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
They have launched co-ordinated attacks across northern Nigeria, threatening to overthrow the government and impose strict Islamic law – but who exactly are the Nigerian Taliban? Since the group emerged in 2004 they have become known as “Taliban”, although they … read more
The bloody clash between the police and members of an Islamic fundamentalist group known as Boko Haram (“education is sin”), which left many dead in the early hours of Sunday in Bauchi, has spread to other states in the North. … read more
A least four persons, including a toddler, had been shot dead, in renewed inter-cult clash which started late last week and stretched till this week between Icelanders and Greenlanders. The clash tore the peace of Port Harcourt, leading to the … read more
About 70 per cent of Nigeria’s internet capacity has been disrupted following a reported damage on one of the landing cables of the SAT3 submarine cable system This distruption has since caused “temporary setback” to the nation’s data market. The … read more
The Federal Government has moved to deny reports that it planned to relocate the Petroleum University from Effurun, near Warri in Delta State, to Kaduna State. The reported plan had sparked off controversy, with South-South governors reacting with a threat … read more
More than 50 Nigerians were killed on Sunday in clashes between security forces and militants in the northeastern city of Bauchi, residents and hospital sources said. The fighting began early on Sunday when around 70 militants armed with guns and … read more