Six Boko Haram members have died in Maiduguri, allegedly as a result of a fight that broke out among members of the Islamist group. The six were reported to have been killed on Thursday in Shehu North – the same district where the military said it had killed 11 Boko Haram members on Saturday. ‘The [...]

More information has emerged in respect to the arrested spokesman for Boko Haram, Abul Qaqa, after his arrest at about 4:00am on Wednesday. The arrested spokesman is said to be providing ‘very useful and verifiable information’ to the men of the State Security Services, SSS. Sources party to the on- going interrogation of Abdul Qaqa, [...]

Mr Abdulrasheed Maina, The chairman, Pension Reform Task Team, shocked officials of Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) on Thursday with the revelation of how the pension reform task team caught a high ranking civil servant in the pension unit at the office of the Head of Service with of N2 billion [...]

The ongoing subsidy probe has revealed that that Total Nigeria Plc. received excess subsidy claims of N2.7bn in 2011. The House of Representatives Ad- hoc Committee investigating the Subsidy Regime on Wednesday produced records indicating that Total Nigeria Plc received excess subsidy claims of N2.7bn in 2011. The Managing Director of Total, Mr. Guy Maurice, [...]

Nigeria’s State Security Service SSS has captured the spokesman of the Boko Haram sect, Abul Qaqa. Abul Qaqa, who often speaks to journalists after Boko Haram attacks is said to have been tracked using his mobile phone. According to an SSS officer, “It was a landmark feat that was achieved through collaboration with various stakeholders,” [...]

Boko Haram has threatened  to unsettle the Nigerian government if the sentence of death on Al Mustapha is carried out. Major Hamza Al-Mustapha, the former Chief Security Officer to the late Head of State General Sani Abacha and Lateef Shofolahan was yesterday convicted by a Lagos High Court sitting at Igbosere over the murder of of [...]

What could have been another Boko Haram tragic incident this year, was averted over the weekend, by staff of a private security firm, Encouragers Security company Limited, thwarted attempt by a female suicide bomber, suspected member of the deadly Islamic sect, Boko Haram from gaining entrance into the complex of the Federal Capital Territory Administration [...]

A Lagos High Court today found Major Hamza Al-Mustapha, the former Chief Security Officer to the late Head of State General Sani Abacha and Lateef Shofolahan guilty of the murder of Kudirat Abiola. They have been sentenced to die by hanging. The case is the longest criminal trial in Nigeria’s history, lasting more than 12 [...]

Maryam Abubakar, wife of the acting Inspector- General of Police (IGP ) Mohammed Abubakar has passed on in the early hours of Monday. The sad news was confirmed to news correspondent at the family house in Kano, where she reportedly lived and died. Family sources say she had battled with cancer for a while. IGP [...]

ABUL-Qaqa, the spokesman of the Jama’atu Ahlis Sunnati Lidda’awati Wal Jihad, also known as Boko Haram, yesterday, alleged that security agents have arrested “many” of its members in Sokoto and called for their immediate release. He however, urged senior citizens in Sokoto and other neighbouring states to intervene in order to avert the replication of what he described [...]