41 Days To 2015 General Elections:13 Local Governments Under Boko Haram

With less than 50 days to the start of general elections across the country, the Boko Haram insurgents are still in control of a total of 13 local government areas in the northeastern states of Borno, Yobe and Adamawa.

UPDATE: Civilians, Soldiers Flee As Boko Haram Seize Military Base, Takes Over Baga

Baga, a town that has suffered several attacks from the Boko Haram in the past two years, fell to insurgents who overpowered soldiers of the Multinational Joint Task Force, MNJTF, and wrecked havoc on residents and property on Saturday, witnesses, a lawmaker, and security officials have said.

Boko Haram's Bloodiest Year Yet: Over 9,000 Killed, 1.5 Million Displaced, 800 Schools Destroyed in 2014

The Nigerian Security Network, an organization monitoring the casualties surrounding the Boko Haram insurgency, estimates that 2014 was the deadliest year so far in the terrorist group's five year insurgency in Northeast Nigeria.

Boko Haram: Saudi Arabia Refuses To Grant Flight Permit For Nigerian Arms Procured From Pakistan

Saudi Arabian Flag

Nigeria’s effort at ending the Boko Haram insurgency has run into another hitch with the refusal by the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia to grant over-flight permits to cargo planes conveying military equipment and armoured tanks procured by the Nigerian government from Pakistan.

Gunmen Kill 10 in Kaduna Post-Christmas Celebration

Gunmen on Saturday night attacked and killed 10 residents of Tattaura Village in Kaduna State.

Boko Haram Controls 20 Out Of 27 Local Councils In Borno State

The Borno State government painted a graphic picture of Boko Haram terrorism in the state when it says that the sect has seized control of 20 of the 27 local government areas of the state over the last five years.

Litany Of Boko Haram Abductions: Sect Abducted 592 In 2014

At least 592 were kidnapped by the Islamic fundamentalist group, Boko Haram in 2014. They were mostly girls, boys and women.

Terrorist Leader With $3M Bounty On His Head Surrenders In Somalia

NAIROBI, Kenya — A Somali intelligence official says a leader with the Islamic extremist group al-Shabab, who has a $3 million bounty on his head, surrendered in Somalia.

Sultan Of Sokoto Denounces Boko Haram, Says Sect Not Islamic

Sultan Sa'ad Abubakar

The Sultan of Sokoto, Alhaji Sa’ad Abubakar, has said that the Boko Haram sect has no doctrine that resembles that of true Muslims.

Boko Haram: Nigerian Army Exonerates Commanding Officer For Petitioning President Jonathan

The Nigerian Army on Thursday distanced the Commanding Officer of the 103 Battalion, Lt. Col Anthony Wende, from a petition purportedly written to President Goodluck Jonathan, on why the counter insurgency operations in the North-East had not yielded the desired results.

Pakistan Announces A National Plan To Fight Terrorism, Says Terrorists’ Days Are Numbered

Pakistani political parties reached an agreement Wednesday to set up a special military tribunal court to handle terrorism cases in the country. The agreement is part of a national action plan to fight terrorism, which comes a week after the deadly attack on a military school in Peshawar that killed 149 people, 133 of them children.

Jordanian Pilot Captured by Islamic State After Warplane Crashes in Syria

IS Fighters with Captured Pilot

Islamic State militants captured a Jordanian pilot after his plane went down during operations by the U.S.-led coalition against the group on Wednesday in northeastern Syria, Jordan’s military said. The Raqqa Media Center, which is sanctioned by Islamic State, claimed the group shot the plane down with antiaircraft guns and the pilot ejected near the city of Raqqa—the capital of a province by the same name that is the seat of Islamic State’s self-proclaimed caliphate.

Lt. Col., 15 Others Jailed Over Chibok Girls’ Abduction

Chibok School Girls

The  Nigerian Army has sentenced three officers and 13 other soldiers to two years’ imprisonment each   over the April 14, 2014 abduction of over 200 schoolchildren from their hostel in Chibok, Borno State, by Boko Haram insurgents.

Home Security Tips During The Xmas Holiday

Christmas holidays are a special time when families and friends come together to celebrate the season. It is also the time of year where families and friends are most generous and practice the tradition of gift giving. It should be a joyous and happy time for all of us.

BEWARE! Islamic State (ISIS) Scouting For Fighters In Nigeria

Mr. Mike Omeri

The federal government has warned that agents of the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) are scouting in the country to recruit Nigerian youths as fighters for the terrorist group.