The Special Adviser to the President on Niger Delta/Coordinator, Presidential Amnesty Office, Paul Boroh, says the beneficiaries on the offshore programme abroad have been paid their school fees, upkeeps and other allowances. Mr. Boroh, retired brigadier general, disclosed this in a statement by the Director of Information, Amnesty Office, Charles Dafe, on Saturday in Abuja. […]
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The Niger Delta Avengers (NDA) has announced a suspension of its ceasefire with the federal government. In a statement on Friday, Murdoch Agbinibo, the group’s spokesman, said the group would renew hostilities. The militant said the fresh attacks would be worse than those of 2016. “We can assure you that every oil installation in our […]
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A suspected suicide bomber struck outside the headquarters of the Borno state command of National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) on Sunday. The command is located in the Muna area of Maiduguri, the state capital. A source told TheCable that two female suicide bombers were responsible for the attack. The source said only one was able […]
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The Police Command in Borno on Monday said 16 persons were killed and 18 others sustained injuries in multiple suicide bomb attacks at Muna area of Maiduguri. The Police Commissioner, Mr Damian Chukwu, confirmed the incident in a text message sent to newsmen in Maiduguri. Chukwu said that the incident occurred when a male suicide bomber detonated […]
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Death toll in the massive bomb attack in a busy area of the Somali capital Mogadishu on Saturday has risen to at least 230 people, police say. Hundreds more were wounded when a lorry packed with explosives detonated near the entrance of a hotel. It is the deadliest terror attack in Somalia since the Islamist […]
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Speaking at a symposium organised by the United States Institute of Peace, Thomas Shannon Jr, US Under Secretary for Political Affairs, disclosed that US Government has said it will give 54 million dollars in addition to humanitarian assistance to Nigeria, Cameroon, Chad and other countries affected by the Boko Haram violence. Shannon said that the […]
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The military authorities have announced the arrest of Idris Babawo, a top commander of the Boko Haram sect. Information released by Sani Usman, army spokesman, indicates that the Ondo police command captured Babawo in the state. Usman said Babawo, who also goes by the name Idoko or Nagada, is number 156 on the list of wanted […]
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Not less than 15 people were killed on Monday when two suicide bombers struck civilians receiving aid in Borno state, a rescue worker and a member of the civilian Joint Task Force (JTF) have reported. “There were twin suicide explosions at 11:10 am in Mashalari village (near Konduga), which killed 15 and left 43 others […]
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The defence headquarters has branded the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) a “militant terrorist organisation” and urged parents to dissuade their wards from joining the group. In a statement in Abuja on Friday, John Enenche, the director, defence information, restated the commitment of the armed forces to confront “all security challenges facing the country”. Enenche […]
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The Pan-Niger Delta Forum (PANDEF) has reminded the Nigerian army of how the Boko Haram insurgency started and warned against replicating it through the ongoing ‘Operation Python Dance 2’ in the south-east. The group gave the warning in reaction to clashes between soldiers and members of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) since the commencement […]
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