Boko Haram spies arrested in Bauchi

The Nigerian Army says it has arrested 4 persons suspected to be Boko Haram terrorist’s spies.

The military says one of the spies helped carry out surveillance on the St. Theresa Catholic Church, Madalla, Abuja which was bombed in December 2011.

Special forces kill 40 Boko Haram terrorists, destroy fabricated rockets

Special Forces of the Nigerian Army supported by Nigeria Airforce aircraft, have killed about 40 Boko Haram terrorists and destroyed their rocket fabrication factory after carrying out several raids and attacks on Boko Haram camps, rocket making factory and foiling attempts to attack troops’ location.

Boko Haram wrecks havoc as 2 suicide bombers attack mosque in Cameroon

Two female suicide bombers suspected of belonging to the Boko Haram militant group blew themselves on Monday near a mosque in Cameroon’s Far North province, military officials said on Monday.

PHOTOS: Boko Haram releases pictures of its rocket-making factory

Boko Haram militants, now affiliated with terror group Islamic State (ISIS), has released photos showing its rocket factory.

Troops destroy 20 Boko Haram camps

Troops of 5 Brigade Nigerian Army, weekend, destroyed all Boko Haram camps and enclaves at the border towns of Kerenowa and Chikun Gudu as well as their contiguous villages in Borno State.

Giving details of the operation, Acting Director of Army Public Relations, Colonel Sani Usman said: “During the operation which is ongoing, troops discovered and destroyed over 20 well-fortified terrorist camps in the general area of Kerenowa.

Suicide bombers kill 33, injure 111 in Yola, Maiduguri attacks

On a day that Boko Haram terrorists wreaked havoc in two separate bomb attacks in Yola and Maiduguri killing over 33 persons and injuring 111 people, Hungary, yesterday pledged to assist Nigeria in tackling the insurgency. A bomb blast rocked a juma’at mosque in Jambutu area of Jimeta, Yola, the Adamawa State capital, yesterday, killing many worshippers and injuring scores of others.

Twin bomb blasts hit Maiduguri mosque, kill many

Another early morning bomb attack has occurred in a mosque in Maiduguri, Borno state, killing and injuring many worshippers during the early morning prayer session, witnesses said. 

Explosion was carried out by lone suicide bomber  whose two accomplices escaped when some vigilante  members of the community accosted them on their suspicious movements

The blasts, according to residents occurred in Jiddari Polo area at about 5am when Muslims were performing the first congregational prayer of the day.

Details of casualties are still sketchy as security officials have cordoned the area while rescue and aide workers tried to evacuate corpses and injured victims.

But a spokesman of the local Civilian-JTF, Abbas Gava, told PREMIUM TIMES that “it was two bomb explosion in a mosque in Jiddari Polo,  very close to the Federal High Court complex. We are still trying to get the correct figure of casualties”.

So far, National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) have evacuated six dead bodies from the scene of the attack while about 17 injured victims are being treated as the Specialist Hospital and University of Maiduguri Teaching Hospital

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Two female suicide bombers kill nine people in terrorist attack in Cameroon as Boko Haram continue to spread its tentacles to Cameroon

Two female suicide bombers have killed nine people in Cameroon's far north in the latest wave of terror attacks carried out by Boko Haram militants.

It comes a day after five of the group's suicide bombers killed at least 41 people in Chad, escalating concerns about the Islamic militants' reach.

The group currently controls a swathe of land in Nigeria's north east and is at war with soldiers from a coalition of countries after spreading attacks into neighbouring Cameroon and Chad.

Nigeria schoolgirl tells House of Lords of brutal Boko Haram attack

Victoria Yohanna, 15, was one of more than 400 people taken prisoner during an attack by Boko Haram in January 

Victoria Yohanna

A Nigerian schoolgirl will tell the House of Lords today of her terrifying ordeal during one of the biggest ever mass abductions carried out by the Boko Haram terrorist sect.

Victoria Yohanna, 15, was one of more than 400 people taken prisoner during an attack by a Boko Haram raiding party on the north-east Nigerian town of Baga on the shores of Lake Chad in January.

Their captors ordered them to convert to Islam on pain of death, and tried to marry them off as bush-wives to Boko Haram fighters.

Breaking News -Bomb Blast Hits Buhari Housing Estate In Yobe, 16 killed

At 16 people were reportedly killed on Wednesday morning when a suicide bomber attacked Buhari Estate in Damaturu, Yobe State, northeast Nigeria.

Reports say the attack took place at a mosque inside Buhari Estate and was carried out by three teenage boys.

This was confirmed by the State Emergency Management Agency, (SEMA).

SEMA said several people were also injured in the incident.

Sources said the suicide bomber came near the mosque, hugged one of the boys around 

US Treasury launches investigation into Japanese firm on how ISIS get so many Toyotas

An investigation has been launched into how so many Toyotas ended up in the hands of ISIS .

The car maker's trucks, particularly Toyota Hilux pickups and Toyota Land Cruisers, have appeared in the terror group's propaganda videos in Iraq, Syria and Libya, loaded with heavy weapons and packed full with terrorists.

Mark Wallace, a former US Ambassador to the United Nations, who is CEO of the Counter Extremism Project, told ABC News : “Regrettably, the Toyota Land Cruiser and Hilux have effectively become almost part of the ISIS brand."

Toyota said it did not know how its vehicles ended up there.

ISIS: Fighters waving flags drive in Toyotas through the streets of Syria's northern Raqqa province in June 2014

ISIS Releases Photo Of The Boko Haram Suicide Bombers Responsible For Abuja Bomb Blast

Boko Haram insurgents, who pledged allegiance to the Islamic State, have reportedly claimed responsibility for the multiple suicide bomb blasts that happened in Abuja last weekend.
18 people were killed and scores left wounded. The terrorist group released a statement on Twitter on Sunday along with three photos of suicide attackers involved in Friday’s deadly blasts.
The first two attacks happened in Kuje township, where a suicide bomber attacked a police station while another bomb was detonated at a nearby market. The third device exploded in Nyanya at a bus stop.

Boko Haram? Female bomber kills scores in Maiduguri

Multiple explosions in Maiduguri killed scores of residents yesterday evening. The explosions were  suspected to be from Boko Haram.
Heavy sounds were heard in some parts of Maiduguri on October 1. Though the Army said it was merely testing weapons for effective night operation, however, sources said multiple blasts occurred at Bulunkutu-Dalla  area of the metropolis at about 7:30p.m.
A youth vigilante in the  civilian JTF in the area, who asked not to be named told Daily Sun that a female bomber detonated explosive devices near a mosque, killing four on the spot.
Two other explosions were also recorded near the area. The area has  recorded explosions, which killed 54 recently.

Boko Haram Strikes again? 20 feared dead in fresh Borno village attack

No fewer than 20 people were killed, while several others were injured as members of Boko Haram terrorists’ sect, Saturday night, invaded Malari and other communities in Konduga Local Government Area of Borno State.

However, Borno State Police Commissioner, Mr. Opadokun Aderemi, said in a text message to Vanguard that only nine people were killed, while 10 others were seriously injured.Malari village is South-East of, and about 35 kilometres drive from Maiduguri, the state capital, and had suffered series of deadly attacks in the recent past.

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Could this be true? Boko Haram commander 'can't read the Koran and doesn't know how to pray'

A leading member of Islamist terror group Boko Haram can not read the Koran and knows nothing about Muslim prayers, it has been revealed.In a video posted online, Bulama Modu appears to admit “I don't know how to read the Quran" while being interrogated over his knowledge of Islam.

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