Tag: Boko Haram
Former NSA, Sambo Dasuki, pleads not guilty to money laundering charge
Former National Security Adviser (NSA), Col. Sambo Dasuki, pleaded not guilty to money laundering Monday in connection with $423,000 seized at his homes.
Dasuki, 60,...
DSS arraigns 40 Boko Haram suspects over planned Lagos attack
A Lagos State Magistrate’s Court, sitting in Isolo on Friday ordered the remand of 45 suspected members of the Boko Haram sect in Kirikiri...
Many feared dead as suicide bomber attacks Maiduguri mosque
Twin bomb blasts have killed at least 18 people during pre-dawn prayers at a crowded mosque in Maiduguri, the Borno State capital on Friday,...
Yobe suicide bombings: Death toll rises to 18
Twin bomb explosions which occurred in Damaturu, Yobe State, on Wednesday killed 18 people, two more than initially reported, Governor Ibrahim Gaidam said.
The attacks...
Army vows to finish off Boko Haram by December
The Nigerian Army said on Sunday that no amount of distractions would deter it from ending the Boko Haram insurgency in Nigeria by December.
The...
Many feared dead as two blasts hit Abuja
Two bomb blasts have rocked two Abuja satellite towns, with casualties reported, officials say.
The first struck near a police station in Kuje, 25 miles...
80 Boko Haram members surrender in Borno – Army
The Nigerian Army Thursday announced that 80 Boko Haram terrorists surrendered to troops of Operation Lafiya Dole in Bama, Borno State.
The terrorists, among whom...
I am not after anyone – Buhari
President Muhammadu Buhari has assured Nigerians that he is not persecuting anybody but said all must be ready to account for their actions.
He made...
Buhari clears air on absence at UN meeting on Boko Haram
By Ajani Okanlawon
President Muhammadu Buhari has denied reports that the Nigerian delegation to the 70th Session of the United Nations General Assembly disregarded a...
Gunmen kill policeman in attack on Kogi DSS office
Unidentified gunmen on Friday night launched an attack on the Kogi State headquarters of the Department of State Security (DSS), in Lokoja.
The gunmen were...