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Insurgent: Foreign Fighters, Doctors With Boko Haram.

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What had been widely suspected, but without much evidence, was confirmed at the weekend, as a captured Boko Haram insurgent revealed that extremists from three neighbouring countries were fighting in the ongoing terrorist attacks in the northeastern part of the …

Army Arrests Ex-colonel Who Led Yobe Boko Haram Attacks.

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A retired lieutenant colonel, who was said to have led the Boko Haram attacks on Damaturu, Yobe State, on Thursday was arrested by security forces during the encounter. The retired army officer is being detained at a military facility. It …

Captured Fighter: Extremists from Chad, Niger, Cameroon Fighting in Nigeria’s Islamic Uprising.

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A prisoner presented by the Nigerian military as a fighter for the Boko Haram terrorist network says extremists from neighboring Chad, Niger and Cameroon fight in the Islamic uprising in the country’s northeast. His account confirms reports from survivors of …

Boko Haram: 60 Insurgents, Nine Soldiers Killed.

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Nine soldiers, including an officer in the rank of a lieutenant have been killed in the ongoing confrontation between Nigerian security forces and the rampaging Boko Haram insurgents which escalated on Thursday night. The insurgents launched a violent siege on …

9 Members of a Family, 13 Others Killed in Fresh Attack in Plateau

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A man and eight members of his family were attacked and killed in the early hours of this morning, Thursday October 10th by men suspected to be cattle rustlers. The man identified as Tsok Gwom, who is a cattle rearer …

New Terror Group Emerges, Called Movement For Oneness & Jihad

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According to a Punch report, a new terror group has emerged. It’s called Movement for Oneness and Jihad in West Africa (members pictured above). Currently, two terrorist groups exist in Nigeria – Boko Haram and Jama’atu Ansarul Muslimina fi Biladis …

British Woolwich killer identified as Micheal Adebolajo of Nigerian descent

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The identities of the two men who hacked down a british soldier in Woolwich with a meat cleaver and knives are yet to be officially ascertained by the British Government. However,mediaoutlets like Dailymail and Skynes have fingered one of them …

2,000 Resident Flee Borno To Niger Republic

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More than 2,000 Nigerians living in border villages in Borno State have reportedly fled as a result of the ongoing military operations targeted at routing insurgents from the area under the emergency rule. The fleeing villagers were said to have …

Hostage Killings A New, Dangerous Turn For Nigeria

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Radical Islamic fighters killed seven foreign hostages in Nigeria, European diplomats said Sunday, making it the worst such kidnapping violence in decades for a country beset by extremist guerrilla attacks. Nigeria’s police, military, domestic spy service and presidency remained silent …

Boko Haram Militants Kill Four People In Kano Drive-By Shooting

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Four persons were killed in drive-by shooting Sunday morning by suspected Boko Haram militants driving around on a tricycle in a Kano suburb. Eyewitnesses told Saharareporters that the gunmen first struck at Dakata bus stop and then drove down and …

Who Needs Justice, Christians Or Those Killing And Bombing Churches?

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The Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) has expressed its disappointment over the statement credited to the Sultan of Sokoto and President-General of the Nigerian Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs (NSCIA), Alhaji Muhammad Sa’ad Abubakar,said that the Islamist militant group, Boko …

PHOTONEWS: Zangon Kataf Killings In Kaduna

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Reports from Aduwan village stated that five persons were killed last night in Zangon Kataf local government area of Kaduna State. Photos from citizens in the area shows several others injured by unknown gunmen who stormed the area last night …

Breaking News: Kidnapped French Tourists Reportedly Released In Nigeria

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Reports in French media indicate that the seven French hostages believed to be held by the Boko Haram have been released. France 24 quotes the French minister for veterans as saying the hostages were released in Nigeria. They were reportedly …

Boko Haram Kidnapped French Nationals In Cameroon

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French President Fancois Hollande yesterday accused Nigerian terrorists of kidnapping French nationals in Cameroon. Seven French nationals, including three children, were abducted by armed men on motorbikes from a Camroon border town and taken towards Nigeria. “They have been taken by …

PHOTOS: Bomb Blast Under Amuwo-Odofin/Festac Bridge, One Confirmed Dead, One Injured

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UPDATE: A middle-aged businessman, Oladele Pius, was killed when a bomb which was planted under FESTAC/Mile 2 link bridge, Lagos – few metres away from his office – exploded. According to witnesses, the sand dealer was passing by when the …

Six Workers Abducted In Bauchi

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Gunmen have kidnapped six workers including two foreigners at a Lebanese-owned construction site in northern Nigeria, and shot dead their security guard, police said on Sunday. “There was an attack on the Setraco construction company site in Jama’are town (in …

Five Killed In Plateau Morning Attack.

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At least five persons were killed on this  morning in Barkin Ladi Local Government Area of Plateau State. Three of the dead were killed on their farms when gunmen attacked them. The attack caught the attention of  officials of the …

Attackers Behead South Korean Doctor, Kill Two Others In Yobe State.

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Two days after nine health workers were killed in Kano, three doctors were this morning killed in Yobe State. The Yobe state police commissioner Sanusi Rufai told the AFP news agency that armed men entered the doctors’ flat in the …

Boko Haram Camp Where Over 200 Nigerians Were Trained Discovered In Mali.

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Hundreds of Boko Haram members stayed at training camps with Malian militants for months in Timbuktu, learning to fix Kalashnikovs and launch shoulder-fired weapons, a report has said. The Nigerians fled the city into the desert, along with the other …

Boko Haram Commander Declares Ceasefire.

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The second commander of Boko Haram, Sheik Abu Mohammed Ibn Abdulazeez, sent a statement to journalists in Maiduguri yesterday Monday January 28th, saying their group has agreed to a ceasefire after talks with the Borno government. Ibn Abdulazeez said he …