A Nigerian government minister has expressed relief at the death of an Islamic sect leader whose capture police announced on Thursday. But Information Minister Dora Akunyili told the BBC the government “does not condone extra-judicial killings”. Human rights campaigners have … read more
More soldiers were said to have been killed in the exchange of gunfire between them and members of the militant religious sect, “Boko Haram”, yesterday in Maiduguri, Borno State. Military authorities refused to confirm or deny the story last night … read more
ABOUT 43 members of Boko Haram, the radical anti-western education Islamic sect were killed in a gun duel with security forces in Yobe state, yesterday, as a manhunt for the sect’s leaders intensifies. Some 180 women and children were also … read more
Nigeria’s main militant group has condemned what it called attacks against Christians and their places of worships in the northern part of the country and also distanced itself from a group claiming to represent it in negotiation with the Federal … read more
Senators from six Nigerian oil-producing states on Wednesday rejected a proposed new oil law which seeks to reform the corruption-ridden oil and gas sector. “This we totally reject,” said the spokesman for the 18 senators, Victor Ndoma-Egba. The Petroleum Industry … read more
Just like the emperor that fiddled while his kingdom burned, our president decided that a state visit to Brazil was worth his attention more than an internecine problem that has left, at the last count, 150 people dead and thousands … read more
The leader of an Islamic sect blamed for days of deadly violence in Nigeria has been killed in custody, police officials say. The announcement came just hours after police said they had captured Mohammed Yusuf in the city of Maiduguri. … read more
The damage to the mainstay of Nigeria’s terrestrial internet service provision, SAT3, has disrupted businesses in the private and public sectors across the country. The unavailability of internet services disrupted banking and telecoms services yesterday as most banks could not … read more
Security forces yesterday raided the enclave of the radical Boko Haram sect in Maiduguri, in an all-out attempt to crush the group whose supporters ignited violence in five states in which more than 150 persons including security personnel died. The … read more
Despite the military action to rout them out, the Boko Haram followers extended their wave of attacks to Katsina State yesterday where they raided the Divisional Police Station in Danja Local Government Area wounding a policeman. No life was lost … read more