Amnesty wants Jonathan to probe police killings – The Guardian
February 15, 2010 by Bunmi Awolusi · Comments Off
Amnesty International has called on Acting President Goodluck Jonathan to fulfil the commitments made in his acceptance speech by setting up an independent commission of inquiry into all suspected cases of unlawful killings by the Nigeria Police in recent years.
Boko Haram:Reps probe extra-judicial killings – Daily Trust
February 11, 2010 by Bunmi Awolusi · Comments Off
A joint House of Representatives committee has been given two weeks to investigate and present a report on the alleged killing of unarmed civilians by policemen in the wake of the Boko Haram violence in Maiduguri, Borno State.
Yar’Adua orders IGP to provide security for corps members – Tribune
December 18, 2009 by Bunmi Awolusi · Comments Off
Following the recent horrendous killings of some National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) members in some parts of the country, President Umaru Yar’Adua has ordered the Inspector-General of Police, Mr. Ogbonna Onovo and other security agencies to provide security cover for the corps across the country.
Again, cholera claims 73 in Borno, Taraba – Tribune
November 18, 2009 by Bunmi Awolusi · Comments Off
Another outbreak of cholera was reported again, on Tuesday, in Maiduguri, Borno State, claiming more than 70 lives, while another three people were confirmed dead in Karim-Lamido Local Government Area of Taraba State.
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.
Yar’adua orders probe of sect leader’s death – Daily Trust
August 5, 2009 by Bunmi Awolusi · Comments Off
President Umaru Yar’adua has ordered an investigation into the alleged extra-judicial killing of the Boko Haram sect leader Mohammed Yusuf, who the police killed last Thursday few hours after his arrest by the military.
Yar’Adua invites Borno Governor – The Nation
August 4, 2009 by Bunmi Awolusi · Comments Off
President Umaru Yar’Adua yesterday invited Borno State Governor Ali Modu Sheriff over security reports on last week’s sectarian strife in which hundreds died.
The invitation, it was learnt, may not be inconnected with intelligence reports which claimed the governor did not act fast enough to forestall the crisis.
Governor under fire over seized sect leader’s death – The Nation
August 4, 2009 by Bunmi Awolusi · Comments
A big row broke out yesterday over the death in custody of sect leader Mohammed Yusuf.
The Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) accused Borno State Governor Ali Modu Sheriff of complicity in the death of the Boko Haram (western education is sinful) leader.
‘Sectarian crisis, symptom of failed state’ – The Guardian
August 3, 2009 by tim · Comments Off
Leaders across the divide yesterday lamented that Nigeria was steadily moving towards and manifesting symptoms of a failed state.
Some political parties and religious leaders, who reacted to last week’s sectarian violence in some northern states, said with the Federal Government’s seemingly non-commitment to eradicating illiteracy among Nigerians, especially the youths, it was exposing the country to danger as groups like Boko Haram would always find recruits into their fold.
Boko Haram: Death Toll Now 700, Says Security Commander – Thisday
August 2, 2009 by tim · Comments Off
A commander of the state adhoc security group, codenamed, ‘Operation Flush’ deployed to tackle members of the Boko Haram fundamentalist sect which last week inficted violence on Bauchi and Borno states, Colonel Ben Ahanotu yesterday said about 700 bodies have so far been recovered in Maiduguri alone after the clash between police and the radical Islamist sect subsided. The toll was previously thought to be around 300.
