FG probes Boko Haram members’ execution – Daily Trust
February 17, 2010 by Bunmi Awolusi · Comments Off
Inspector General of Police Ogbonna Onovo has been ordered by the Federal Government to investigate the extra-judicial killing of members of the Boko Haram religious sect during its uprising in Maiduguri and other towns last year, Minister of Police Affairs Ibrahim Yakubu Lame told the BBC Hausa Service on Monday night.
Shiite group denies link with Boko Haram – The Nation
August 31, 2009 by Bunmi Awolusi · Comments Off
An Islamic group, Shiite Movement, has denied link with the Boko Haram sect, saying the movement has over 300 schools across the country teaching both western and Islamic curricula.
The group dismissed claims that its leader, Sheikh Ibrahim El-Zakzaky, is the founder of the Boko Haram.
Boko Haram Threatens To Attack Lagos, Claims Link To al-Queda – The Guardian
August 15, 2009 by tim · Comments Off
Two weeks after the crackdown on the extremist Islamic sect Boko Haram, the group regained its voice yesterday, threatening to cause more violence with the southern part of the country as its major target.
Sultan, Onaiyekan, Sheriff decry Boko Haram crisis – The Guardian
August 13, 2009 by tim · Comments Off
The Sultan of Sokoto, Muhammed Sa’ad Abubakar and Archbishop John Onaiyekan, yesterday condemned the Boko Haram crisis that recently rocked some Northern states.
Also yesterday, the Borno State Governor Ali Sheriff again flayed the extremist Islamic group, dissociating himself from them.
Ramadan may begin on August 22, say clerics – The Guradian
August 11, 2009 by Bunmi Awolusi · Comments Off
The League of Imams and Alfas of South Western Nigeria has said that this year’s Ramadan fasting may begin on August 22, based on astronomical calculations that the holy month may become visible on August 21.
My Last Encounter With Boko Haram Financier – Sheriff – Daily Independent
August 11, 2009 by Bunmi Awolusi · Comments Off
Governor Modu Ali Sheriff of Borno State has painted a graphic picture of his last encounter with Buji Fai, the alleged financier of Boko Haram, the Islamic sect that killed and maimed in the North in the last week of July.
‘Boko Haram Is Consequence of Extreme Poverty’ – Thisday
August 8, 2009 by tim · Comments Off
The Niger State Governor Muazu Babangida Aliyu has identified extreme poverty as the cause of the recent religious unrest engineered by the Islamic Sect; Boko Haram.
Aliyu made this observation during the press conference for the forthcoming 2009 National Festival of Arts and Culture (NAFEST) holding in Niger state beginning October 3-13, 2009, where he noted that the event could be used as a veritable tool for rebranding Nigeria.
Panel demands reports in 24hrs on sect leader’s death – The Nation
August 6, 2009 by Bunmi Awolusi · Comments Off
The panel probing the Boko Haram leader Mohammed Yusuf’s death got cracking yesterday, demanding a brief from all security agencies connected with the management of last week’s sectarian violence in some parts of the North.
Panel demands reports in 24hrs on sect leader’s death – The Nation
August 6, 2009 by tim · Comments Off
The panel probing the Boko Haram leader Mohammed Yusuf’s death got cracking yesterday, demanding a brief from all security agencies connected with the management of last week’s sectarian violence in some parts of the North.
Security reports on sect’s leader indicts governor – The Nation
August 5, 2009 by Bunmi Awolusi · Comments Off
More scary facts on the Boko Haram sect emer-ged yesterday in Abuja.
Security sources said the late leader of the sect, Mohammed Yusuf, had about 540,000 followers.
Yusuf was allocated 80kilometres of land in Borno State and all attempts to prevail on Governor Modu Ali Sheriff by security agencies to revoke the allocation were rebuffed by the governor, it was also learnt.
