The Police on Thursday confirmed a bomb explosion at the entrance of Tudun Wada ECWA Church, Gombe. The Spokesman of the state Police Command, DSP Fwaje Atajiri, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Gombe that a suicide bomber rode on a motorcycle and tried to enter the church a few minutes after 8 a.m. “He came with a motorcycle and tried to enter the place but as a [...]
Soldiers foil a female suicide’s attempt to attack army barracks
Soldiers openened fire on a woman, who was wearing a hijab after she refused to be searched as she approached the barracks in Bolari, and the shots detonated the explosives belt she was wearing and she died instantly. According to an eyewitness, the Nigerian woman suicide bomber was killed as she tried to enter barracks in Bolari Gombe state. “The woman refused to stop and [...]
Nigeria Army explains its “slow strategies” on Boko Haram war
The Nigeria Army has explained the supposedly slowness in its operations with the ongoing insurgency in the country. The Army said on Wednesday that the need to reduce collateral damage has delayed the recapture of some towns and villages seized by the Islamic sect in Borno state. The Director, Army Public Relations, Brig.-General Olajide Laleye, gave the explanation while [...]
Al Shabaab leader killed in U.S. air strike in Mogadishu
(Reuters) - A leader of the Somali militant group al Shabaab was killed by a U.S. air strike in Somalia, U.S. and Somali officials said on Tuesday. The victim, identified as Abdishakur and also known as Tahliil, was the head of Amniyat, a unit believed responsible for suicide attacks in Mogadishu, Somalia's National Intelligence and Security Agency said in a statement. The [...]
Three Boko Haram members died in a road crash
Three persons suspected members of the Boko Haram sect died in a car crash at Bajoga, Gombe, on Tuesday. A source said the incident happened at dusk in one of the security check points in the area. He said the vehicle, a white Toyota Hilux sped into barricades on the road and went off in explosion after security agents at the check point had taken cover. The state’s police [...]
15 villagers killed in Boko Haram latest attack
The militants again struck on Monday night near Cameroon border, just 10 kilometers fro the village of Chibok, where over 200 schoolgirls were abducted in April. The groups opened fire in the remote town killing at least 15 people and injuring many others. “The were about twenty, well-armed. They came in four-wheel drive vehicles and some motorcycles. Initially, I thought [...]
FG to compensate Bauchi market bomb blast victims
It has been confirmed that the victims of the Bauchi central market explosions would be compensated. The Federal Government made this promise through the FCT Minister, Senator Bala Mohammed. The FCT minister who led a presidential delegation that included the Director-General of the National Emergency Management Agency, Mohammed Sidi, on a visit to the injured victims of the [...]
Late evening blast kills sugar cane vendor in Yobe State
A bomb has exploded in Yobe and killed one person. Residents of Potiskum said the explosion was targeted at some footballers who usually come to the venue for late evening and early morning exercises. Since the explosion occurred at Arikime Primary School playing ground, there were various speculations as to who really are the targeted since the bomb went off around 6:30pm on [...]
Boko Haram losses more men to Cameroonian forces
Another bloody encounter as the Cameroonian military forces killed 100 Boko Haram fighters and captured over 200 others. The Chinese news agency, has it that the militants were killed and over 200 others arrested during an operation conducted by Cameroonian army on Friday night in Far-North town of Doble. This was a second major routing of the Islamic sects by Cameroon forces [...]
A top al-Shabab militant, Zakariya Ahmed Ismail Hersi, ‘surrenders’
A top al-Shabab militant, Zakariya Ahmed Ismail Hersi, has given himself up, Somali officials say. Mr Hersi, a leading figure in the militant group's intelligence wing, surrendered to police in the Gedo region, local media report. In June 2012, the US state department offered $3m (£1.9m, 2.5m euros) for information leading to his capture. It comes three months after [...]
19 Libya soldiers killed by extremist in Libya
No fewer than 19 soldiers were reportedly killed in clashes with the Islamist militia on Thursday in eastern Libya. A military source also confirmed that the soldiers were killed in attacks launched by the Fajr Libya movement in Sirte, while an oil tank was hit at the port of Al-Sidra by a rocket in other clashes. [...]
Troops foil a suicide attack’s mission in Gombe
The Nigeria troops has reportedly killed a suicide bomber who rammed into a military check point at Bajoga, Gombe state on Tuesday. The Defence Headquarters (DHQ) in the state, said that bomber's attempt to escape failed as he was brought down by vigilant soldiers when he tried to flee after hitting a military Amoured Personnel Carrier with his IED laden Honda car. The [...]
14 year old girl narrates how her parents volunteered her for suicide attack
Shocking confession of a 14-year-old girl narrates how she was volunteered by her own parents to take part in a suicide bomb attack. The girl was arrested with explosives strapped around her body. (Please beware of some offensive pictures) The girl who was identified as Zahra'u Babangida, was arrested in Kano on December 10 following a twin suicide bombing at Kanti Kwari [...]
Female Suicide bomber arrested in Kano, Police confirms
The Police Command in Kano State on Wednesday said it had arrested one of the female suicide bombers, who attacked Kantin Kwari Market, Kano, on Dec. 10. The Police Commissioner in the state, Mr Aderenle Shinaba, confirmed the arrest of the 13-year-old girl, one Zahara’u Babangida, while briefing newsmen in Kano. He said the police had also apprehended one of the people, who [...]
Bloody Monday as explosions rocks Bauchi, Gombe
The explosions which rocked Bauchi market on Monday had seven deaths recorded, while 25 others sustained various degrees of injuries. The public Relations Officer of the state Police Command, DSP Haruna Mohammed, disclosed this in a telephone interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) Six out of the 25 persons injured has been treated and discharged, while the [...]
Kano State Government To Construct City Gates With Surveillance Cameras
Kano State Government says it is currently constructing new city gates to be provided with surveillance cameras for intelligence gathering and as a way of fighting insurgent activities in the State. Deputy Governor of the State, Abdullahi Umar Ganduje, who is also gubernatorial aspirant of ALL PEOPLE'S CONGRESS (APC) in Kano state, stated this while addressing Journalists in [...]
Cameroonian Army Invades Boko Haram Camp, Killed Many And Seized 84 Teenage Trainees
Cameroon's army has taken another gallant step at stemming the tides of the Islamic sect, Boko Haram by dismantling their training camp, arresting and killing dozens of the militants while seizing 84 teenagers who were being trained there, on Monday. The news got to the Cameroonian military through the local people, of a camp in Guirvidig locality, near the border with [...]
Police foils bomb attack in Yobe state
In a statemnt released by the Nigeria police on it's Facebook page, the Police force confirmed that bombs was found and difused - reads below. The Military personnel on Stop and Search along Potiskum Road by Ashaka/Bajoga Junction intercepted one Honda Odyssey vehicle with registration number AT 670 DKA (YOBE) driven by a man later identified as Nuru Fika. The driver who [...]
ISIL kills man publicly in Syria
The Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant group has publicly executed a Syrian it accused of planting tracking devices for deadly government air strikes, according to the SITE intelligence group. SITE posted footage of the accused being paraded before a crowd but the video deliberately freezes at the point an ISIL fighter pulls his head back and holds a knife to his [...]
Emir of Kano replies Boko Haram: Nothing will happen to me
The Emir of Kano has given what appears to be a reply to the Boko Haram leader, Shekau. You would recall that the sect's leader taunted among others, Buhari, Obasanjo, Jonathan, Bush, and the Emir of Kano in a video released by the Islamic sect last Saturday. In his reply, the Emir of Kano, His Royal Highness, Malam Sanusi Lamido Sanusi, said that he remained protected [...]
Boko Haram kills 36, abducts women and children in Borno fresh attack
Boko Haram has struck again, now taking the lives of 30+ people and kidnapped many others in an attack on the village of Gumsuri in the restive northeast. Two local officials and a witness said conformed this on Thursday. The officials, who pleaded anonymity, said that the locals were still counting those abducted in the attack at the remote area. The figure could be over [...]
Boko Haram threatens to attack Emir of Kano
The Emir of Kano, Muhammadu Sanusi II, has come to the notice of Boko Haram leader, Abubakar Shekau. The Islamic group is threatening to attack Sanusi in retaliation for the Emir's call on Kano residents and other Nigerians to arm and defend themselves against the terrorists. You would recall that the former Central bank Chairman, Sanusi issued a call for the public to arm [...]
Suspected Boko Haram members arrested at IDPs camp Maduguri
No, not business as usual for the suspected Islamic sect who disguised themselves as Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) at the Maiduguri camps Borno state capital. The news has it that scores of the militants who disguised themselves as IDPs were arrested on Tuesday evening. The militants were said to have fled Bama along with the IDPs few months ago. They were reported to [...]
The Sydney Hostage Taker Have Been Identified
ABC NEWS -- Man Haron Monis, a self-proclaimed Islamic “sheikh” and alleged s*xual predator, has been identified as the gunman holding multiple people hostage in an hours-long standoff in a café in Sydney, according to Australian media. Overnight hostages reportedly spoke to Australian television stations and identified their captor, though police requested outlets not [...]
Dogs has taken over the war against Boko Haram
In the beginning, it was the Army and Police, later we heard of hunters, now it's the dogs! According to reports, dogs has taken over the fight against the Boko Haram in the Northern part of Nigeria and is said to be recording victory and against terrorist with 55mm cannibals and RPGs. The Nigerian Army has deployed 20 out of its over 200 working war dogs in the on-going war [...]
TALIBAN insurgents killed 20 people in Afghanistan
It is indeed problems everywhere as the news reaching us has it that TALIBAN insurgents killed at least 20 people in a series of gun and suicide attacks in Afghanistan on Saturday, underlining worsening security as US-led NATO forces end their combat mission in the country. A suicide blast wrecked an Afghan military bus in Kabul, killing seven soldiers, while a senior court [...]
Who can help me locate my wife and seven children? Boko Haram victim cries out
At least if I can't see them alive, what about their corpses? That is a pathetic question coming from Mathew Zira, a man in his 40s who has been frantically searching the whole villages in Adamawa state for his wife and seven children ever since September 7th 2014 that Boko Haram invaded their town. Since that day, he had neither seen nor heard any reports about them and had [...]
13 year old girl arrested with explosives hidden under her hijab
A 13 year old girl on a suicide mission was arrested by the Nigerian Police in Kanu yesterday. The girl and her male companion was arrested when they branched into a clinic seeking medical treatment -- suspecting danger, the clinic staffs called in Police. On searching the girl, Police discovered she was wearing explosives-packed vest under her hijab. Looking at the girl, [...]
Cameroonian soldiers kill 180 suspected Boko Haram militants
The news reaching us has it that Cameroonian soldiers have killed at least 180 militants suspected to be members of the dreaded Boko Haram sect in the northern part of the country. This news was first made available around 8pm on Thursday night by a Chinese news agency, Xinhua. It was reported that the insurgents were killed during confrontations with the Cameroonians at [...]
Jos bomb blast, many feared dead
Twin bomb explosions has just occurred in central Jos, the capital of Plateau state with an unspecified number of deaths barely a day after the primary elections took place. One resident said the blasts occurred at about 6.30 p.m. Thursday near a busy motor park, operated by state-owned Plateau Riders. An outlet of popular fast food line, Mr. Biggs, is also located near the [...]
Iran Supreme leader goes on Twitter rant against the U.S.A
The supreme leader of Iran has been everywhere on Twitter, explaining how cruel the Americans are following the release of the alleged CIA torture report. He was using the hash tags such as #Ferguson which is a reference to the current crisis going on in Ferguson as a result of the police killing of unarmed you and the subsequent court ruling not to try the accused [...]
Nigerian troops capture Boko Haram hit list, kill 27 militants in Hildi
It was the Nigerian troops all the way in their determination to have the Islamic insurgents completely wiped out of the country. The Nigerian troops has continued in their conquests against the Boko Haram sects, no longer being deceived or allow themselves to be fooled again by fake cease fires of the dreaded sects. The recent bombardments of the Nigeria troops on Boko [...]
Barking dog foils rescue attempt by U.S special forces
The real devil behind the death of Luke Somers and Pierre Korkie was a barking dog which alerted the AL-qaeda of the approaching U.S Commandos! The U.S. photojournalist and a South African aid worker died in Yemen after AL-Qaeda militants was tipped off by a barking dog to an approaching U.S.-led rescue mission. They shot their captives before being killed themselves by the [...]
Terrorism: Abuja Bomb Blast suspect not a free man- FG
The Federal Government has explained why court struck out the case involving Aminu Sadiq Ogwuche, the Nyanya bomblast alleged mastermind.bomb Blast Speaking on the issue, the coordinator of the National Information Center (NIC), Mr Mike Omeri, said the prosecution was discontinued because the accused was not meant to appear to court when he did. When 'lack of diligent [...]
Suicide attack on UN convoy leaves three dead in Mogadishu
Mogadishu, Somalia- Wednesday morning was tragic to three members of UN convoy in Mogadishu, as their lives were cut short by a suicide bomber. A police officer said the attack happened near Mogadishu Airport. The suicide bomber rammed his car straight to convoy- killing three. Ahmed Ali noted that about seven people were injured, although it is not certain if those injured [...]
Nigerian troops inflict heavy toll on the militia, kill 50 in Konduga
No fewer than 50 militants breathed their last air when the Nigerian troops exchanged greetings with them in Konduga, Borno state. Konduga, the central part of the state is just about 21 miles from the capital. The news also has it that another 10 members of the destructive sects were captured alive. A man who escaped from the scene told newsmen, "The Nigerian troops were [...]
More cassualties emerge from Damaturu attack
Details continues to emerge from yesterday's Boko Haram failed attempts to dominate Damaturu Yobe state. Though the insurgent did not succeed in occupying the area but it was not without casualties as the latest information has it that among those killed were two promising young doctors who just graduated from the University of Maiduguri barely four years ago. The reports has [...]
Another attack in Kenya! 36 non Muslims killed
According to a Kenya website Trending Newsroom, At least 36 quarry Kenyan workers were Tuesday killed by suspected Al-Shabaab militants in an attack in Koromei area, Mandera County. The workers were ambushed at the site as they slept by gunmen believed to be the militants, then opened fire and killed more than 36 of the workers. Others were decapitated by the attackers. Other [...]
Gunfire and Explosions hit Damaturu in North East Nigeria
Explosions and gunfire have rocked the north Nigerian city of Damaturu, in a suspected Boko Haram attack that targeted police officers. A source confirmed to Al Jazeera that gunmen believed to be Boko Haram fighters attacked the Yobe state University, in Damaturu, early on Monday morning. The fighters came from the bush and opened fire. The military has engaged them and [...]
Boko Haram will be defeated if Muslims unite- Sultan
The Sultan of Sokoto, Alhaji Mohammed Abubakar Sa'ad III, has told news men that the war against Islamic insurgents, Boko Haram, needs more than Military action. He said the unity of Islam will enable successful combat against the extremists. He therefore, called on all factions of Islam in Nigeria, to unite against the Terrorists. He was speaking in the wake of explosion [...]