Tag: terrorists
Kabiru Sokoto jailed for life
by Akintomiwa Agbaje The gavel has fallen and the verdict of life imprisonment has been given to the brain behind ...
Suspected Islamists attack Borno barracks again
by Akintomiwa Agbaje A large number of terrorist gunmen have again stormed a military parastatal located in the northeast Nigeria. ...
Boko Haram threatens to bomb University of Maiduguri, strategic locations
by Adeola Balogun The onslaught on Maiduguri, the Borno capital, by members of dreaded Islamic sect, Boko Haram, seems to ...
#InCaseYouMissedIt: Boko Haram leader, Shekau claims responsibility for Maiduguri attacks
by Adeola Balogun The leader of Boko Haram has again resurfaced in a video which is said to have been ...
Army trains 154 Special Forces to dislodge Boko Haram
Army authorities said on Thursday that no fewer than 154 Special Forces had completed their training at the Nigerian Army ...
Explosions, shooting in Kano as troops and militants clash
by Adeola Balogun The Kano metropolis was wracked with violence this morning after multiple explosions and gunshots were heard in ...
How I cooked and smuggled ammunition for Boko Haram terrorists – 19-year-old female victim reveals (PICTURED)
by Adeola Balogun According to reports, a new tactic is being employed by members of the Boko Haram sect; they ...
Just in: Boko Haram operation – French priest kidnapped in Cameroon
by Chi Ibe The BBC is reporting that a French priest has been “kidnapped in northern Cameroon, in region where ...
Trial of 17 Boko Haram suspects delayed in Lagos over lawyers’ absence (PHOTO)
by Adeola Balogun 17 suspected members of terrorist sect Boko Haram who were to be arraigned yesterday saw their trial ...
“Two houses were demolished” – Boko Haram ammunition storage centre destroyed by troops in Kano
by ‘Jola Sotubo The attempt by Boko Haram insurgents to once again find a safe haven for operation in ...
Not the real McCoy: 5 reasons why Abubakar Skekau’s new video is fake – Security forces
by Tutu Akinlabi The controversial video of an alive and well Abubakar Shekau, released by terrorist sect Boko Haram to ...
Okey Ndibe: Muslims, stand up and be counted!
by Okey Ndibe Such prominent Muslims as Muhammadu Buhari, Abubakar Atiku, Ibrahim Babangida, Abubakar Umar, Nasir el Rufai, Nuhu Ribadu, ...
Shola Oshunkeye: 10 dead squatters and the rest of us
by Shola Oshunkeye That contradiction clearly underscores the unhealthy rivalry among our security agencies. The disturbing development has become a ...
SHOCKING: 7 decapitated bodies found on Maiduguri/Damaturu road, 4 others get throats slit
by ‘Jola Sotubo Travellers along the Damaturu/Maiduguri road have been treated to an unpleasant sight as seven lifeless bodies with ...
SAD NEWS: Boko Haram insurgents murder Yobe school students in their sleep (VIEWER DISCRETION)
Scores of students have been killed in yet another attack by terrorist group, Boko Haram, in Yobe state. The ...
Boko Haram: Many students killed as gunmen attack college dormitory in Yobe
Many students are feared dead after suspected Islamist gunmen struck a college in north-eastern Nigeria. The students were shot dead ...
Boko Haram: 18 people dead following attacks in Borno and Kaduna
by ‘Jola Sotubo Not less than eighteen persons have been reported dead in Borno and Kaduna states following alleged attacks ...
Apo killing: “They were terrorists, not squatters” – Army Chief insists
by ‘Jola Sotubo Despite reports saying that the 9 squatters killed in Abuja were innocent citizens, the army has insisted ...
REVEALED: OBJ’s sister reportedly owns Abuja building where squatters were killed
The unfinished building where security forces killed at least seven squatters Friday, September 20, in the Apo neighbourhood of Abuja, ...
HORRIFIC: Kenya mall terrorists ‘burnt victims’ faces and cut off their hands to prevent identification’
Militants who stormed the Kenyan shopping mall reportedly burnt victims’ faces and cut off their hands in an attempt to ...
Sad news: Widespread shock in Ghana as poet, Kofi Awoonor dies in Kenya terrorist attack
Ghanaian poet and former UN envoy Kofi Awoonor, 78, was among 59 people killed in the Westgate mall attack in ...
Sad news: 39 dead, 150 wounded in Kenya mall massacre (PHOTOS)
Kenyan police and soldiers have pinned down the remaining gunmen who opened fire at a shopping centre earlier today, ...
Terrorism: 20 people die in fresh Boko Haram attack in Borno
by ‘Jola Sotubo Fresh deaths of not less than 20 people have been recorded in Borno State after a fresh ...
Terrorism: U.S charges Nigerian for aiding al-Qaeda
by Adeola Balogun A Nigerian man has become a subject of prosecution under American law after being accused of aiding ...
Opinion: Winning the war against insurgency
by Ola Lookman It is instructive to stress the fact that no administration in our chequered political history as an ...
Terrorism: Soldiers kill 2 Boko Haram suspects dressed as women
by ‘Jola Sotubo In a true case of bullies acting like cowards, two men suspected to be members of Boko ...
#InCaseYouMissedIt: 4 people killed, 8 injured in Boko Haram attack
by ‘Jola Sotubo Any relief Nigerians might have felt upon hearing of the alleged death of Boko Haram leader Shekau ...
Terrorism: Boko Haram leader, Shekau’s in-laws arrested
As part of the ongoing crackdown on Boko Haram insurgents, the Defence Headquarters on Monday confirmed the arrest of the ...
Terrorism: 50 suspected Boko Haram members killed by JTF in Borno
by Rachel Ogbu About 50 terror suspects have been killed in Zabarmari, Jere Local Government of Borno State, by operatives ...
SEE the dramatic moment Woolwich killers charged at the police before getting shot (PHOTOS)
Dramatic footage has emerged of the moment the two men who hacked to death a soldier in Woolwich were shot as they ...
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