Tag Archives: Boko Haram

47 killed as B’Haram attacks Bama again

Rampaging members of the Boko Haram Sect have  struck again in  Bama, the headquarters of  the Bama Local Government Area  and Buratai, Biu  LGA  in  Borno State. During the fresh Bama attack on  Wednesday morning,  47 people lost their lives. The attackers were said to have also  torched  the palace of the Shehu of Bama, […]

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B’Haram murders 106 in fresh attack

Gunmen  believed to  be  Boko Haram Islamists on Saturday  night   continued their reign of terror by killing  dozens of   people in Izghe, a village in Gwoza Local Government Area of  Borno State. The latest killings came barely a few hours  before President Goodluck Jonathan reiterated his belief that Boko Haram activities represented Nigeria’s  “share of […]

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Boko Haram: President Jonathan Releases N1bn for Detention Camps’ Upgrade, Hmmm!

President Goodluck Jonathan said he has approved the disbursement of N1 billion to the military for the upgrade of detention camps where suspected insurgents are held across the country.  The President disclosed this during an interview in Paris, France, on December 6, 2013, Saturday, shortly before his departure to Nigeria at the end of a two-day […]

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Nigeria at war – Defence Minister

With the latest siege posed by early Monday’s Boko Haram attack on the Nigerian Air Force Base in Maiduguri, Supervising Minister of Defence, Labaran Maku, declared in Abuja on Tuesday that Nigeria is in a state of war, fighting enemies that do not wear uniform. He said such enemies could be identified as the musketeer. Speaking […]

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Boko Haram Strikes In Maiduguri, Curfew Imposed

Maiduguri, the capital of Borno state, is under fresh attack by suspected Boko Haram sect insurgents. In early hours of Monday, at about 3 a.m., unidentified terrorists conducted a siege on the Composite Group Air force Base in Maiduguri, the Borno state capital. There were reports of sporadic shooting and sounds of rocket propelled launchers firing, […]

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FG accepts US designation of B’Haram

Federal Government has accepted the designation of Boko Haram and Ansaru, as Foreign Terrorist Organisations by the United States. The US Department of State Office of the Spokesperson on Wednesday took the decision under Section 219 of the Immigration and Nationality Act. It also classified them as “Specially Designated Global Terrorists” under section 1(b) of […]

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Boko Haram Film Producer Nabbed

John Dada Adedayo, the producer of a new film called ‘ Boko Haram,’ has been arraigned before court after he refused to wait for the Ghana Cinematography Exhibition Board to censor certain parts of the film before giving him the green light to distribute it to the public. The accused person was put before a […]

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