Ahmad Gumi, prominent Islamic cleric, says the nation will regret it if Isa Pantami, minister of communications and digital economy, is removed from office. Many Nigerians and groups have been asking President Muhammadu Buhari to sack Pantami after videos from the 2000s resurfaced wherein the minister was seen supporting Al-Qaeda and the Taliban. Pantami has, […]
Boko Haram hoists flag in Niger village, seizes housewives, 50 communities deserted ACF, CNGs lampoon Buhari, El-Rufai over killing of two more Greenfield varsity students The spate of insecurity in the country assumed a more dangerous dimension on Monday as Boko Haram insurgents made inroads into Niger State and gunmen killed two students of Greenfield […]
Boko Haram terrorists have hoisted their flag in Kaure village in Shiroro Local Government Area of Niger State. Governor Abubakar Sani Bello disclosed this when he visited the Internally Displaced Persons (IDP) Camp at the IBB Primary School near the Palace of Emir of Minna. The primary school was hurriedly turned to IDP camp following […]
Armed members of the dreaded Boko Haram sect on Monday evening invaded Gwoza Local Government Area of Borno state shooting sporadically as residents flee into the mountains for safety. Reliable sources said security agencies are currently exchanging fire in an attempt to repel the attack. Gwoza is about a 180km drive from Maiduguri which has […]
The Military High Command on Monday said that the Troops of Operation Lafiya Dole deployed to Mainok, Borno State as part of the ongoing efforts to end insurgency activities in the area came under multi-directional attacks by Boko Haram/ISWAP terrorists on Sunday, leaving one gallant officer and six soldiers dead while five other soldiers sustained […]
The Nigerian Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs (NSCIA) has described Isa Pantami, minister of communications and digital economy, as a man of peace and integrity. There have been calls for the minister to resign over his past comments in support of terror groups like Al-Qaeda. Although, the minister had since said he made those comments […]
Ali Ndume, senator representing Borno south, has asked the federal government to reveal the identities of all the 400 bureau de change operators arrested for funding Boko haram. Ndume said this in an interview with journalists in Abuja on Sunday. Garba Shehu, presidential spokesman, had said the government arrested some BDC operators who were funding […]
Air Force fighter jet on a mission against Boko Haram extremists mistakenly bombed men of the Nigerian Army on Sunday, April 25, killing over 20 officers in Borno. Recall the soldiers who were reinforced from Ngandu village were said to be on their way to Mainok, headquarters of the Kaga Local Government Area of the […]
A commander of one of the Nigerian army’s battalions fighting insurgency in the north-east may have been killed, military sources have told TheCable. The commander, a lieutenant-colonel, was feared killed by suspected Boko Haram insurgents who attacked a military base in Mainok, Borno state, on Sunday. Thirteen soldiers were also said to have been killed […]
An ex-aide to former President Goodluck Jonathan, Reno Omokri, has challenged Nigerian security agencies to eliminate the leader of Boko Haram terrorist sect, Abubakar Shekau, with the same force the security agencies used to crush a top member of the Indigenous People of Biafra, one Commander Ikonso. The PUNCH had earlier reported that police operatives […]
