrorists a strong message

#TheNewsIn100Words A Court of Appeal in Lagos state has confirmed the September 30, 2015 judgment of a Federal High Court in Lagos which sentenced 3 men convicted of terrorism to 25 years in prison each. After Justice Ibrahim Buba of the Federal High Court had sentenced the Boko Haram terrorists to prison, the trio had approached the... Read More

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Femi Fani-Kayode: The outlaws of Islam and the troublers of humanity

“In the name of God the Great we shall kill, slaughter and drain the blood of every single unbeliever, every apostate and every traitor that supports them until we establish our new world Caliphate. We will wash our hands with the blood of the infidels”- Abu Bakr Al Baghdadi, the leader of The Islamic State... Read More

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Jude Ndukwe: Agatu massacre, Ese Oruru’s abduction and the threat to Christianity in Nigeria

The recent weeks have been tough for Nigeria and Nigerians. With the strangest of shameful news making the headlines and drawing negative attention to a nation already haemorrhaging uncontrollably from economic collapse, social decadence, brutishness of state agents and common criminals as well who murder fellow citizens in their hundreds in mindless and needless exhibition... Read More

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November 14, 2015

Paris terror attack: Death toll rises to 153 + Everything to know about the seige

Paris, the capital city of France suffered a heavy terror attack in 6 locations, on Friday, November 13. Armed terrorists attacked thousands of Paris residents and tourists at Saint-Denis, a French stadium and Bataclan, a theatre, as well as 4 other locations. An eyewitness told Radio France that the attackers entered inside the Bataclan concert... Read More

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February 28, 2015

No more losing territories to Boko Haram, Jonathan assures

by Ranti Joseph President Goodluck Jonathan on Saturday vowed that Nigeria will never again concede any part of her territory to the Boko Haram terrorists, even as he commended the Nigerian military for recapturing lost towns and communities in the North-eastern part of the country. Jonathan who spoke through the Minister of Culture, Tourism and... Read More

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February 26, 2015

Razed buildings and a destroyed bridge – this is how Boko Haram left Michika (PHOTOS)

by Panshak Ibrahim Following the recapture of Michika town, in Adamawa, by the Nigerian military, pictures of the damage done by the insurgents, have began to surface. On Wednesday, February 25, the Presidenttial assessment committee visited Michika, to evaluate the extent of destruction of the town by Boko Haram. From a fallen bridge, to destroyed... Read More

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January 7, 2015

SEE photos from the deadly Paris terrorist attack

by Damilola Jagun Twelve people have been left dead after gunmen attacked Paris based Charlie Hebdo, an anti-Islamic satirical magazine. Two masked men had, earlier today, burst into the Charlie Hebdo headquarters, opening fire on staff with Kalashnikovs rifles. Police officers engaged the men in a firefight, but they escaped in a hijacked car, and sped... Read More

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November 14, 2014

Christians are the major target of #BokoHaram attacks – Archbishop Kaigama

by Panshak Ibrahim Speaking to journalists after a closed door meeting with President Goodluck Jonathan, the Archbishop of Jos, Ignatius Kaigama lamented the security situation in the country, saying that the Boko Haram insurgents are targeting mostly Christians in their attacks. Kaigama bemoaned the incessant attacks on communities, predominantly Christians, noting that part of... Read More

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November 10, 2014

#BokoHaram sponsorship: @IntlCrimCourt may investigate Ihejirika and @AliModuSheriff

by Kolapo Olapoju The International Criminal Court (ICC) has stated that it will review the petition demanding an investigation of former Borno State governor, Ali Modu Sheriff and retired Nigerian Army Chief of Staff Lt. General Azubuike Ihejirika, over their alleged connection to Boko Haram. The pair have been accused of having affiliations and even funding Islamic terrorist... Read More

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October 4, 2014

GEJ says Islam should not be blamed for the actions of terrorists

by Azubuike Azikiwe On Saturday, 3 September, President Goodluck Jonathan stated that the nefarious activities of terrorist groups across the world had nothing to do with Islam. The President said this when a delegation of the Muslim community led by Vice President Namadi Sambo paid him an Eid-Kabir (Sallah) homage at his official residence in... Read More

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September 13, 2014

Wole Soyinka: The wages of impunity

by Wole Soyinka The dancing obscenity of Shekau and his gang of psychopaths and child abductors, taunting the world, mocking the BRING BACK OUR GIRLS campaign on internet, finally met its match in Nigeria to inaugurate the week of September 11 – most appropriately. Shekau’s danse macabre was surpassed by the unfurling of a political... Read More

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September 11, 2014

Ayokunle Odekunle: In Nigeria, everyday is September 11

by Ayokunle Odekunle The date was September 11, 2001 A day America will never forget. On that day, there were four coordinated terrorist attacks launched by al-Qaeda upon the United States of America. A nation that seemed invincible and untouchable. Almost 3,000 people were killed by the attack. Americans wept and gnashed their teeth. Non-Americans... Read More

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September 9, 2014

Opinion: Do not condemn all Muslims because of Boko Haram

by Frank Ijege During my primary days, I had very good friends. They are Abdulhakeem Shehu and Ak Shehu . These were brothers and I was like the third one in their midst. Their father Late Alhaji A. W. Shehu (May God grant him paradise and rest his soul), was like a father to me. After... Read More

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August 27, 2014

Immigration service releases German-based Nigerian mistaken for terrorist

by S’ola Filani A Germany-based Nigerian with passport number A03211082, Ahmed Ibrahim, who was mistakenly detained at the Murtala Mohammed International Airport, Lagos State, for being a suspected terrorist, has been released by the Nigeria Immigration Service. Ahmed Ibrahim, a chef based in Germany, who visited Nigeria for the last Ramadan was allegedly brutalized by officials... Read More

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August 25, 2014

Boko Haram: Abubakar Shekau’s video of horror (VIEWER DISCRETION)

by Kolapo Olapoju Abubakar Shekau, the leader of Nigeria’s Islamist group, Boko Haram, on Sunday, 24 August, released a video in which he declared that he has made an Islamic caliphate out of Gwoza, Borno. He also mentioned other areas under his sect’s control, showing scenes of carnage carried out by his fighters against unarmed... Read More

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August 24, 2014

Boko-Haram attack: 35 officers missing from police training camp

by Kolapo Olapoju In a brazen show of power, the Boko Haram insurgents stormed the Police training camp in Gwoza for the second time in a fortnight, reportedly engaging the officers in a protracted fire-fight, which resulted in the disappearance of several policemen. The headquarters of the Nigerian Police force has confirmed that 35... Read More

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Theophilus Ilevbare: We should be worried that young girls are now Jihadists

by Theophilus Ilevbare Islamic Jihadists in Nigeria have joined the global terror trend. It is an increasingly disquieting and disturbing twist to the war against terror. Boko Haram has adopted the Palestinian model of Jihadism in its recruitment of teenagers and little girls as suicide bombers in crowded places. On 27 January 2002, Palestinian anti-Israeli... Read More

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Opinion: Why the Chibok girls may never return to us

by Nnaemeka Oruh But if the presidency truly believes that the abduction is real, and the Department of State Security truly knows the location of the girls, then please, one week is enough to devise a plan and rescue the girls. It has been over one hundred days since the abduction of the Chibok girls.... Read More

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May Day! Another explosion hits Kano state in less than 3 hours

by Mayowa Aboah Another explosion has occurred in Kano State at Kano trade fair complex, Zoo road, close to Shop Rite.This is happening less than four hours after an explosion hit NNPC Mega Station at Hotoro Area and less than 24 hours after 5 people were killed by yet another explosion at Saint Charles Catholic Church... Read More

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Opinion: We are Nigerians and we are not terrorists

by Afolayan Daniel How dare anyone call us terrorists?… America should know that lots of questions should be raised. What’s the genesis of terrorism in Nigeria? Who should be held responsible? Finally and unfortunately,Nigeria is now being mentioned in the same wavelength as war torn countries such as Iraq, Syria, Afghanistan and the simple question... Read More

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Femi Fani-Kayode: Give not thy carrots to beasts

by Femi Fani-Kayode I call on our President to stand firm, not to allow himself to be distracted, discouraged or intimidated and to lead with courage and strength, knowing that in a time of war the whole nation must and will rally behind him. Permit me to begin this contribution with a mild criticism of... Read More

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