Addressing the press on behalf of the council, the Commissioner, Osun State Police Command, Ibrahim Maishanu, described as false a report in the media of an alleged bomb blast in Ile-Ife on Tuesday, thereby insinuating that the Boko Haram terror group had made incursion into the South West state
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Speaking to Reuters at his home surrounded by rainforest near the southwestern city of Abeokuta, Ogun State, Soyinka said the horrors inflicted by the militants had shown Nigerians across the mostly Muslim north and Christian south that sticking together might be the only way to avoid even greater sectarian slaughter
Reverend Samuel D. Dali, the President Church of the Brethren in Nigeria, in a petition to the United Nations General Assembly, appealed to the international community not to spare any effort to come to the rescue of innocent Christian children, women and the elderly that are massacred in their churches by members of the dreaded sect, Boko Haram
Two years later, Shekau’s scepticism appears well founded: his Islamic militant group is now the biggest security threat to Africa’s top oil producer, is richer than ever, more violent and its abductions of women and children continue with impunity
Apparently meant to be retaliation for the so called two day “clamp down” on the press, the deafening noise being made by an otherwise sober media has proved so malicious, mischievous and self-serving
The monarch, who said Northerners have contributed immensely to the prevailing peace in his Kingdom, irrespective of their ethnic, political and religious backgrounds, maintained that this remains the only way that insurgency could be checked
Oloyede made the remark at the ongoing National Conference in Abuja during a debate on a motion of national importance moved by Bishop Joseph Bagobiri and Seinde Arogbofa
Senator Mohammed Ali Ndume, representing Borno South Senatorial District, confirmed the multiple attacks on Chibok villages on Sunday in a telephone interview in Maiduguri
Samuel Chibok, a survivor of the attack on Kautikiri village in the Chibok community, said that around 20 men in a Toyota pick-up truck and motorcycles rolled into town.
A tanker owner, who simply identified himself as Henric, said: “Anybody who told you anything different from the fact that a bomb was inside the Sienna car is lying to you”
The bag recovered from the suspect was later confirmed to contain a package of IED and other accessories, including stop clock, mobile phones and other materials used for setting off explosives
Cameroon has deployed over 1,000 troops along the long and porous border after it came under pressure from its neighbour for not doing enough to counter the Islamist insurgents, who are suspected of using Cameroon as a base
Tambuwal said that when fully operational, the unit should be maintained in a state of permanent readiness to respond to terrorist activities anywhere in the country
The first session, which started at about 9.30am, was meant to consider the Report of the Conference Committee on National Security headed by a former Inspector General of Police, Muhammmed Gambo Jimeta, and former Director General of the National Intelligence Agency, Chief Albert Horsfall
Sources from the area revealed to journalists Monday that the hoodlums believed to be members of the outlawed Boko Haram sect continued to invade the town last week and abducted their women
He warned politicians to stop taking advantage of poor in the society, especially the youths, to perpetrate evil, even as he urged the youths to summon courage to challenge politicians to get their children to execute their “dirty jobs”
About 486 persons suspected to be Boko Haram members were arrested recently in Abia State by security operatives
Clad in military uniforms, the attackers raided Koronginim in a convoy of sport utility and military vehicles, the witness told Reuters by telephone, asking not to be identified
Jingir frowned at the media clampdown by the military, describing it as a bad omen for the country’s development
Consequently, the DSS has placed the residents of Abuja on the alert, urging them to report whenever they notice any tanker with suspicious movement