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Meanwhile, Aliyu who also noted that the state of insecurity in the country was terrible, contended that economic deprivation had rendered many individuals in the country agents of the dreaded Boko Haram sect terrorising the country. Delivering the 5th... Full Article at THISDAY LIVE
The attacks Sunday night occurred around Maiduguri, the city where the sect known as Boko Haram once had its main mosque. A military spokesman and a police spokesman declined to comment Monday, though a police official who spoke to The Associated Press... Full Article at Charlotte Observer
To go with AFP STORY: Fear pervades Nigerian city at heart of Islamist insurgency by M.J. Smith A truck with inscription at the top 'Back to Islam' carries goods pasta roadside sign 'We thank Allah' in Maiduguri, home to Islamist group Boko Haram... View Photo »
One of the gunmen was caught and burned to death using a tyre and oil. People said the men were Boko Haram but there is a lot of anger and everybody is so scared these days
A military spokesman and a police spokesman declined to comment Monday, though a police official who spoke to The Associated Press confirmed seven people had been killed. The police official spoke on condition of anonymity because the information was... Full Article at WAWS FOX 30
The attacks Sunday night occurred around Maiduguri, the city where the sect known as Boko Haram once had its main mosque. A military spokesman and a police spokesman declined to comment Monday, though a police official who spoke to The Associated Press... Full Article at Kens5.com San Antonio
One person was killed and nine others were injured on April 24 after suspected Islamic extremists attacked a TV viewing center in a Christian area of Jos where a crowd had gathered to watch soccer. On March 11, Islamic extremists reportedly from the... Full Article at The Christian Post
Spokesman of Joint Task Force in Maiduguri Lt.Col Sagir Musa speaks on the activities of the Islamist group Boko Haram in Maiduguri, northeastern Nigeria on May 10, 2012. The Nigerian Islamist group known as Boko Haram has grown from a... View Photo »
I think a threat to journalism and to journalists will amount to a threat to democracy. I want the group (Boko Haram) to understand that the media is a friend to all and it is unnecessary therefore to target them for persecution for whatever reason.
King and Meehan cited a Reuters' report last week about how the Justice Department earlier this year had urged the State Department to apply the "foreign terrorist" designation to Boko Haram. The congressmen suggested that by not doing so, the... Full Article at Reuters
He further confessed to being part of a "20-man killer squad" charged with targeting the security services around Kano, Nigeria's second largest city and the key hub in the mainly Muslim north. Boko Haram has repeatedly targeted the security services... Full Article at Radio Netherlands Worldwide
According to a letter of appeal for support from the Diocese, the Most Rev. Dr. Oliver Dashe Doeme said the persecution has taken an extremely dangerous dimension, since the outbreak of the Boko Haram insurgency in 2009. The letter, addressed to the... Full Article at West Africa Democracy Radio
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One of the gunmen was caught and burned to death using a tyre and oil. People said the men were Boko Haram but there is a lot of anger and everybody is so scared these days
I think a threat to journalism and to journalists will amount to a threat to democracy. I want the group (Boko Haram) to understand that the media is a friend to all and it is unnecessary therefore to target them for persecution for whatever reason.
Everybody knows the modus operandi of BH (Boko Haram): they threw explosives and used guns ... The gunfire lasted for almost an hour.
Nigerians, our name is not Boko Haram, we are Muslims
The issue of bombing attack is becoming unbearable in recent time and sincerely speaking, the Federal Government should take a proactive measure to ensure that the scourge becomes a thing of the past. Although, Mr. President once said that Boko Haram is within his cabinet, the legislature and the judici...
It has been proven that they have contact with al Qaeda offshoots, especially ones in Yemen and Algeria. Nonetheless, organizations like al-Shabab and Boko Haram don't necessarily act on al Qaeda orders
I must tell you that military men have killed too many innocent people, particularly in Maiduguri and Kano, that sometimes when the Boko Haram attack anywhere, some youths were seen jubilating. Even, my wife has lost some relations. Many families have lost relations to the wanton killing of many innocen...
there is no where in the world where insurgencies like Boko Haram have been defeated purely through military force and occupation. The government that has the responsibiilty for our security must bend over backwards to deliver it. If they continue to fail in this regard, they will not be in government f...
against the popular belief, there is no conspiracy between the northern leaders and the Boko Haram.
Our basin is exposed to insecurity because of the permanent threat posed by Boko Haram.
But, then I must also be quick to point out that today, even if all the leaders that we know in Boko Haram are arrested, I don't think the problem would end, because there are tentacles.
if our brothers say today there should be security, there will be security. How can we say we don't know those who are Boko Haram and yet they are killing us everyday? The problem is that the people they should go and meet, they are not going there
No, I don't think so. I think that any kind of connection that Boko Haram has with groups outside of Nigeria is not transformative.
What are they doing with the money they are collecting. How can we say that we don’t know who the members of the Boko Haram are? They are attacking churches and mosques and killing people.
Message from Jama’atu Ahlis Sunna Lidda’awati Wal-Jihadl (Boko Haram’s full name): on why we attacked ThisDay
I was married to my husband a year ago. We met in Wudil. I only came to know that he was a member of Boko Haram recently. He managed to escape during the raid this morning
The menace of Boko Haram, kidnapping, armed robbery incidents and pipeline vandalism can effectively be checked if we fix our public education sector, We can also generate gainful employment and empowering people to make ends meet.
Since the last May Day, the escalation of the Boko Haram threat has manifested in several bombings and attacks across the country, resulting in the loss of hundreds of lives
When Senator Mohammed Ali Ndume was reported to have said that the Vice President, Arc Namadi Sambo was aware of his activities with Boko Haram, nobody probed deeper. What Gen Azazi said in Asaba merely confirmed the widely held notion that PDP is Boko Haram and Boko Haram is PDP. When you breed a monst...
When Senator Mohammed Ali Ndume was reported to have said that the Vice President, Arc Namadi Sambo was aware of his activities with Boko Haram, nobody probed deeper. What Gen Azazi said in Asaba merely confirmed the widely held notion that PDP is Boko Haram and Boko Haram is PDP. When you breed a monst...
The post-election violence in Northern Nigeria last year, which started as popular and spontaneous uprising by the people against the electoral violence done to them was obfuscated with diversionary attack on churches and Southerners in a manner reminiscent of these Boko Haram activities. Indeed, this i...
Boko Haram is focussed on interior Nigerian issues ... If it has any contact with other Islamic groups outside of Nigeria, they are small and not particularly significant.
There is a domestic challenge that Boko Haram poses to Nigeria
Now is the time for action. We cannot save Lake Chad without eradicating this Boko Haram sect
the JTF is on massive cordon and search operation in targeted areas in Maiduguri. It is intended to arrest suspected Boko Haram terrorists, mop up illegal arms and ammunitions and Improvised Explosive Devise (IEDs)
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