The Boko Haram spokesperson, Abu Qaqa said yesterday that his militant group is responsible for the Christmas day attacks across the North. The spokesperson who spoke to journalists on phone, said the attacks were meant to tell the security agencies … read more
Nigeria probed a series of Christmas Day terror attacks in which at least 40 people were killed, as the military arrested four suspects for the carnage that targeted churches in the restive north of the country. Spokesman for the military … read more
The Nigerian militant Islamist group Boko Haram, which claimed a wave of Christmas bombings that left at least 35 people dead, has carried out scores of attacks that have grown increasingly sophisticated. The group is believed to include different factions … read more
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. The Boko Haram Islamist sect, which … read more
Nigeria’s federal government has said it will probe Tuesday’s oil spill from Shell Nigeria Exploration and Production Company’s (SNEPCo’s) offshore Bonga deep water field. Minister of Environment Hadiza Ibrahim Mailafia announced the plan on Saturday, four days after a loading … read more
Nigeria lacks competent leaders to tackle its security problems, a former military ruler said on Monday, following Christmas Day bomb attacks on churches by Islamist militants that killed more than two dozen people. Muhammadu Buhari, a northerner who lost the … read more
President Goodluck Jonathan condemned the Christmas Day blasts at Madalla, Jos and Damaturu in a statement issued here late on Sunday. The president said that the acts of killing innocent Nigerians were unwarranted and condemnable. “The bombing of innocent citizens … read more
Fighting between a radical Muslim sect and paramilitary forces in Nigeria has killed at least 61 people over several days of violence in the nation’s northeast that has left churches bombed and people hiding in fear, authorities said Saturday. In … read more
An environmental group says an oil spill off the coast of Nigeria this past week could stretch across more than 900 square kilometers of ocean. The U.S.-based group, SkyTruth, says it estimates from satellite images it has obtained that the … read more
Bubbling christmas night church services remain absent in several northern states in Nigeria as a result of fear of Islamist militant group Boko Haram.Most northern christians fearful of bomb attacks from militants opted for daytime christmas eve service or totally … read more