Tag Archives: Borno State
By Olusegun Adeniyi If there is any development that depicts the state of affairs in our country today, it is what happened last week following the coordinated attacks by Boko Haram on police, army and prison formations in Bama, Borno … read more »
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Tagged Anambra State, bokoharam, Borno State, Damaturu, IndepthAfrica, Nasarawa State, Nigeria, Ursula K. Le Guin, Yobe State
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(Reuters) – After a crackdown pushed them out of Nigeria’s northern cities, Islamist militant group Boko Haram have regrouped, rearmed and are staging a bold comeback that has already allowed them to seize control over parts of the northeast. Using … read more »
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Tagged Abdul Ahmed Ningi, Abubakar Shekau, Boko Haram, Borno State, Chad, IndepthAfrica, Lake Chad, MAIDUGURI, Nigeria
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by Reuben Abati State House Press Release – President Goodluck Jonathan deplores yesterday’s attack by armed terrorists on Bama, Borno State which claimed scores of lives. President Jonathan believes that the continuation of such callous and wanton attacks of innocent … read more »
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Suspected members of the Nigerian Islamist sect Boko Haram armed with machineguns laid siege on the north-eastern town of Bama on Tuesday, freeing over 100 prison inmates and leaving 55 people dead, the military said. Around 200 heavily armed members … read more »
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Tagged Abubakar Shekau, Ansaru, Boko Haram, Borno State, Chad, Goodluck Jonathan, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, Nigeria
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by Adam Nossiter Days later, the survivors’ faces tensed at the memory of the grim evening: soldiers dousing thatched-roof homes with gasoline, setting them on fire and shooting residents when they tried to flee. As the village rose up in … read more »
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Tagged Abuja, Baga, Boko Haram, Borno State, IndepthAfrica, Islamism, Kashim Shettima, Lake Chad, Nigeria
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State House Press Release – Having received preliminary briefings from the Military High Command on the incident, President Goodluck Jonathan has ordered a full-scale investigation into reports of high civilian casualties in the confrontation between Nigerian soldiers and insurgents at … read more »
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Tagged Baga, Borno State, emergency management, Goodluck Jonathan, Jonathan, Nigeria, Politics of Nigeria, Reuben Abati
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SUSPECTED members of the Boko Haram sect on Friday blew up the prison in Gwoza Local Government, setting free all the prisoners. Saturday Tribune learnt that a civilian around the emir’s palace, where the prison is located, was killed by … read more »
By Mahmud Jega, Daily Trust column It could well be that President Goodluck Jonathan woke up in a foul mood this morning, as he has probably did for three days since his return from a momentous visit to Yobe and … read more »
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Tagged Boko Haram, Borno, Borno State, Goodluck Jonathan, IndepthAfrica, Jonathan, MAIDUGURI, Nigeria, Yobe State
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Abuja: Seven foreigners abducted by a radical Islamist sect in northern Nigeria are feared dead following the group’s claim of killing them. Ansaru, a splinter group from Boko Haram, posted on its website that the hostages — a Briton, a … read more »
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MAIDUGURI – Nigerian security forces killed 20 militants from the Islamist group Boko Haram in a firefight in the northeast on Sunday, a spokesman said. Lieutenant Colonel Sagir Musa, spokesman for joint military and police forces in the northeastern state … read more »
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Tagged Boko Haram, bokoharam, Borno State, IndepthAfrica, Islamism, MAIDUGURI, militant, Monguno, Nigeria, Nigeria news, Nigerian, nigerian newspapers, Police
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(AFP) KANO, Nigeria — Three people, including a soldier, were injured Thursday in multiple blasts in three areas of Nigeria’s restive city of Maiduguri, with one targeting a military patrol vehicle, the army said. “There was an explosion targeting a … read more »
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Tagged bokoharam, Borno State, improvised explosive device, IndepthAfrica, Islamism, Kano, MAIDUGURI, Nigeria, Nigerian, Nigerian news, nigerian newspapers, Task force
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Photo: Aminu Abubakar/IRIN The Haye clinic in Kano where seven polio vaccinators were killed on 8 February 2013 (file photo) DAKAR, 22 February 2013 (IRIN) – Human rights organizations estimate some 3,000 Nigerians have been killed in violence related to … read more »
RATHER than just cracking down on Boko Haram, the Federal Government should adopt a dual approach to conclusively check the activities of the group, according to former President Olusegun Obasanjo. Obasanjo said more could be done to reach out to … read more »
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Tagged boko haram news, bokoharam, Borno State, CNN, GoodluckJonathan, IndepthAfrica, Inspector-General of Police, MAIDUGURI, Nigeria, Nigeria news, Nigerian news, Olusegun Obasanjo
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General Andrew Azazi, Nigeria’s former NSA and Governor Patrick Yakowa of Kaduna State died in a plane crash a week ago raising concerns over the safety of President Goodluck Jonathan. Those who removed Gen Azazi from the way can remove … read more »
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Tagged Abuja, bokoharam, Borno State, Goodluck, GoodluckJonathan, Henry Okah, Lagos, Nigeria
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My five days in Maiduguri in northeastern Nigeria – the epicentre of violence perpetrated by the armed group, Boko Haram – was fraught with danger. I had been trying to get access to report from the city for over a … read more »
A top Boko Haram leader has been killed after a weekend of violence against Christians in the north of Nigeria, military officials said on Monday. A spokesperson of the army in the northwestern Borno State, Sagir Mus, reported that Abdulkareem … read more »
Leadership (Abuja) An embarrassing dimension was introduced into the nation’s security challenge last weekend, when the suspected terrorists penetrated the defence of the Nigeria’s Command and Staff College – the elite military facility – in Jaji, Kaduna State, killing more … read more »
by Ahmad Salkida Terror initiated bomb blasts from the Jama’atu Ahlus-Sunnah Lidda’Awati Wal Jihad sect in Nigeria otherwise known as the Boko Haram, may decline or escalate for any period of time but the indicators for overall peace may truly be far -fetched. … read more »
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Tagged Ali Modu Sheriff, bokoharam, Borno, Borno State, GoodluckJonathan, IndepthAfrica, MAIDUGURI, Nigeria, Sufi
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By Theophilus Abbah,Daily Trust Former President Olusegun Obasanjo at the weekend took on former Head of State, retired General Yakubu Gowon for describing him as “highly irresponsible” for criticising President Goodluck Jonathan’s ‘weak’ approach to the insecurity in the North-East. … read more »
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Tagged bokoharam, Borno State, GoodluckJonathan, Gowon, IndepthAfrica, nigerain news, Nigeria, Obasanjo, Olusegun Obasanjo, Yakubu Gowon
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The oath of office of President is enshrined in the Seventh schedule of the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria (of 1999 as amended). This oath of office is solemn and inviolable and ought to guide the holder of … read more »
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Tagged bokoharam, Borno State, Federal Republic of Nigeria, GoodluckJonathan, IndepthAfrica, John Atta Mills, Jonathan, Nigeria, Politics of Nigeria
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Former President Olusegun Obasanjo, yesterday, blamed the incumbent president Goodluck Jonathan for allowing the Islamic sect, Boko Haram, to grow into a monster that is now uncontrollable by his failure to act on a report submitted to the government. The … read more »
By Vincent Obia, analysis Photo: Cartoon on terrorism in Nigeria Perhaps, the closest the country has got to solving the Boko Haram insurgency is the ongoing peace deal between the group and the federal government. The leadership of Jama’atul Ahlis … read more »
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Tagged Ali Modu Sheriff, Amnesty International, bokoharam, Borno State, Goodluck Jonathan, IndepthAfrica, MAIDUGURI, Muhammadu Buhari, Nigeria, Nigeria news
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From ADETUTU FOLASADE-KOYI,The Sun Chairman of the Housing and Urban Development Committee, Bukar Abba Ibrahim has refuted comments made by the Chief of Army Staff, Azubuike Ihejirika that over 3,000 people had been killed by Boko Haram. Senate President David … read more »
By Akukwe Obinna There is no doubt that political thuggery is the root cause of escalation of Boko Haram terrorism. Recently the terrorist group gave conditions for ceasefire and talks with the Nigerian Government . Part of the conditions, according … read more »
The Senator representing Borno Central Senatorial Zone, Ahmed Zanna on Wednesday filed a N5 billion suit against the Minister of Defence, the Attorney General of the Federation and the Spokesman of the military Joint Task Force (JTF), Lt. Col. Sagir … read more »
Suspected members of Boko Haram killed the attorney general of the state of Borno in northeastern Nigeria overnight, authorities said on Tuesday, a day after a security source said the military had killed the Islamist sect’s spokesman. Unknown attackers on … read more »
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(Reuters) – Nigerian authorities arrested 11 suspected members of Islamist militant group Boko Ads by Google Haram overnight and seized automatic weapons, ammunition and several homemade bombs, the military said on Wednesday. Boko Haram is waging a low-level insurgency in … read more »
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Tagged bokoharam, Borno State, Christian, IndepthAfrica, Islamism, Muslim, Nigeria, Reuters, Task force
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The former Minister of Works, Senator Sanusi Dagash has been forced into an exile abroad after the general elections last year, no thanks to threats by the Boko Haram Islamist group. Sources close to the former minister said he was … read more »
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Tagged Boko Haram Islamist group, bokoharam, Borno State, Goodluck Jonathan, IndepthAfrica, Jonathan, National Planning Commission of Nigeria, National Security Advisor (United States, Nigeria
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SUSPECTED terrorists yesterday scaled up their attacks in Borno, Kaduna and Sokoto states. Five people, including a suicide bomber who carried out the first attack in Sokoto since the insurgency in the North began in 2009, died in the explosion. … read more »
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Abdulrazaq Magaji My first discovery as I disembarked from the defunct Nigerian Airways Boeing 737I that July evening was the heat. It was around 6pm but even at that time of the day, the heat could, permit the choice of … read more »
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