A former governor of Niger State, Dr. Mu’azu Babangida Aliyu, has disclosed how the timely acting on security report can avert insecurity in the country. Aliyu spoke in Abuja during the 12th annual conference and general meeting of the Society…
I made over 500 underwear IEDs for suicide missions – B/Haram’s innovative bomb maker (Vanguard)
A 15-year-old former Boko Haram bomb maker has made a chilling confession about how he made over 500 underwear Improvised Explosive Devices(IEDs) used by insurgents for suicide missions on soft targets in the last five years. Ali Goni was only ten…
In defence of the Fulani in our midst -Reuben Abati
State of the nation: In the last two weeks, over 200 persons in Plateau State were reportedly killed by Fulani herdsmen, 45 villages were ransacked and sacked and those villages we are told have been taken over by Fulani, and…
Boko Haram: I’ll talk some sense into Shekau if I see him, says mother (Punch)
Falmatu Shekau, the mother of Boko Haram leader, Abubakar Shekau, has said she has not seen her son for 15 years. She made this revelation in an interview she granted the Hausa Service of the Voice of America, on Thursday.…
I can’t make love to my wife except our prophet is present
I’m not an illiterate. I’m a Masters’ degree holder. So, don’t begin to judge me as someone who has been brain-washed. I met my wife while I was serving in Gombe State, that’s way before Boko Haram became a problem.…
NSCIA in talks with Boko Haram for Leah Sharibu’s release —Oloyede (Punch)
The Secretary-General, Nigerian Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs, Prof. Ishaq Oloyede, on Monday, said the council had reached out to Boko Haram in a bid to negotiate the release of Leah Sharibu, the Christian girl still being held in captivity…
Troops kill 10 horse-riding Boko Haram fighters (Nation)
At least 10 Boko Haram fighters have been killed in an operation by the Nigerian Army at Ngelkona in Ngala local government area of Borno. Col. Onyema Nwachukwu, Deputy Director Public Relations of the Nigerian Army’s Theatre Command Operation Lafiya…
Abubakar Ibrahim wins 2018 Michael Elliott Award for Excellence in African Storytelling
Abubakar Ibrahim, a Nigerian reporter and editor whose work conveys the human toll of terrorism and displacement, has been named winner of the 2018 Michael Elliott Award for Excellence in African Storytelling. A distinguished jury selected him from among 238…
Troops arrest Boko Haram suspect linked to recent attacks in Benue, recover weapons (SUN)
A combined troops of the Nigerian Army, the police and Department of State Security (DSS), have arrested a key Boko Haram suspect, known as Aminu Yaminu, nicknamed Tashaku, who is believed to be behind most of the recent attacks in Benue State. …
Leah’s father debunks rumour of release (Punch)
The father of Leah, the only Dapchi schoolgirl still being held by the Boko Haram terrorists, Mr. Nathan Sharibu, on Saturday, debunked rumours that her daughter had been released. Sharibu, in a telephone interview with our correspondent, described the purported…
