This is alien. It is forbidden. We cannot live like this. Something serious has gone wrong in the land. We must do well by returning to the basics
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The Public Relations Officer of the Northern CAN, made up of the 19 Northern states and Abuja, Sunny Oibe, said the bombing of the motor back was condemnable
Reports reaching The Eagle Online said Igbos, who are aggrieved with the bombing of the luxury bus park, which affected mainly people of South East origin, are out to retaliate the killing by attacking people of Northern origin in their domain
Shekau appeared in the video surrounded by several hooded gunmen standing upon a pile of different shapes and sizes of arms and ammunition
The President said the barbaric incident will not deter the Federal Government from its strong-willed determination to overcome those who do not mean well for the nation
The explosive device was said to have had a huge impact on one of the luxury buses, which went up in flames
The PDP members reportedly shot dead were Alhaji Ibrahim Usman Gula, the Zonal Vice Chairman for Southern Borno; and Hajia Gambo, the PDP Woman Leader, Shehuri Ward in Maiduguri
In an early morning raid of the Boko Haram hideout in Bado Quarters in Sokoto by a combined team of soldiers, police and Department of State Security Service operatives, several sophisticated arms and ammunition were also recovered.
Though no group has claimed responsibility, the suspicion is that dreaded sect, Boko Haram, must have carried out the attack
It said for a President, who has unwisely stayed away from the beleaguered part of the country for too long, last week’s visit only succeeded in inflicting additional pain and insults on the victims of the insurgency, who could have used a little dose of succour and empathy from their leader
The clash, which erupted when the JTF stormed the hideout of the terrorist, led to the death of 52 suspected Boko Haram members and two soldiers
The amnesty call, which has been on for a while, was re-echoed by the Sultan of Sokoto, Alhaji Sa’ad Abubakar, last week
Speaking at a Town Hall meeting in Maiduguri, the Borno State capital, Jonathan said he was curious on why attacks have continued to be on the rise in Borno State while peace is gradually returning to states like Yobe, Bauchi, Gombe and Kano
He said: “You cannot talk of amnesty for now until you see the people.”
The Sultan of Sokoto, Alhaji Sa’ad Abubakar, had on Tuesday canvassed amnesty for the sect members
Abubakar made the call in Kaduna, Kaduna State at the annual meeting of the Central Council of the Jama’atul Nasril Islam
The gunmen targeted the divisional police station and Mainstreet Bank in the town.
Rather, Shekau, in a video compact disc message, said it was not possible for Boko Haram to be involved in any dialogue with the government when its members were being killed
The attack was launched at Monguno Barracks in the early hours of Sunday
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My opinion is that this brutal, disturbing and distressing action by the NBC is uncalled for, and clearly manifests a medieval-era mindset in the regulatory organization