Tag: Boko Haram insurgency

Nov

2020

Six Nigerians Convicted for Funding Boko Haram in UAE *Top Nigerian government officials also indicted

CRIMEBoko Haram insurgency, death sentence, Federal Court, united arab Emirates

Six Nigerians have been sentenced to death by an Abu Dhabi Federal Court of Appeal in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) for sponsoring Boko Haram insurgents. The conviction was upheld by the appellate court after they lost an earlier appeal at a lower court. According to reports on Monday, Surajo Abubakar Muhammad and Saleh Yusuf Adamu were sentenced to life imprisonment. The rest – Ibrahim Ali Alhassan, AbdurRahman Ado Musa, Bashir Ali Yusuf and Muhammad Ibrahim Isa, got 10 years imprisonment each. Court documents show that between 2015 and 2016, the convicts were allegedly involved in cash transfers totaling $782,000 to…

Oct

2020

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Nigerian Pastor Appears In New Boko Haram Video, Begs FG To Rescue Him, Two Other Women

NEWSBoko Haram insurgency, cry for help, danger, Revd. Polycap Zango

Reverend Polycap Zango who was recently declared missing has appeared in a new video where he is pleading with the Nigerian government and Christian authorities in the country to rescue him from the ISWAP terrorists who he said abducted him. The Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP) is a splinter group of Boko Haram. Zango, a pastor with the Church of Christ in Nations, Jos, Plateau State, went missing while journeying to Gombe State for a conference. According to him, he is being held in the terrorists' custody alongside two other Christian women, who were also abducted. In the video published by SaharaReporters, the cleric is seen…

Sep

2020

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Happening! 7 Policemen, 3 Soldiers Killed As Terrorists Attack Nigerian Governor, Babagana Zulum’s Convoy

SECURITYBoko Haram insurgency, death, Governor Babagana Zulum’s convoy, killing, terrorists

Eight policemen, three soldiers, and four Civilian Joint Task Force operatives were killed after the convoy of the Borno state governor, Babagana Zulum, was again attacked by Boko Haram terrorists along the Baga Highway in the state on Friday, September 25. According to reports, the governor had left Maiduguri for Baga to prepare for the planned return of internally displaced persons from Maiduguri to the camps in Baga when his convoy was attacked by the terrorists. The attack comes barely two months after Governor Zulum was attacked around the same axis by the insurgents on his way from Baga. Source:…

Mar

2020

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See Why S’East, S’South Christian Leaders Vow To Meet With Natioinal Assembly Today

NATIONAL NEWSBoko Haram insurgency, Nigerian Army, SouthEast South-south church leaders, terrorism

Church and Christian leaders from the Southeast and South-south geopolitical zones, have yesterday, Tuesday, resolved to meet with the leadership of the National Assembly today, Wednesday. The proposed visit was decided upon after a one- day meeting at Vision Africa Radio over the alleged threat by some terrorists to bomb 14,000 churches in Southeast and South-south zones. The chairman of Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN), Abia State, Apostle Emmanuel Agomuo who spoke after the meeting disclosed that the Church and Christian leaders had taken what he described as a critical view of the threat as well as the killings by…

Mar

2020

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Read Why Boko Haram Targets Christians, CAN Reveals….

NATIONAL NEWSbloodshed, Boko Haram insurgency, Christian Association of Nigeria, death, killing, Nigerian government, war

CAN Says Boko Haram Targets Christians To trigger religious War. See Why.... The South East and South South Christian Association of Nigeria, (CAN) has frowned at the level of insurgency, following the incessant killings of innocent Christians in the country. This assertion was made in a communiqué signed and issue to news men by the CAN Chairmen of South South and South East, Dr. Ege Isreal Enyiekemini and Bishop Dr. Goddy Okafor respectively, in Umuahia after a one colloquium on insecurity in Nigeria, with the theme, "the Sacredness of Life". The initiative which was held at Vision Africa Complex, Umuahia the capital…

Mar

2020

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Northern Crisis: Release Of 1,400 Boko Haram Insurgents Increased Rate Of Crisis In North… PFN

NATIONAL NEWS400 Boko Haram suspects, Boko Haram insurgency, military, Nigeria government, Pentecostal Fellowship of Nigereia, release of 1, Rev blessed Amalambu

The state secretary, Pentecostal Feullowship of Nigereia, Abia State chapter has frowned at the recent release of purportedly repentant Boko Haram Suspects in the North by the Military. Rev. Blessed U. Amalambu while speaking with Famous Reporters in Umuahia, argued that the release of the suspected Boko Haram insurgents and rehabilitation into the society had thrown the lives of the people into more jeopardy, as there have been more recorded incidents of attacks following the said act of President Mohammadu Buhari's led government. It would be recalled that Borno State Commissioner for Information had revealed thatnot fewer than 1,400 repentant…