This is an opinion article by Abubakar Usman
On Wednesday, the 17th of April 2013, the presidency announced the setting up of two presidential committees which has engaging members of the Boko Haram sect and defining comprehensive and workable framework…
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President Jonathan sets up Amnesty committee for Boko haram
Following continuous pressure from northern elders over campaigning for amnesty for Boko haram, President Goodluck Jonathan may have bowed to the pressure for the declaration of amnesty for the Islamic terrorist sect members, as the Federal Government on Thursday has…
NYSC: 900 corps members redeployed from Kano over Boko haram attacks
Channels TV reports that 900 of the total 2,400 members of the National Youth Service Corps in the Batch A posted to Kano State for the 2012/2013 service year, have been redeployed to other states due to the current security…
Beware: Boko haram now in Lagos ?
Fear gripped many residents of Lagos on Thursday when news filtered in that troops numbering about 100 stormed terror suspects’ hideouts in Ijora, a densely populated part of the city.
According to Punch report, the said soldiers, who were assisted…
Kabiru Sokoto’s arraignment Adjourned
The Federal Government of Nigeria was unable to serve charge on 2011 XMAS day bombing prime suspect, Kabiru Sokoto, on Wednesday before a Federal High Court sitting in Abuja.
Sokoto, who was brought to court under heavy security in a…
Tinubu Disagreed with GEJ, backs amnesty for Boko Haram !
Former Lagos State Governor, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, on Thursday in Kano called for the granting of amnesty to Boko Haram militants, insisting that they are not ghosts as alleged by President Goodluck Jonathan.
Tinubu, the National Leader of Action Congress…
We Are Not Ghost: Boko haram shot 2 PDP leaders in Borno.
Two prominent members of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in Borno State, northeast Nigeria, have been shot dead by gunmen suspected to be Boko Haram members.
The victims, Alhaji Ibrahim Usman Gula, the PDP zonal Vice Chairman for Southern Borno,…
Four killed by terrorist in Kano drive-by shooting
Four persons were killed in drive-by shooting on Sunday by gunmen driving around on a tricycle in an area of Kano.
It was learnt that the gunmen first struck at Dakata Bus Stop before moving to Dakata Kawaji area opposite…
Ansaru Released Statement to have killed 7 Foreign Hostages
New terrorist group, Ansaru claimed to have killed the Seven foreign hostages it kidnapped last month.
On Feb 16 2013, the sect kidnapped 7 foreigners made up of British, Greece, Italy, Phillipin and 3 Lebanese national.
The leader of sect,…
We killed 52 Boko haram members, recovered largest arms and ammunition ever – JTF
With just an hour of President Goodluck Jonathan departure from Borno State, the Joint Task Force had in a shootout with Boko haram members killed 52 members of the Islamic sect, also arrested over 70 of the sect’s members.
Meanwhile…
