Nigeria’s Human Rights Body Launches Broad Inquiry Into Baga Massacre
A sweeping and independent investigation by Nigeria’s human rights commision is underway into last week’s deaths in Baga community of Borno state where several residents were killed in a deadly...
View ArticleNigeria: Another Faction Of Boko Haram Emerges
Abuja — A new insurgent group known as Nassiruddeen Li Ahlil Jihad Alal Kitab Was Sunnah, or Islamic Victors Committed to Qur’an and Sunnah, yesterday claimed that it had taken possession of a large...
View ArticleNigeria: Gunmen Kill 14, Injure 12 in Adamawa, Borno States
Gunmen Sunday attacked members of the Ekklisiyar Yan’uwa a Najeriya (EYN) Church in Jilang village of Mahia Local Government Area in Adamawa State killing 10 persons and injuring 12 others. The attack...
View ArticleNigeria- Police death toll rises to 88: Nasarawa cult violence
A man who claimed to be a member of the Ombatse cult group that killed dozens of policemen in Nasarawa State on Tuesday said yesterday they acted in self defence, as authorities announced a sharp rise...
View ArticleNigeria:State Of Emergency Declaration In Bornu ,yobe & Adamawa Violates The...
A Senior Advocate of Nigeria, Mike Ozekhome, on Wednesday said that the declaration of state of emergency in Borno, Yobe and Adamawa states was unnecessary. Mr. Ozekhome told the News Agency of Nigeria...
View ArticleNigeria: The president has no power to remove a governor” – Femi Falana Reacts
The president’s long awaited declaration of a state of emergency yesterday has continued to brew reactions from many quarters of the nation. One of the prominent legal luminary and activist – in the...
View ArticleNigeria: Gunmen Kill Borno CAN’s Secretary
Just as President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan declared state of emergency in Adamawa, Borno and Yobe States as a result of the sectarian terrorism caused by the Islamist Boko Haram information has it that...
View ArticleWe arrested 120 Boko Haram members during burial of their commander – Army
About 120 militant Islamists have been arrested in Maiduguri, as they were organising the burial of one of their commanders who died in an encounter with soldiers, an army spokesman has said. According...
View ArticleNigeria- New terror group emerges
As the country grapples with the terror activities of the fundamentalist Boko Haram sect, another terror group, Movement for Oneness and Jihad in West Africa, has emerged. Our correspondents gathered...
View ArticleNigeria – JTF smashes Boko Haram group
The Joint Task Force in Yobe said on Saturday that it had smashed a Boko haram group in Fune, recovering two vehicles, arms, ammunition and other materials. JTF spokesman, Lt.Lazarus Eli, said this...
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