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SSS intercepts truck carrying 20 illegal immigrants in Lagos

March 27, 2013 no comments

The State Security Service intercepted a truckload of illegal immigrants into Lagos, security sources have said. Punch reported that about 20 illegal immigrants were arrested in Berger, close to the ...

Two suspected Boko Haram gunmen killed in shootout with military

January 18, 2013 no comments

Two suspected Boko Haram gunmen were killed in a shootout with the Nigerian military, Reuters reported. The shootout happened close to a checkpoint in the main city of Kano on Thursday. Nigerian forc...

Boko Haram could have been based in Niger state – Gov Aliyu

October 13, 2012 no comments

Radical Islamist sect Boko Haram may have made the northeast city of Maiduguri in Borno state its base, but according to Niger State Governor Mu’azu Aliyu, the sect got its start in a remote vi...

At least four killed, 29 buildings destroyed in tanker explosion in Su...

September 3, 2012 no comments

At least four people were killed on Sunday after a petrol-laden tanker exploded in Abuja close to the NNPC depot. Six others sustained injuries and some 27 shops and two residential homes were destro...

Boko Haram suspect Kabiru Sokoto after he was rearrested on Friday, 10 February 2012

Christmas Day bombing ‘mastermind’ Kabiru Sokoto hospitali...

July 1, 2012 no comments

Kabiru Sokoto, the alleged Boko Haram mastermind behind the 2011 Christmas Day bombing of St. Theresa’s Catholic Church in Madalla, Niger, has been hospitalized and is reportedly receiving medi...

Kaduna state police boss says Chadians, Nigeriens and Cameroonians are...

June 20, 2012 no comments

The Kaduna Stae Commissioner of Police, Mohammed Jinjiri Abubakar, said on Tuesday that nationals of Niger, Chad and Cameroon, living in the north were responsible for the acts of terrorism in the re...

Kano police arrest 13 Niger nationals

May 25, 2012 no comments

Kano – The police in Kano have arrested 13 Nationals of Niger Republic for allegedly entering the country without valid entry documents. The State Commissioner of Police, Mr Ibrahim Idris, said this ...

Is IBB grooming his son to become governor of Niger state?

May 12, 2012 no comments

Former Nigerian military dictator, Ibrahim Badamasi Babaginda, IBB, may still be dabbling in politics, this time through his son Mohammed. According to Sahara Reporters, credible sources in Minna, th...

Chad to set up task force team to fight Boko Haram

April 30, 2012 no comments

Following the recent spate of deadly terrorist attacks in northern Nigeria, President Idriss Deby Itno of neighbouring Chad has proposed to set up a task force to aid in the fight against the radical...

12 people killed in auto crash in Zamfara state

April 30, 2012 no comments

A ghastly collision in Zamfara state involving a Mitsubushi truck travelling from Niger state has reportedly claimed the lives of 12 people, the Vanguard reported. According to reports, the accident ...

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