Boko Haram Militants Kidnap Teenage Girls, kill Four, Soldier in Borno, NE Nigeria

Boko Haram militants kidnapped unspecified number of teenage girls and killed no fewer than four persons in Bam village, about 7 kilometers away from Buratai village, the home town of Nigeria's Chief of Army Staff, Lt. Gen. Tukur Yusuf Buratai.

Canadian Takes Fight Against Boko Haram To The Airwaves To Counter Sect's Narratives

A Canadian broadcaster, Mr. David Smith, has set up a radio station focused at combating Boko Haram insurgency and its ideology. The radio station named ''Dandal Kura'', will air on shortwave from Nigeria to discourage people from violence.

Alleged 'Wiping Out' of Special Forces By Boko Haram And The Massive Rot In Nigeria's Security Apparatchik

Till this very moment, many Nigerians are not privy to why President Muhammadu Buhari is resolute to ensure that everyone linked to the alleged $2 billion arms purchase fraud under former President Goodluck Jonathan faces the full wrath of the law.

Security Alert! Boko Haram Plans To Attack Churches, Mosques, Markets in Abuja - DSS Warns

Nigeria's Department of State Services, DSS, has alerted Abuja residents over plots by Boko Haram to attack churches, mosques and markets, using girls to bomb those places.

Two Suicide Bombers Kill 15 During Shia Muslim Procession in Kano, Nigeria

Two suicide bombers reportedly blew themselves up after mingling with members of a Shia Muslim procession in the village of Dakasoye, Garun Mallam local goverment area of Kano on Friday, November 27.

Pirates Kidnap Five Polish Sailors off Nigeria

Gunmen have kidnapped five Polish sailors from a cargo ship off southern Nigeria, in the latest incident in a region known as a piracy hotspot, Poland’s government said Friday.

Extra-judicial Killings, Right To Life Of Gunshot Victims in Nigeria

Food For Thought:

‘’First they came for the Socialists, and I did not speak out, because I was not a Socialist. Then they came for the Trade Unionists, and I did not speak out, because I was not a Trade Unionist. Then they came for the Jews, and I did not speak out, because I was not a Jew. Then they came for me, and there was no one to speak for me’’. – Martin Niemöller

Scores of Nigerians die untimely, yearly due to extra-judicial killings usually by overzealous Nigerian security operatives and through gunshot injuries. Aside from the ‘’collateral damages’’ and factual extra-judicial killing of Boko Haram suspects sequel to the ongoing counter-terrorism and counter-insurgency operations in North-East Nigeria, Nigeria’s erstwhile Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Mr. Mohammed Adoke, reportedly accused the Nigeria Police Force of being responsible for not less than 7, 108 deaths in the last four years as at December 2012.

Saudi Arabia Set To Execute More Than 50 Convicted of Terrorism, Says Local Media

Riyadh: Saudi Arabia plans to execute more than 50 people convicted of terrorism, two Saudi newspapers reported this week, in what appears to be a warning to would-be jihadists at a time of militant attacks on the kingdom.

How Pipeline Vandals Stole $250m of Nigerian Oil From One Pipeline

Pipeline vandals have stolen nearly $250m (£165m) of petrol from a single pipeline this year, says Nigeria's NNPC.