Showing posts with label Islamic Sect. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Islamic Sect. Show all posts
Wednesday, 3 September 2014

Boko Haram 'Seize' Strategic Bama Town in Borno

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Nigeria's militant Islamist group Boko Haram has seized the key north-eastern town of Bama after fierce fighting with government forces,...
Thursday, 14 August 2014

Nigerian Military Well-Equipped, Motivated To Dislodge Boko Haram Terrorists In Gwosa

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The Armed Forces is working to set Gwoza town in Borno state free of terrorist elements and will leave no portion of the country for terror...
Friday, 8 August 2014

Boko Haram: Solution Lies With Northern Elders - Aliyat Yakub

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A friend wanted to visit the north, and she was so scared of coming that she had to consult her pastors on whether to come or not. It is so ...
Wednesday, 6 August 2014

Boko Haram Renders 650,000 Nigerians Homeless - United Nations

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Attacks by Boko Haram in the crisis-hit northeast have forced nearly 650,000 people from their homes, the United Nations humanitarian office...

Boko Haram Trails Nigerians To Chad, Kills 6

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Gunmen suspected to be members of the Boko Haram sect Monday crossed over to a village in Chad and killed.six Nigerians who were taking refu...

United States Surveillance Planes Searching for Boko Haram Abductees Spot Girls in Nigeria

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Recent U.S. surveillance flights over northeastern Nigeria showed what appeared to be large groups of girls held together in remote location...
Tuesday, 5 August 2014

Boko Haram Kills Nigerian Army Captain, 8 Months After His Wedding

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Members of the dreaded Boko Haram Islamic Sect, have killed Captain Benjamin Sule, a Nigerian army officer who just wedded eight months ago....

President Jonathan Using Third Parties To Negotiate With Boko Haram To Free Abducted Chibok Girls

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The president of Nigeria disclosed Monday that his government is using third parties to talk to Islamist extremists and try to secure the s...

Amnesty International Claims Nigerian Army Committed 'War Crimes'

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Nigeria's army has committed atrocities in the north-east in its fight against Islamist militants belonging to Boko Haram, Amnesty Inter...

Defence HQ's Response To Amnesty International's Claims of 'War Crimes'

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The Nigerian military takes the issue of Human Rights seriously and will never condone any proven case of abuse by its personnel. Military a...

Countering Radical Islamic Extremism: The Niger State Example

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On Tuesday June 3, 2014, the Niger State government dislodged members of a radical and controversial Islamic group, the Nibrassiya Huda Isla...
Monday, 4 August 2014

Anxiety Mounts Over Whereabout of Detained Boko Haram Chief ‘Butcher’ - Muhammed Zakari

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The lack of inter-agency coordination between security forces in Nigeria appears to be playing out again in Nigeria as Police and military ...

"Boko Haram Effect": Real Estate Prices At All Time Low in Parts of Nigeria

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The unrelenting violence perpetrated by the Boko Haram insurgents has taken its toll on the real estate sector in most states in northern Ni...
Saturday, 2 August 2014

Boko Haram Threatens To Attack Akwa Ibom State

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The Akwa State Government, Friday , said it had received text messages from the Boko Haram terrorist group threatening to attack public p...

Boko Haram: Nigeria Raises N60 Billion to Assist Terror Victims

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The federal government on Thursday realised over N60 billion as individuals and groups donated to the Victims of Terror Support Fund laun...

Police Discover Buried Arms, IEDs In Bauchi State

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The state’s police spokesman, Mohammed Haruna (a deputy of police) said the lethal weapons were discovered on Wednesday at about 4:3...
Friday, 1 August 2014

Spread of Boko Haram Threatens Heart of Nigerian Economy

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LAGOS, Nigeria—To understand why Africa's top economy is faltering after five years of Islamist attacks, take a look at Tochukwu Odid...
Thursday, 31 July 2014

Boko Haram Bent On Seizing Kano, Kaduna, Niger, Kogi And Nasarawa States - Intelligence Source

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A high-level Nigerian security source told SaharaReporters that Nigeria’s intelligence agencies have received “credible reports that Boko Ha...

How Europe Inadvertently Bankrolls Al-Qaeda, Al-Shabab

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Al-Qaeda is increasingly funding terror operations thanks to at least $125 million in ransom paid since 2008, largely by European governmen...
Wednesday, 30 July 2014

Boko Haram: Nigeria Opens Long-Awaited Battle of Ideas Against Sect's Ideology

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KADUNA, Nigeria (Reuters) - In classrooms facing a sandy courtyard in the northern Nigerian city of Kaduna, Maska Road Islamic School teach...