The Department of State Services (DSS) has confirmed the arrested of Tukur Mamu ‘the self-acclaimed Kaduna Train hostage negotiator’, who is also the publisher of Desert Herald. Recall that Mamu, who has been involved in negotiations for the release of persons abducted during an attack on a train in Kaduna, was arrested in Kano on Wednesday. According to a […]
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L/Cpl Jibrin, an instructor with his Army Battalion in Geidam, who was nabbed for collaborating with ISWAP terrorists has succeeded in killing himself while being escorted to the barrack. Jibrin who first disappeared for two days was very popular with his colleagues and well liked by his colleagues because of his known competence. He was […]
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A man was shot dead by armed officers after a stabbing attack on a busy south London street left at least two people injured on Sunday, with police treating the crime as “terrorist-related.” The Metropolitan Police Service said on Twitter that the man had been pronounced dead after being shot at around 2 pm (1400 […]
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Konduga, a town located along Bama-Maiduguri road in Borno State, has been attacked by Boko Haram insurgents. The incident, which lasted for about two hours, is said to have occurred around 9pm on Wednesday. Wanori, Kaleri and Amarwa villages are the areas in Konduga said to be affected by the attack which left more than […]
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A federal high court in Abuja has affirmed the proscription of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB). Governors of the south-east had proscribed the group and branded it a terrorist organisation. Subsequently, the federal government outlawed the group and proscribed its activities in every part of the country. Abubakar Malami, minister of justice, had filed […]
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The federal government on Sunday has said there is no cause for alarm over alleged plans by terrorists to attack the Federal Capital Territory and elsewhere around the country. This was said in a statement by Segun Adeyemi, special adviser to the minister of information and culture, Lai Mohammed on Sunday. The United States and […]
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Boko Haram has released a new video, showing local bakery, insurgents on their farmlands, while others engaged in trading activities. The group vowed to sustain the battle with the country. In the 29-minute video believed to have been shot in Sambisa forest, the group showed its men going about their normal business. Items such as […]
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Germany has deported to Nigeria an alleged Islamic extremist, an ISIS suspect, deemed dangerous by authorities. He is a German citizen, not Nigerian. The German news agency, dpa, reports that the 22-year-old man, who was born in Germany and who had not committed a crime, arrived in Lagos Thursday. The unidentified man was one of […]
Continue ReadingThe Nigerian police said they have arrested a man plotting, with some other people at large, to bomb the pivotal Third Mainland Bridge in Lagos. The suspected bomber was identified as Abiodun Amos alias SENTI. In a statement, the police described him as the leader of the Militant Gang planning to bomb the 3rd Mainland […]
Continue ReadingAs reported by Channels, a suicide bomber has blown himself up in a foiled attempt to attack worshippers in a mosque in Sulaimanti area of Maiduguri in Borno State. The suicide bomber, a male, was spotted around the mosque at about 5:45am local time while worshippers were already observing the morning prayers. Upon interrogation, the […]
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