New York – The United States voiced skepticism Thursday over reports from the Nigerian military that Boko Haram leader Abubakar Shekau had been killed in recent clashes with troops.“The Nigerians have announced several times that the head of Boko Haram was dead and every single time we find out that it is not true,” a…
The Federal Government has revealed that those insurgents, who surrendered their weapons to the Nigerian troops, will be rehabilitated back to the society.The Nigerian Military recorded a huge success last week Tuesday, September 17, when it killed a man, who appeared in recent videos claiming to be the leader of the Islamist militant group, Boko…
Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babatunde Fashola (SAN), said yesterday that the $9.3 million cash seized by the South African Government has made Nigeria a subject of ridicule worldwide. The money, meant for arms, was seized from two Nigerians and an Israeli national.The governor, who spoke at the 2014 Gani Fawehinmi Memorial Colloquium held at the…
INTERNALLY Displaced Persons (IDPs) who escaped to Maiduguri when Bama was attacked by the Boko Haram insurgents are now begging for food and other essentials in Maiduguri while three women among them delivered babies on the streets. ADVERTISEMENT A BBC Hausa report monitored in Kaduna quoted a Maiduguri resident who craved for anonymity as saying…
AFTER the election of President Goodluck Jonathan in 2011, my cousin, who lives in my hometown, called me. He told me that he, in concert with many other supporters of President Goodluck Jonathan, was celebrating the president’s electoral victory. In such elation and jubilation over the triumph of their preferred candidate, it is possible…
A total of 268 Boko Haram insurgents have again surrendered with their ammunition to the Nigerian troops on Tuesday alone. The Defence Headquarters (DHQ) which disclosed this on Wednesday noted that the terrorists made not less than four attempts between September 12 – 17, 2014 to beat the security and enter Konduga to perpetrate their…
Christian Okeke -AbujaPRESIDENT Goodluck Jonathan, on Wednesday, said foreign fighters have added a new dimension to the emerging phase of terrorism in the world.Addressing the United Nations (UN) Security Council High-Level Meeting on the threat of terrorism to global peace and security, President Jonathan said the world must act immediately to stop the new phenomenon…
by: foluso The Chairman, Senate Committee on Defence, Senator Thompson Sekibo has said that members of the Senate will not be intervening on the death verdict handed to 12 soldiers for mutiny by a military court on September 16th.Senator Sekibo who spoke with journalists after a closed-door meeting between the senate committee on Defence and…
Security operatives have arrested more than 50 Boko Haram militants in separate operations in Biu, Borno State, between yesterday and today, two military sources have disclosed.The militants rode into Biu in a truck. The insurgents were arrested after the truck driver alerted security agents at a checkpoint that some of his passengers had threatened to…
by John Alechenu, John Ameh, Ade Adesomoju and Seun Ariyibi Angry All Progressives Congress members in the House of Representatives staged a walkout on Tuesday in protest against a failed debate on the controversial $9.3m seized from two Nigerians and an Israeli by the South African authorities on September 5.The two Nigerians and the Israeli …