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More people died in Kaduna than reported.
Posted on : April 10, 2012, 8:00 am
The association of commercial motorcycle operators have claimed that “over 100″ of its men died in the blast.
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US says popular discontent fuelling Militancy
Posted on : April 11, 2012, 1:31 pm
The Obama administration says Islamic militants in northern Nigeria are capitalizing on popular discontent with the government, and officials need to tackle economic problems if they are to stop the violence. An Easter Sunday bombing thought to have been carried out by Boko Haram killed at least 36 people. U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs Johnnie Carson says the threat
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Could a Yoruba Man be one of Boko Haram's?
Posted on : May 11, 2012, 1:34 pm
A Yoruba man, Suleiman Mohammed, who hails from Ogbomosho, Oyo State, according to the Joint Military Task Force is the operational Commander of the Boko Haram in Kano.
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Boko Haram killed 3 in Kano.
Posted on : May 14, 2012, 6:43 am
3 people were on Sunday evening gunned down at Zoo Road in Tukuntawa, Kano, by men suspected to be members of Boko Haram.
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US to designate Boko Haram as Terrorists
Posted on : May 19, 2012, 7:44 am
The US State Department is under pressure from the Justice Department to designate Nigeria’s Islamic fundamentalist sect, the Boko Haram, as a “foreign terrorist organiastion.
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Nigerian Government has deported 335 Suspected Boko Haram Members in 3 Months.
Posted on : May 19, 2012, 11:03 am
To curtail the acts of terrorism by Boko Haram, Federal Government said that it has in the last 3 months, deported a total of 335 illegal immigrants, repatriated about 4,214 foreigners and refused no fewer than 16,998 foreigners entry into the country through the Immigration Service.
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Obama Gets Dire Warning Over Boko Haram's Designation
Posted on : May 22, 2012, 6:16 pm
Barrack Obama has been warned over the proposal of the United States Justice Department to designate Boko Haram a foreign terror group.
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Oritsejafor Misinterpreted Bamanga's Statement On Boko Haram - PDP
Posted on : May 26, 2012, 10:53 am
The Peoples Democratic Party says the President of the Christian Association of Nigeria Pastor Ayo Oritsejafor engaged in what it called ‘a contextual misinterpretation of relevant facts’ on the PDP National chairman, Dr.BamangaTukur’s statement on Boko Haram and peace in Northern Nigeria.
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Boko Haram in Northern Nigeria.
Posted on : May 28, 2012, 9:49 pm
26 August 2011: There are reports that the UN Builiding in Abuja has been hit by Boko Haram. Have you heard anything? Reports coming out of Abuja say it must be the work of a suicide bomber! An eyewitness said he saw bodies of wounded victims being transported to the National Hospital in Nigeria's capital city.
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Military Seize Another Senior Boko Haram Leader
Posted on : May 30, 2012, 7:34 am
Nigerian military authorities have seized another high value target in Boko Haram..
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El-Rufai Accuses FG Of Complicity In Boko Haram Activities
Posted on : June 3, 2012, 11:38 am
The federal government has a hand in the unending spate of bombings and shootings orchestrated by predominantly northern Islamist sect, Boko Haram, former minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Malam Nasir el-Rufai, has said.
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Another Church Bombed In Bauchi
Posted on : June 3, 2012, 12:07 pm
The suicide bomber drove an explosives-laden car into the Living Faith Church, in Yelwa, on the outskirts of the state, targeting Sunday-morning worshippers.
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Curbing Boko Harm Insurgency Requires More Than Security Approach - US
Posted on : June 4, 2012, 5:12 pm
As the Boko Haram insurgency worsens, the United States has consistently maintained that Nigeria has to adopt a socioeconomic approach in tackling the terrorism. In this interview, the Information Officer at the US Embassy In Nigeria, Deborah Ann MacLean, tells Newsmen that Nigerian government should step up efforts in tackling the root causes of Boko Haram and attendant insecurity across the country. Excerpt.
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Gunfire, Blasts Hit Maiduguri
Posted on : June 5, 2012, 7:06 pm
Gunfire and explosions erupted in the city of Maiduguri earlier today as soldiers moved into an area where members of Islamist group Boko Haram were believed to be hiding, residents said.
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Boko Haram Agrees To Cease Fire For Negotiations - Sheikh Dahiru
Posted on : June 6, 2012, 6:48 pm
All is now set for true negotiations between the federal government and the Islamic Sect, Jamatul Ahlul Sunnah Lidda’awa Wal Jihad, known as Boko Haram towards bringing to an end the wanton destruction of lives and properties
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Another Church Bombed In Jos
Posted on : June 10, 2012, 11:59 am
Reports reaching Search Nigeria say that there has been a bomb explosion at a church in the Rukuba area of Jos.
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Boko Haram Is Highly Decentralised - John Campbell
Posted on : June 11, 2012, 2:48 pm
A former Ambassador of the United States to Nigeria, Ambassador John Campbell has said that Boko Haram, the Islamic Sect that has claimed responsibility for all the bombings in the Northern parts of Nigeria, is highly decentralised.
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Muslim Lawyers Advise FG To Dialogue With Boko Haram
Posted on : June 11, 2012, 5:09 pm
The Muslim Lawyers Association of Nigeria, on Monday advised the Federal Government to dialogue with the Boko Haram sect, to curb the spate of violence in the country.
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Boko Haram Lay Siege To Kano School
Posted on : June 12, 2012, 6:55 am
The Federal Government College in Kano, the country’s second largest city, was reportedly attacked by gunmen suspected to be adherents of the Boko Haram Islamist sect, on Monday.
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27 Killed In Gun Attack on Zamfara Market
Posted on : June 12, 2012, 7:57 am
At least 27 people in the northwestern state of Zamfara were on Monday shot to death in an assault suspected to have been masterminded by vengeful armed robbers.
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Borno Elders Forum Begs Boko Haram To Accept Dialogue
Posted on : June 14, 2012, 7:38 pm
The Borno Elders Forum on Thursday renewed calls on members of the Boko Haram to dialogue with the government and end the ongoing violent attacks.
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Nigeria's Boko Haram 'Bombed Kaduna Churches'
Posted on : June 18, 2012, 5:51 pm
Radical Islamist group Boko Haram has said it was behind Sunday's suicide bombings of three churches in the northern Nigerian state of Kaduna.
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Damaturu Under Seige As JTF Battles Boko Haram Gunmen
Posted on : June 18, 2012, 9:52 pm
Damaturu, the Yobe State capital, has come under a siege today following heavy gunfire and bomb blasts as soldiers attached to the Joint Task Force on Operation Restore Order engage suspected Boko Haram fighters in a bloody duel.The gun battle began around 5p.m as JTF troops moved to dislodge the deadly sect from the city.
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Reps Summon Jonathan Over Insecurity, Boko Haram
Posted on : June 19, 2012, 6:11 pm
The House of Reps Tuesday summoned President Goodluck Jonathan to brief them on the worsening security situation in the country
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Northern Leaders Have Case To Answer On Boko Haram
Posted on : June 20, 2012, 11:51 am
ABUJA—An event or ganised in honour of the retiring Chief Justice of Nigeria, CJN, Justice Dahiru Musdapher, in Abuja, Tuesday, took a different dimension, after a member of the Board of Trustees, BoT, of Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, and publisher of Champions Newspaper Ltd, Chief Emmanuel Iwuanyanwu, urged the Federal Government to hold northern leaders responsible for the increasing spate of violence by the Boko Haram Islamist sect.
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Boko Haram: US Lists Shekau, 2 Others As Foreign Terrorists
Posted on : June 21, 2012, 7:49 pm
The US Department of State has listed Abubakar Shekau, Abubakar Adam Kambar, and Khalid al-Barnawi who are leaders of the Boko Haram sect as Specially Designated Global Terrorists under section 1(b) of Executive Order 13224.
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Christmas Day Bomber, Habeeb Bama Detained
Posted on : June 22, 2012, 8:10 am
Nigeria’s security forces have detained a man it accused of masterminding the Christmas Day bombing of a Catholic Church in Madalla.
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FG Resolves To Bring An End To Boko Haram Activities - Adefuye
Posted on : June 23, 2012, 9:20 pm
The FG has assured the U.S. of its firm determination to bring an end to the destructive activities of Boko Haram in the country.
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US designation of Boko Haram leaders: ACN blames Nigerian leadership
Posted on : June 24, 2012, 9:00 pm
The Action Congress of Nigeria has blamed Nigeria’s inept and clueless leadership for the US’ designation of three leaders of Boko Haram as Specially Designated Global Terrorists, and its implications for Nigeria’s sovereignty.
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Gunfire, Explosions Rock Troubled Damaturu
Posted on : July 1, 2012, 10:57 am
Gunfire and explosions rocked the northeastern Nigerian city of Damaturu on Saturday as security forces launched a pre-emptive offensive against Boko Haram Islamists.
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Ndume Named As Boko Haram Financier
Posted on : July 4, 2012, 8:17 am
Abdulfaruk Dauda, an operator of SSS, has told a Federal High Court in Abuja that former spokesman of Boko Haram, Kudunga Abdul, allegedly named Sen. Ali Ndume as a financier of the group.
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NSA Says 'Nobody Knows Those Behind Boko Haram'
Posted on : July 5, 2012, 7:32 am
“My intention is to work with state governors towards addressing all these problems because they are the Chief Security Officers of their respective states. Our job is to compliment their efforts because when there is peace, the burden will be less for us in Abuja.”
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Nigerian men accused of Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula links
Posted on : July 6, 2012, 10:06 pm
Two Nigerian men have been accused of having links with al-Qaeda and recruiting members to train in Yemen. Olaniyi Lawal, 31, and Luqman Babatunde, 30, both pleaded not guilty at a court in the capital, Abuja.
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Atiku Condemns Nigeria's Descent Into Anarchy
Posted on : July 10, 2012, 7:57 am
Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar has said the fresh orgy of indiscriminate murder of innocent people in Plateau State by criminalrngangs would complicate the country’s insecurity crisis.
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CAN Urges US Action On Islamic Group
Posted on : July 11, 2012, 8:11 am
The leader of Nigeria’s Christians has called on the United States to declare the Islamist group Boko Haram a terrorist organisation, but a US official said it was more important to address social inequalities.
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It Was Boko Haram, Not Herdsmen.
Posted on : July 11, 2012, 8:24 am
Nigeria’s leading terror group, the Boko Haram Islamist sect, has claimed responsibility for the weekend killing of more than 100 people in Plateau State, in an announcement that clearly defies widespread belief that the attack was orchestrated by Fulani herdsmen.
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Boko Haram's Attacks On Churches Are Targeted At Jonathan- US Don
Posted on : July 12, 2012, 3:31 pm
Briefing the US House Committe on Foreign Relations on the security situation in Nigeria during the week, Professor Darren Kew, an Associate Professor of Conflict Resolution, Human Security, and Global Governance of University of Massachusetts, Boston, United States of America, said that the attacks on churches in Nigeria are aimed at President Goodluck Jonathan.
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Kashim Shettima of Borno State Insists Boko Haram is a Direct Result of Poverty.
Posted on : July 12, 2012, 9:07 pm
Governor of Borno State, Alhaji Kashim Shettima, has attributed the Boko Haram insurgence in the state and other states in the North East zone of the country to extreme poverty.
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Blast Near Shehu Of Borno Palace Kills About 5 Today.
Posted on : July 13, 2012, 5:58 pm
A suicide bomber this afternoon detonated explosives wired to his body outside a mosque close to the place of the Shehu of Borno killing at least five persons and wounding several others. The incident according to sources occurred after Friday prayers attended by the traditional ruler and top government functionaries amidst tight security.
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Security Challenges Constitute Major Threat To NYSC, Says Orji
Posted on : July 15, 2012, 3:36 pm
The current security breaches in the North have been described as the major threat to the continued implementation of the NYSC scheme. Gov. Theodore Orji of Abia State made the remark during a dinner organised in honour of Gov. Aliyu Wamakko of Sokoto State who is in the state on a 2-day working visit.
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Gunmen storm Yobe police post
Posted on : July 16, 2012, 8:27 pm
Suspected members of radical Islamist group Boko Haram attacked a police building in restive northern on Monday but the assault was repelled, a police spokesman said.
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Nigeria Muslim School In Jos Targeted By Rocket
Posted on : July 17, 2012, 3:03 pm
A 10-year-old boy has died after a rocket was fired at a school in the Nigerian city of Jos but missed and hit a nearby building, officials say. The school authorities say the boy was not a pupil at the large co-educational institution owned by the city's Muslim community.
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15yr Old Twins Slaughtered In Yobe
Posted on : July 23, 2012, 10:54 pm
Residents of Nasarawa ward of Damaturu, the Yobe State capital, yesterday, woke up to the shocking news of the slaughter of twin teenagers by yet to be identified persons.
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Car Packed With Explosives Blasts Shagari Estate In Damaturu
Posted on : August 5, 2012, 12:53 pm
A car laden with explosives mid Sunday exploded in Shagari Housing Estate of Damaturu in Yobe State. It is however unclear whether there are casualties at this time.
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Police Foil Attack On Station In Yobe
Posted on : August 21, 2012, 9:12 am
An attempted attack on the Damagum Police Station on Monday has been by scuppered by policemen, same as a similar attack on a place of worship.
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Northern Governors Inaugurate Committee On Boko Haram
Posted on : August 22, 2012, 9:18 am
Disturbed by protracted security challenges in the region, the Northern States Governors Forum (NSGF) will on Wednesday inaugurate a 40-man committee to work on reconciling the people and healing the pains of years of bloodshed.
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Oritsejafor Blasts Boko Haram, Minister
Posted on : August 23, 2012, 2:09 pm
Christian Association of Nigeria, CAN, President, Pastor Ayo Oritsejafor, yesterday, attacked the Islamic fundamentalists, Boko Haram, and the Minister of State for Foreign Affairs, Mr. Mohammed Nurudeen, for saying Nigeria is the most Christian-populated Islamic nation in the world.
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Mobile phone Masts attacked in Northern Nigeria
Posted on : September 8, 2012, 7:51 am
A radical Islamist sect that has attacked mosques, churches, schools and government buildings at will in Nigeria appears to have added a new target for its violence: mobile phone towers.
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Boko Haram: Nigerian Military 'Kills Top Militant'
Posted on : September 17, 2012, 4:24 pm
The spokesman for Islamist militant group Boko Haram has been killed by Nigeria's military, reliable sources have told the BBC.
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JTF Takes Over Boko Haram’s Command & Control Center, Confiscate Gadgets, Guns, Bombs
Posted on : September 18, 2012, 6:08 pm
The military Joint Task Force today further dealt a massive blow to the operational capabilty of the terrorist group Boko Haram following a successful operation launched at the group’s command and control center in Kano.
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Why We Designated 3 Members Of Boko Haram As Terrorists – U.S.
Posted on : September 21, 2012, 2:54 pm
The U.S. said on Thursday that it decided to designate three leaders of Boko Haram as terrorists because their plans had gone beyond discrediting the Nigerian Government.
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Boko Haram Hits Bauchi Church
Posted on : September 23, 2012, 11:24 am
A Catholic Church in Bauchi has been hit by an explosion this morning.
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Boko Haram `Accountant’ Arrested with N4.5m Cash
Posted on : September 23, 2012, 3:50 pm
`The accountant’ was said to be in transit between Kano and Zaria, last week
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Military Take Out Boko Haram Leader In Adamawa, Abubakar
Posted on : September 25, 2012, 2:43 pm
A military and police unit in Adamawa State tagged “Operation Restore Sanity” early Monday morning recorded a major breakthrough in the fight against Boko Haram with the killing of Abubakar Yola, popularly called Abu Jihad. He was killed in Mubi town during a gunfight after resisting arrest.
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Nigeria Immigration Officer and other Security Officers Arrested for Boko Haram Links
Posted on : September 29, 2012, 4:45 pm
The Nigerian Joint Military Tasks Force (JTF) said Friday it had arrested a number of security personnel over links to Islamist extremist group Boko Haram
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BREAKING NEWS!!! At Least 32 Students Killed By Unknown Gunmen (Suspected to be Boko Haram) In Federal Polytechnic, Mubi
Posted on : October 2, 2012, 8:53 pm
At least 20 students have been shot dead by unknown gunmen in Mubi, north-eastern Nigeria.
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Boko Haram: HRW, Sani Accuse JTF Of Extrajudicial Killings
Posted on : October 13, 2012, 12:27 am
Both the Human Rights Watch and the President of the Civil Rights Congress of Nigeria, Comrade Shehu Sani, have accused the Joint Task Force (JTF) of gross human rights violations, mass murder and extrajudicial killings in its drive to curb terrorist activities of the Boko Haram sect in the northern parts of the country.
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Boko Haram Raze Police Station In Borno.
Posted on : November 1, 2012, 8:56 am
Boko Haram has again attacked Chibok town in Borno State, razing a police station during the raid killing a student.
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Boko Haram, Buhari
Posted on : November 2, 2012, 11:20 am
THE violent Islamic sect, Boko Haram, on Thursday indicated its readiness to end its campaign of violence but on the conditions that ex-Borno State Governor Modu Sheriff was arrested and peace talks held in Saudi Arabia.
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General Muhammadu Shuwa (rtd), Orderly & Guest Shot Dead
Posted on : November 3, 2012, 10:00 am
Gunmen believed to be members of the Boko Haram Friday afternoon shot and killed General Muhammadu Shuwa (rtd), a well respected soldier due to his exploits in the Biafran war of the 70’s.
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Gunmen Murder Another Top Borno Politician
Posted on : November 27, 2012, 3:32 pm
The killings in Nigeria’s northeast continued in the wee hours of Monday with the slaying of a top politician in the usually quiet town of Magumeri, Borno State.
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Over Forty Gunmen Attack Special Anti-Robbery Squad In Abuja, Free Many Boko Haram Members
Posted on : November 28, 2012, 5:36 am
At least 30 detainees, including some Boko Haram members, were said to have escaped during the Monday attack on the detention facility.
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