Showing posts with label Terrorism. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Terrorism. Show all posts

Friday, April 8, 2016

Last Paris Attacks Suspect Mohamed Abrini Captured

Mohamed Abrini the only remaining Paris attacks suspect has been arrested in Brussels. 
It is believed that Albrini  played a major role in the November massacre that killed 130 and the Brussels bombings in which 32 people died last month.

Saturday, December 5, 2015

Islamic State Hails California Attackers As ‘Soldiers Of Caliphate’

The so called Islamic State on Saturday hailed the perpetrators of a mass shooting (Read here)in the US state of California as “soldiers” of its caliphate, without explicitly claiming the deadly attack.

At Least 27 killed And 80 Injured In A Triple Suicide Attack On Lake Chad Island

At least 27 were killed and 80 others wounded in a triple suicide attack in a Lake Chad island on Saturday.

Friday, November 27, 2015

Scores Feared Dead As Suicide Bomber Hits Kano

Scores were feared dead at Dakasoye village, Garun Mallam local goverment area of Kano, Friday, when a suicide bomber hit Shia procession on their way to Zaria.The incident which occurred by 2.00pm was said to have affected mostly women and children.

Thursday, November 26, 2015

Russia Hits Turkey With Economic Sanctions, Warns More Could Follow

Russia has hit Turkey with economic retaliation following the fatal downings of two Russian aircraft on Tuesday.A battery of economic measures are being talked about including high-profile big-money developments. The Russian tourist federation says it has ceased co-operation.

Man Nabbed For Detonating Bomb In Mosque

Nemesis has caught up with an alleged bomber as police in Katsina State arrested one Lawal Suleiman for allegedly causing sparks and explosion in a Mosque at Yartabki village in Funtua Local Government Area.

Wednesday, November 25, 2015

Presidential Guards Killed By Bus Bomber In Tunisia

Not Again!
A suspected suicide bomb attack on a bus carrying Tunisia’s presidential guard has left 13 people dead.The blast happened at a bus stop where the presidential guard picks up and drops off staff in the capital Tunis.Twelve of the dead have been identified, the thirteenth is thought to be the bomber.

Friday, November 20, 2015

Four kidnappers Arrested For Demanding N10m From would Be Victim

Four suspected kidnappers have been arrested by detectives in the Ondo state Police Command for attempting to abduct a 26 year old Idris Sule and demanding for N10million

Paris Attacks: Police Find A Third Body At Scene Of Paris Siege


More details about two of the Paris attackers killed in the dawn raids on Wednesday have emerged. The woman who blew herself up has been identified as Hasna Aitboulahcen believed to be a cousin of Abdelhamid Abaaoud.

#Mali : 3 Confirmed Dead In Bamako Hotel Siege

At least three people are confirmed to have died after armed jihadists stormed the Radisson Blu hotel in the Mali capital Bamako.

#Mali : Eighty of 170 Hostages Rescured As Special Forces Raid Hotel


Eighty hostages held by Islamist gunmen have been freed from a luxury hotel in Mali’s capital as government special forces moved floor by floor to clear the building, Mali’s state broadcaster and a security source.

Jihadist Take 170 Hostage At Radisson Hotel In Bamako, Mali

According to a  security source, that 10 gunmen  attacked  Radisson hotel, located to the west of Bamako city center.Witnesses in the area said police had surrounded the hotel and were blocking roads leading into the neighborhood.

Thursday, November 19, 2015

ISIL Supporters Stabbed Jewish Teacher In Marseille

A 57-year-old Jewish teacher  was taken to hospital following a knife attack by three youths professing to be ISIL supporters in the French city of Marseille.The victim was stabbed in the arm and leg but escaped serious injury.This happened outside the 57-year-old man’s home and next to the local synagogue and is the second seemingly anti-Semitc stabbing in Marseille in a matter of weeks.

105 Nigerian Soldiers Missing In Action After Fierce Fight With Boko Haram

At least 105 soldiers of the 157 Battalion of the Nigerian Army, including their commanding officer, are feared missing after they came under intense attack from Boko Haram insurgents at Gudunbali, Borno State, on Wednesday, military sources,say.

Abdelhamid Abaaoud 'Died In Saint Denis Raid' - Paris Authorities

The suspected ringleader of the Paris attacks, Abdelhamid Abaaoud, has been identified as one of those killed in a raid in Saint Denis, the Paris prosecutor says.His body was found riddled with bullets and shrapnel in an apartment in the northern Paris suburb on Wednesday.

Female Suicide Bombers Kill 12, Injure Dozens In Kano

No fewer than 12 people lost their lives and about 60 others were left wounded when  two female suicide bombers blew themselves up at a mobile phone market in the northern Nigerian city of Kano on Wednesday, a Red Cross official and police said.
The explosions occurred around 4 p.m. (1500 GMT) at the Farm Centre phone market, near the centre of Nigeria’s second biggest city, and come the day after a blast in the northeastern city of Yola killed 32 people and wounded 80 others.

Tuesday, November 10, 2015

Boko Haram: Buhari Is Helpless – Bakare

Pastor Tunde Bakare, founder of the Latter Rain Assembly, Lagos,  has said President Muhammadu Buhari is not clueless but helpless on the issue of insecurity in the country.

Wednesday, October 7, 2015

Meet Boko Haram Sponsor Who Parades Himself As A General In The Nigerian Army

Another suspected Boko Haram sponsor, Aliyu Hussaini, who has also been parading himself as a military brigadier general has been arrested.
The Nigerian Army in a statement on Tuesday said that Hussaini was arrested by soldiers of the 33rd Artillery Brigade in Bauchi State during a raid.“The troops, who were acting on a tip-off, said Aliyu Hussaini was a sponsor and also a member of the Boko Haram terrorist organisation.

Saturday, October 3, 2015

#AbujaBombings: 15 Confirmed Dead, 41 Injured – NEMA

The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) says 15 persons have been confirmed dead while 41 were injured in last night’s bomb blasts at Kuje and Nyanya in Abuja.
According to the Information Officer of NEMA, Sani Datti, the agency has intensified rescue operations in all the sites of the bomb blast.