Tag: boko haram
Suspected Islamists attack Borno barracks again
Scores of suspected Islamist gunmen stormed a military barracks in northeast Nigeria on Friday, spraying gunfire on the troops inside before torching the compound,...
Kabiru Sokoto bags life imprisonment for terrorism
The Boko Haram kingpin, Kabiru Umar, alias Kabiru Sokoto, was on Friday sentenced to life imprisonment by an Abuja Federal High Court for his...
Nigeria Boko Haram emergency: ‘More than 1,200 killed’
The UN says more than 1,200 people have been killed in Islamist-related violence in north-east Nigeria since a state of emergency was declared in...
Boko Haram abducts motorists in Borno highway raid
The militant Islamic sect, Boko Haram, on Monday razed down two trucks loaded with oranges and a Toyota Hilux vehicles, and abducted their drivers.
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Nigeria begins manhunt for Boko Haram external sponsors
President Goodluck Jonathan has said that his administration is working assiduously on some available clues to identify the external sponsors of the fundamentalist Islamic...
