According to a statement released by the Nigerian Army, troops of Operation Lafiya Dole have killed 105 Boko Haram members in a recent offensive that was carried out against the insurgents. Nigerian Army spokesman Col. Sagir Musa who released the statement on Sunday April 19, said it was gathered that the terrorists were killed in northeastern Yobe…
Gunmen, who are suspected to be of the Boko Haram terrorist group has unleashed terror overnight in a village near Toumour , southeastern Niger, the local mayor said on Saturday. The Mayor of the town, in Niger’s Diffa region near the border with Nigeria , Boukar Mani Orthe said about 50 unidentified armed men seized the…
A Federal High Court sitting in Abuja, on Wednesday, has declared the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) a terrorist organization. IPOB is a group that is pushing for the secession of the south east from Nigeria and wants the new state named the federal republic of Biafra. The court also declared illegal all activities of the…
US President Barak Obama has issued a strong warning on nuclear terrorism. Speaking at the global Nuclear Security Summit in Washington on Friday, the president stated that the threat of nuclear attacks from terrorist is very real. Here’s how BBC reports it: “The threat from terrorists trying to launch a nuclear attack that would “change our…
A British soldier was hacked to death by two men shouting Islamic slogans in a south London street, in what Prime Minister David Cameron said appeared to be a terrorist attack. Britain is currently investigating a possible Nigerian link to attackers suspected of hacking the soldier, two sources with knowledge of the investigation told Reuters…
Four suspects in connection with the bombing of the United Nations Headquarters in Abuja on August 26, 2011 were dragged to the Federal High Court by the FG in Abuja, on Tuesday. The suspects, Salisu Mohammed, Inusa Mukailu, Danzumi Haruna and Abdulsalami Adamu, are standing trial on a four-count charge of complicity amongst themselves and…
We deliver the most recent information on top stories in politics, sports, current affairs, foreign news and more in this segment. A suspected bomber was apprehended and killed by an angry mob near the Emir of Kano’s palace yesterday, Wednesday 17th April. Human rights activist, Shehu Sani, has declined to serve in the 26-member Presidential…
We deliver the most recent information on top stories in politics, sports, current affairs, foreign news and more in this segment. Operatives of the Special Task Force on Anti-pipeline Vandalism, instituted by the Inspector General of Police (IG), Mohammed Abubakar on Monday arrested five suspected pipeline vandals in Lagos. Professor Francisca Okeke the first female…
We deliver the most recent information on top stories in politics, sports, current affairs, foreign news and more in this segment. Nigerian Police beef up security against terrorist insurgence in Lagos. Akwa Ibom State Governor Godswill Akpabio has confessed to manipulating the result of a 2007 Peoples Democratic Party senatorial primary election in the state…
We deliver the most recent information on top stories in business, politics, sports, current affairs and more in this segment. Renowned evangelist and founder of the World Soul Winning Evangelical Ministry, Prophet Timothy Obadare, died in a private hospital on Thursday in Akure, at the age of 85. Troops numbering about 100 stormed terror suspects’…