Governor Babangida Aliyu of Niger State, weekend, asked former Head of State, General Abdulsalami Abubakar (rtd) to prevail on past leaders of the country to help curb insurgency rocking the Northern region. Aliyu, who is the chairman, Northern States Governor’s Forum, NSGF, spoke at the maiden convocation of the state-owned Ibrahim Babangida Badamosi University, Lapai,…
Boko Haram insurgents yesterday abducted 60 women out of 91 villagers kidnapped in Kumanza, Yaga and Dagu villages in Damboa local government area of Borno State. The abduction, according to local vigilance officials, took place between Thursday last week and Sunday. Chairman, Sector 5 of the local vigilance group, Abb Aji Khalil, also said that…
Boko Haram has demanded the release of 70 of its members in detention as a condition to free the Chibok girls, it emerged yesterday. The sect is also asking the government to give amnesty to its members. A lawyer close to the armed group, Hajiya Aisha Wakil, told AlJazeera English that the sect said only…
Six persons have been reportedly killed in three separate attacks in southern Kaduna. Two of the victims were said to have been killed during a violence that erupted at Fadan- Chawai in Kauru Local government Area, following the appointment of a new Chief for the Chawai people by the government. The others were reportedly killed…
President Goodluck Jonathan said Monday that criminals masquerading as pastoralists has waged war against the country while activities of insurgents seriously over stretched the nation’s security and adversely affected the nation’s economic growth. The President who spoke in Kaduna at the opening of an International Conference on security and development challenges of pastoralists in West…
It was bloody yesterday in Kano. A bomb ripped through the School of Hygiene, killing eight and injuring 20. The school is opposite Sabon Kofar on the Bayero University (BUK) Road. The explosion occurred at about 2:05 p.m., damaging eight vehicles parked in the premises. Commissioner of Police Adenrele Shinaba told reporters at the scene…
President Goodluck Jonathan yesterday said activities of insurgents have seriously over-stretched the nation’s security resources and affected the nation’s economic growth. Speaking at the opening of an International Conference on Security and Development Challenges of Pastoralists in West and Central Africa, Jonathan said that criminals masquerading as pastoralists have waged war against the country. Jonathan,…
PAN Igbo socio-political organisation, Obigbo, has warned Boko Haram insurgents to regard the South East as a no go area, noting that any attack on Ndigbo on Igbo soil would be met with reprisal attacks.It also said that Ndigbo would not be part of any activity that will disintegrate Nigeria, adding that the Igbo would…
National Council of Muslim Youth Organizations, NACOMYO, has called for immediate release and compensation of the 486 Northerners arrested in Abia on their way to Port Harcourt last Sunday.The Muslim youth frowned at the arrest of the northerners by soldiers alleging that they were members of Boko Haram sect.In a statement by its Secretary General,…
by: Yusuf Alli in Featured,The military has relocated a Boko Haram kingpin, who is among the 486 suspects detained in Abia State, to a detention facility for a comprehensive investigation, The Nation learnt yesterday.Of the suspects, 86 are said to have link with Boko Haram, the Islamist sect that has killed thousands. More interrogators, comprising…