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Boko Haram caliphate: Matching Towards Maiduguri

September 7, 2014 |

From a ragtag band of fighters conducting sporadic raids and bombings from its hideouts, Nigeria’s Boko Haram is fast evolving into a force able to take and hold territory.

In attacks on September 1st its jihadist militants overran Bama, the … Read More

Boko Haram: 50 Lawyers to Storm The Hague for Prosecution of Sheriff, Ihejirika

September 7, 2014 |

The Nigeria Bar Association (NBA) Friday said it would be storming the International Criminal Court in The Hague, Switzerland with a team of over 50 lawyers to prosecute both Senator Ali Modu Sheriff and Lt. Gen. Azubuike Ihejirika, who were … Read More

Boko Haram Seize Nigerian Town After Deadly Battle: Witnesses

September 2, 2014 |

MAIDUGURI, Nigeria, Sept 2 (Reuters) – Islamist Boko Haram insurgents overran most of a northeastern Nigerian town on Tuesday after hours of fighting that killed scores and displaced thousands of residents, security sources said.

The Islamists launched an attack on … Read More

Boko Haram crisis: Nigerian soldiers ‘mutiny over weapons’

August 21, 2014 |

A group of soldiers in north-eastern Nigeria is refusing to fight Islamist Boko Haram militants until they receive better equipment, one of the mutineers has told the BBC.

The soldier, who requested anonymity, said at least 40 of his colleagues … Read More

Boko Haram: Soldiers’ wives protest husbands’ deployment to Gwoza

August 11, 2014 |

There is tension in the 7 Division of the Nigerian Army, Maiduguri, as angry wives of soldiers at the Giwa Barracks, blocked the entrance to the barracks, vowing not to allow their husbands to proceed to Bama as directed by … Read More

An Open Letter to Mr. President – Dr Chris Nwaokobia Jnr [@CHRISNWAOKOBIA]

May 9, 2014 |

Dear Mr. President.

I write as a bonafide citizen, I write as a concerned Nigerian, I write as one who feels the pain of the hoi polloi and I write not as a reckless critic, the fact that I was … Read More