Boko Haram
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Katsina State Hisbah Board has banned all nightclub activities across the state, citing Islamic principles and the need to uphold moral values. The Hisbah Commander-General, Aminu Usman (Abu Ammar), made this announcement in a statement on Wednesday in Katsina. Usman said that nightclub owners must shut down their establishments to curb immoral practices, protect societal…
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A retired Joint Task Force (JTF) Commander, Isma’il Tanko Wudilawa, has responded to claims by U.S. lawmaker, Scott Perry that United States Agency for International Development, USAID, is allegedly sponsoring acts of terrorism worldwide, including in Nigeria. Recall that US Congressman, Scott Perry had alleged that USAID was providing funding to terrorist organisations, including Boko…
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The Borno State Governor, Prof. Babagana Umara Zulum says the improper teaching of Islamic studies has contributed to the emergence of Boko Haram insurgency in the state. Zulum stated this while declaring open a summit on reforming the Almajiri Education System in Borno on Wednesday. He noted that the summit is aimed at reforming the…
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Sequel to the abduction of over two hundred women and young girls from three Internally Displaced Persons, IDPs, camps in Ngala at the Nigeria-Cameroon border, Governor Babagana Zulum of Borno State says some of the women and girls have voluntarily returned to the bush. Zulum made this disclosure while playing host to a team of…
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Several people, including a soldier, were reportedly killed in separate attacks by suspected bandits in Kwande and Apa Local Government Areas (LGAs) of Benue State over the weekend. MEZIESBLOG learnt that the attacks occurred between Saturday and Sunday in Udedeku community of Maav-Ya, Mkoonmom District, Mbaikyor Council Ward, Turan Jato-Aka, and Ochumekwu in Kwande and…
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Parents of 39 children who were abducted by bandits while working on a farm in the Faskari Local Government Area of Katsina State have pleaded with the government to come to their aid. The bandits, on Sunday, according to a source, in their large numbers invaded the farm where the children were working. According to…
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The Defence Headquarters says the military troops have eliminated 30 of the terrorists who attacked troops of the Guards Brigade in Bwari area of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) on Sunday. Defence Spokesman, Major-General Bernard Onyeuko, made this known at the bi-weekly news conference on military operations on Thursday in Abuja. Mr Onyeuko said the operation was…
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The United Nations Office of Counter-Terrorism says the Islamic State of Iraq and Levant (ISIL or ISIS), a terrorist group, is expanding its affiliates and network beyond Syria and Iraq to Africa. The Under-Secretary-General of the UN office of counter-terrorism, Vladimir Voronkov told the Security Council on Wednesday that the epicentre of ISIL terrorist group…
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At least 71 soldiers were killed and twelve others sustained injuries in a deadly terror attack that targeted an army base camp in the western part of Niger in West Africa, near the Mali border on Tuesday. The attack took place when several hundred heavily armed militants ambushed soldiers at an outpost in Inates, a village in…
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Over ten years ago, exactly in July 2009, Nigeria’s security forces cracked down on what was then a relatively little-known Islamic group in the north east of the country. At the time, that group’s focus was preaching, although it believed al-Qaeda’s path would bring Nigerian Muslims out of their abyss. The military operation led to the deaths…
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Six soldiers were killed in an ambush by rebel fighters in northeast Nigeria’s Borno State, according to two military sources who spoke to AFP news agency. Heavily armed fighters from the Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP) group opened fire on a patrol vehicle on Wednesday near Jakana, 30km from the state capital Maiduguri, killing…
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Four thousand Nigerian refugees mostly from Adamawa state are due to be repatriated from Cameroon, media reports confirm. Arrangements to evacuate the Nigerians who fled their homes due to Boko Haram insurgency were concluded on Monday. The planned repatriation is facilitated by a Technical Working Group for Repatriation of Nigerian Refugees in Cameroon. Sadiya Umaru…
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Extremists in Nigeria have begun using drones, the country’s president says, opening a worrying new front in the region’s nearly decade-long fight against Boko Haram, an offshoot linked to the Islamic State. President Muhammadu Buhari announced the development during a meeting of countries contributing troops to a multinational force combating the extremists. Deadly attacks…
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While presenting the Appropriation Bill, President Muhammadu Buhari was shouted down with screams of “nooooo”, “nooooo”, “lieessss” when he started talking about the strides of his administration. Local media reports confirm the shout was loudest when he said “the economy has recovered from recession”, and that Boko Haram had been degraded in the North-East.…
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No fewer than 30 Nigerian soldiers have been killed, following an attack by Boko Haram insurgents on their military base. The insurgents, according to AFP, were said to have invaded the military base, located in the North-East, near the border Nigeria shares with Niger. According to sources, who spoke to AFP, the soldiers attacked the…
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Following reports from famous Boko Haram investigator that only about 15 of the 113 kidnapped Chibok schoolgirls are alive, the Presidency broke its silence today, saying Ahmed Salkida’s statements are fake. Ahmed Sakilda is a Nigerian journalist that is based in Dubai and also a self-acclaimed negotiator in the Chibok girls saga. Sakilda in a…
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