30 killed in soldiers, Boko Haram gun fight

Chief of Army Staff, Lt-Gen Azubuike Ihejirika

AT LEAST 30 persons were feared killed in a gun duel on Monday between soldiers and members of the violent Islamic sect, Boko Haram, at the Baga market in Maiduguri, Borno State.

Security agents re-arrest suspected bomber, Kabiru Sokoto

Suspected Boko Haram bomber, Kabiru Umar aka Kabiru Sokoto

A combined team of security agents on Friday morning re-arrested suspected Boko Haram bomber, Kabiru Umar aka Kabiru Sokoto.

Nigerians flee to Cameroon to escape Boko Haram attacks

Large numbers of Nigerians have fled to neighbouring Cameroon to escape the incessant deadly attacks in the North, by the outlawed sect, Boko Haram.

Army kills 11 Boko Haram Islamists

(BBC) - The Nigerian military has shot dead 11 members of Islamist militant group Boko Haram in the north-eastern city of Maiduguri, a spokesman said.

Boko Haram issues 3-day ultimatum to Christians, threatens to confront troops

While Boko Haram has been carrying out increasingly deadly attacks for months, including an August suicide bombing of U.N. headquarters in Abuja that left 25 dead, the Christmas violence sparked intense fear and outrage. (Reuters)

MAIDUGURI (AFP) – A purported spokesman for Islamist group, Boko Haram, has issued an ultimatum to Christians in the country’s north and threatened to confront troops after the president declared a state of emergency in hard hit areas.

State of emergency: Soldiers take over Maiduguri, Jos

LAGOS (AFP) – Nigeria began the new year Sunday under a state of emergency in areas targeted by Islamist attacks as soldiers flooded hard-hit cities in a bid to end spiralling violence in Africa’s most populous nation.

The President’s speech

What began as a sectarian crisis in the North-Eastern part of the country has gradually evolved into terrorist activities in different parts of the country with attendant negative consequences to our national security.

Jonathan declares state of emergency in parts of Borno, Yobe, Niger and Plateau

Irked by the continued violence being unleashed on the nation by members of the fundamentalist Islamic sect, Boko Haram, President Goodluck Jonathan on Saturday declared a state of emergency in 15 Local Government Areas cutting across four states.

Islamists kill dozens across Nigeria in Christmas bombs

A car burns at the scene of a bomb explosion at St. Theresa Catholic Church at Madalla, Suleja, just outside Nigeria's capital Abuja, December 25, 2011. Credit: Reuters/Afolabi Sotunde

(Reuters) - Islamist militants set off bombs across Nigeria on Christmas Day - three targeting churches including one that killed at least 27 people - raising fears that they are trying to ignite sectarian civil war.

Boko Haram vs Policemen, others: Over 100 killed in Yobe bombing

Inspector-General of Police Hafiz Ringim

A PALL of grief enveloped Damaturu, the Yobe State capital yesterday, as residents began to bury their beloved ones killed in Friday's bomb and gun attack on the town by suspected members of the Boko Haram sect.

Terrorist training camp discovered in Bauchi

Inspector General of Police, Hafiz Ringim

Men of the Bauchi State Police command have raided a terrorist training camp in the Toro Local Government Area of the state, arresting 10 men and recovering arms and ammunition.

Boko Haram leader speaks out

Tishau

What is Boko Haram about?

Fugu’s death: The twist in Boko Haram peace talks

Jonathan, Obasanjo

The killing of Babakura Fugu – a brother-in-law of the Boko Haram leader, Yusuf Mohammed – has introduced a new dimension to the activities of the militant sect.

Boko Haram denies killing Obasanjo’s host

Late Boko Haram Leader, Mohammed Yusuf

MAIDUGURI – Hours after a splinter group of the Jamaatu Ahlil Sunna Lidawati wal Jihad (J.A.S.L.J), aka Boko Haram was quoted on a BBC radio broadcast, claiming responsibility for the Saturday’s killing of their ex-leader’s brother in-law, Babakura Alhaji Fugu, another faction of the sect has denied responsibility.

Boko Haram leader’s relative shot dead after meeting Obasanjo

Babakura Fugu

Three days after President Olusegun Obasanjo visited the family of the slain leader of the Boko Haram sect, the new head of the family, Babakura Fugu, has been murdered.

Boko Haram: What Obasanjo discussed with family

Olusegun Obasanjo

• Fresh meeting likely in 3 weeks
More facts have emerged on why former President Olusegun Obasanjo visited Maiduguri, Thursday afternoon. Also, insight into what transpired at the meeting Obasanjo had with families of the Boko Haram members murdered in July, 2009 has emerged.

Obasanjo meets Boko Haram leader’s family

Former President Olusegun Obasanjo

Former President Olusegun Obasanjo yesterday waded into the Boko Haram crisis, pleading with the family of its leader, Yusuf Mohammed, who was killed by security agents in 2009, to forgive and forget the past.

Bomb explodes at ex-minister‘s house

Inspector General of Police, Mr. Hafiz Ringim, Chief of Army Staff, Lt-Gen. Azubuike Ihejirika and President Goodluck Jonathan

A bomb exploded on Sunday night at the home of a former Minister of Police Affairs, Yakubu Lame, in GRA Bauchi, the Bauchi State capital (North-East Nigeria).

How Police Nabbed Bomb Merchant

THE arrest of a man (name withheld) suspected of supplying bomb-making materials to members of the Boko Haram Islamic sect, at the weekend in Maiduguri, may provide further exposure into activities of the sect, even as the Federal Government panel set up to shed light on the violent militant uprising in the Northeast may have indicted some highly placed individuals in the area.

Corruption is Nigeria's Main Problem - U.S. Ambassador

US Ambassador to Nigeria, Mr. Terence McCulley

YOLA - United States (US) Ambassador to Nigeria, Mr. Terence McCulley, Wednesday identified corruption, poor power infrastructure, non-functional public health and inadequate education system as some of the major challenges confronting Nigeria as a nation.