Abuja – President Goodluck Jonathan on Saturday in Abuja called on Nigerians to pray for the nation’s security forces to enable them to contain insecurity in the country.Jonathan made the call at the inauguration of the “Citadel and Towers”, the new complex of the House on the Rock Church, Abuja.Represented by the Minister of Agriculture,…
The apex Igbo socio-cultural organisation, Ohaneze Ndigbo and the Pentecostal Fellowship of Nigeria, Abia State chapter, have urged Igbo people living in the North to stop fleeing the region because of Boko Haram, urging them to stay back and defend themselves. They spoke in reaction to the alleged selective killings of Christians, non-Muslims, and Southerners…
The Defence Headquarters has ordered a fresh security beef up in Maiduguri, following alleged dropping of fliers by Boko Haram of a planned invasion of the city.Giwa and Maimalari barracks, both of which the insurgents threaten to target, have been fortified and movement restricted to only those legitimately living there.The military and other security agencies…
The Special Adviser to President Goodluck Jonathan on Ethics and Values, Dr. Sarah Jibril, yesterday, called on retired military generals in the country not to ‘sit-downlook’ but go to dislodge the occupation of Gwoza and Bama in Borno State by the insurgents.
The fundamentalist Islamic sect, Boko Haram, has seized five North-Eastern towns in five days killing hundreds and leaving thousands of residents fleeing for safety as it continues its quest to establish a caliphate in the country.
Nigerian troops this afternoon raided the hideout of Boko Haram in Kawuri, Konduga Local Government Area of Borno State in the country’s troubled North-East. “Over 50 terrorists died this afternoon as troops raided their hideout in Kawuri before setting out on a planned attack on Konduga,” Defence Headquarters tweeted this evening.
Yesterday, a former governor of Borno State, Mr. Modu Sheriff,
By TIMOTHY OLANREWAJU, MAIDUGURIResidents of M a i d u g u r i were supposed to host those fleeing the centre of bloodbath in Bama, central part of Borno State following Monday’s daring attack on a military barrack in the town by Boko Haram fighters but many of them have decided to flee the…
By Olasunkanmi Akoni and Monsur OlowoopejoLagos based human Rights Lawyer, Femi Falana, yesterday, revealed how Former Governor of Borno State, Ali Modu Sheriff was arrested in 2012 by the Cameroonian government for the crime committed by the deadly Boko Haram sect.Meantime, ahead of the 2015 election, former Minister of Petroleum Resources, Professor Tam David-West, Professor…
No fewer than seven Emirs are said to have abandoned their Boko Haram-infested domains in the two states in the last couple of days. A key member of the civilian JTF, Ahamdu Umar, who disclosed this to Saturday Tribune in Maiduguri, described the action of the insurgents as a violation of the sanctity of state,…