Sentences with phrase «boko haram attacks»

«Honestly, the recent upsurge in Boko Haram attacks is an indication Nigeria is moving back to square one and the fact that the terrorists all escaped after Dalori massacre shows we are in trouble.»

Describing Boko Haram attacks as induced calamity, the retired vice-admiral attributed the mass killings of students and children in their schools» dormitories and examination halls, and the mass kidnapping of girls, to Federal Government's agents.

I can assure you and the people of Plateau State that they will never witness Boko Haram attacks like you witnessed in the past.

The media had been awash with news that about 100 Nigerian soldiers were missing after Boko Haram attacks in the epicenter of the battle.

Human rights groups have accused Nigeria's army of killing hundreds of civilians in crackdowns following Boko Haram attacks.

Boko Haram attacks Yobe, kill one.

He said that security had been beefed up in the area and all other places around Maiduguri city to safeguard the public from Boko Haram attacks.

The senator representing Kaduna Central senatorial district, Shehu Sani has expressed concern over incessant killings and kidnappings in Birnin Gwari area of Kaduna state, stressing that the development is not different from Boko Haram attacks in the North - East.

Against the backdrop of continuing Boko Haram attacks in the North East states especially now through the soft target approach of using suicide bombers, a senior army officer has pin - pointed access to illegal funds as one of the major factors emboldening the terrorist group.

«He posted fake pictures of Boko Haram attacks, Rwandan genocide, as Southern Kaduna killings.

«But now we can not because the border was closed a few years ago by the authorities to fight against Boko Haram attacks.»

Boko Haram attacks escalated in 2014 and into 2015, forcing the Nigerian government to postpone presidential elections for six weeks until March 28, 2015.

Such killings are not new to Nigeria: religious strife has been a constant for decades, with the Maitatsine clashes in the 1980s, riots in 1987 in Yola and Kaduna, open battles following Northern states» move to Sharia in late 1999, and intermittent waves of Boko Haram attacks since 2009, among many other such episodes.

The task force condemned alleged Boko Haram attacks going back to July 2012 in a statement, calling them «incessant callous, brutal, barbaric and impious killings.»

Instead of diving into an explanation of problems — such as North Korea's religious prisoners, Boko Haram attacks in Nigeria, and the instability caused by Islamic extremism in the Middle East — Tillerson called out only ISIS.

This weekend, the radical Islamic group Boko Haram attacked a village in Nigeria as well as two refugee camps in the country, slaughtering at least 89 people.

At least, 25 persons were killed at the early hours of Thursday when suspected Islamic Militant Sect, Boko Haram attacked a Divisional Police Headquarters in the...

Gunmen suspected to be members of Islamic Militants, Boko Haram attacked Potiskum town in Yobe, killing a DPO and 13 others.

Four years ago, the Boko Haram attacked a secondary school in Chibok, Nigeria, kidnapping 276 girls and embarrassing the Nigerian military who failed to repel the militants and locate the girls.

Editor - in - chief and chairman of THISDAY, Nduka Obaigbena has said the N550 million payments he received from Sambo Dasuki, former national security adviser (NSA), were compensation for the Boko Haram attack on the Abuja office of the newspaper on April 26, 2012.

A statement signed by Colonel Sani Usman said, «It will be recalled that Boko Haram attacked our troop's location in Gulak on Sunday which was repelled.

INSURGENCY: TROOPS REPELS BOKO HARAM ATTACK ON GWOZA, KILL 7 TERRORISTS.

The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) has completed the evacuation of corpses to the mortuary after the Boko Haram attack which was repelled last night by...

Six weeks after the Islamic militants, Boko Haram attacked Rann in Kala Balge local government area of Borno State, another disaster has hit the internally displaced...

There were no incident of Boko Haram attack during the Eid el - Fitr Sallah celebration at all the centres where Muslims worshippers gathered to pray in Maiduguri,...

The Nigerian Army has described as false a story which alleged that Boko Haram attacked Pulka and abducted 22 women.

Not exact matches

At least four people were killed when Boko Haram suicide bombers attacked northeast Nigeria's biggest city, the emergency services said on Friday, as residents returned home.

Suicide bombers killed more than 60 people at a mosque and a market in northeast Nigeria on Tuesday, in a twin attack bearing the hallmarks of Boko Haram and a day after US President Donald Trump pledged greater support to fight the Islamist militants.

Deliberate assaults on civilians, the murder of religious figures, indiscriminate bombings in markets and buildings, hijacking and ramming planes full of civilians into buildings occupied by civilians, attacks on and destruction of churches and mosques — all carried out by al - Qaeda, IS, and Boko Haram — violate the clear limits set in Islamic law for the conduct of a jihad.

According to the prelate, the church attack has caused alarm among the local community, as the mainly Christian south of Nigeria has not suffered from the terror attacks carried out in the north by Boko Haram.

Speaking to Catholic charity Aid to the Church in Need (ACN) about the attack, Bishop Hilary Paul Odili Okeke of the Diocese of Nnewi, south - east Nigeria, explained the attack was linked to local issues and not Boko Haram.

During the past two years, reports of terrorist attacks against Christians have steadily emerged from the Muslim world: 7 Egyptian Christians executed on a Benghazi beach, 165 Christian girls kidnapped from school by Boko Haram, and 21 Coptic Christians beheaded near the Mediterranean Sea, among other incidents.

Nigeria's social hostilities stem from Boko Haram, which attacked people in Cameroon, Niger, and Chad, as well as in Nigeria in 2015.

«Vile, evil, and satanic» attacks by Fulani now outnumber Boko Haram, one of the world's deadliest terror groups.

Nigeria sees attacks already from ISIS and Boko Haram, but the Fulani herdsmen have outpaced both groups to become the deadliest force in the West African nation.

The Archbishop of Jos, Most Rev Benjamin Kwashi, was speaking as Islamist extremists such as Boko Haram and Hausa Fulani herdsmen continue to attack Christians...

Recent months have seen several attacks on churches by Boko Haram militants, and thousands of Christians are being persecuted.

Advocates of beleaguered Christians in northern Nigeria have long argued that members of Boko Haram — known for attacking churches and other targets — should be considered terrorists.

The State Department calculates that Boko Haram committed more than 360 attacks in 2012, killing more than 1,100 people.

CNN: Nigerian forces kill 13 Boko Haram militants after church attacks Islamist militants in Nigeria's restive north have taken the lives of 34 people since Christmas, including 27 Christians attending church services.

Officials suspect members of Boko Haram are complicit in the attacks, though the organization has yet to claim responsibility.

In a sometimes emotional press conference Thursday at the Council of Islamic Organizations of Greater Chicago office downtown, Muslim leaders and educators condemned what they call barbaric and horrific mass kidnappings and other deadly attacks in Nigeria attributed to Boko Haram.

He is tackling insecurity, and the rate of bombings and attacks have reduced, even as government has reclaimed territories taken over by Boko Haram.

The Army yesterday alerted Nigerians to the new tactics used by Boko Haram terrorists in carrying out attacks on soft targets, calling on unsuspecting citizens to...

«In its response to Boko Haram and ISIS - WA attacks, and at times in response to crime and insecurity in general, security service personnel perpetrated extrajudicial killings and engaged in torture, sexual exploitation and abuse, arbitrary detention, mistreatment of detainees, use of children by some security elements, looting, and destruction of property.

If not, where did the National Security Adviser get the money to buy the three Bullet Proof Jeeps they gave him after he was attacked and almost assassinated by Boko — Haram?

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Troops of 3 Battalion on operation Lafiya Dole have successfully repelled Boko Haram terrorists» attack at Gamboru Ngala, Borno state.

The capacity development program came in the heels of Boko Haram terrorists resort to attacking soft and vulnerable targets in North Eastern Nigeria.

Turning to security, Mr. Buhari cited the «remarkable progress» Nigeria has made in its resolve to defeat the Boko Haram terrorist group, whose «capacity to launch orchestrated attacks as a formed group has been severely degraded.»