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NEW VIDEO of Woolwich attack; plus attacker Michael “MujahidR...

May 23, 2013 no comments

The Sun has published new video footage of the Woolwich attack, this one filmed from a bus parked on John Wilson street where two men hacked a British soldier to death. (BE WARNED IT IS GRAPHIC; SCRO...

Michael Olumide Adebolajo was an "ordinary British schoolboy" from a Christian household.

Who is Michael Olumide Adebolajo? More details about the weapon wieldi...

May 23, 2013 no comments

Michael Olumide Adebolajo, was born in Lambeth in December 1984 to a Christian family, grew up in Romford, travelled to school on the bus, played football and had lots of friends, Guardian sources re...

One of two Woolwich attackers identified as British-born Nigerian Mich...

May 23, 2013 no comments

The former leader of a banned Islamist organisation has identified one of the two men involved in Wednesday’s Woolwich terror attack as a British-born Nigerian who went by the name ‘Mujah...

Soldier responsible for killing Mali-bound troops in January arrested,...

May 23, 2013 no comments

Nigeria’s Chief of Army Staff, Lt. Gen. Azubuike Ihejirika, said on Wednesday that soldiers who leaked vital information that led to the killing of three Mali-bound security operatives in Kogi ...

State of Emergency: Soldiers arrested for aiding Boko Haram insurgents...

May 23, 2013 no comments

A Nigeria military official said on Wednesday that “some soldiers” have been arrested for aiding Boko Haram insurgents even as troops launch their biggest offensive against the sect acros...

Ombatse cult leader said slain policemen were sent by governor to kill...

May 23, 2013 no comments

Chief priest of the Ombatse cult, Ala Agu, is defending the action his followers who on May 7 slaughtered dozens of police officers he says were sent by the Nasarawa state governor, Tanko Al-Makura, ...

Britain investigating Nigerian link in Woolwich attack

May 23, 2013 no comments

The attackers who hacked to death a British soldier on John Wilson street in Woolwich on Wednesday could have Nigerian links, security sources inside the investigation have told Reuters. The two susp...

Fuel station manager killed in Maiduguri

May 22, 2013 no comments

A fuel station manager in Maiduguri, the Borno state capital, was shot dead on Tuesday by gunmen suspected to be members of Boko Haram. Vanguard reports that the gunmen ambushed the victim at the Aji...

Alamieyeseigha claims president had no choice in state pardon

May 22, 2013 no comments

Recently pardoned ex-convict Diepreye Alamieyeseigha reportedly stated, quite boldly, that President Goodluck Jonathan had “no choice” but to grant him state pardon, according to Sahara R...

JTF bans vendors and beggars from checkpoints in Yobe

May 21, 2013 no comments

Street food vendors and beggars will no longer be allowed to hang around security checkpoints in Yobe state, one of the three northeastern states under emergency rule. The News Agency of Nigeria repo...

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