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Fresh facts have emerged that raw cash worth over N200 million were carted away by Boko Haram insurgents numbering over 200 who invaded the hometown of former Head of state, Gen. Muhammadu Buhari between Thursday night and the early hours of today during which theyattacked four banks namely First bank, Access bank, Keystone bank and Unity bank. Read - Heavy Explosion Rocks Daura, Buhari’s Hometown The Brigade Commander, 3rd Brigade of the Nigeria Army , Bukavu,Brigadier Illysu Abbah who briefed the media on the incident in Kano today confirmed that security agencies that suffered heavy casualties in the attack were able to recover some assorted arms and ammunition used by the insurgents. He listed them to include 11 AK47 rifles, 73 magazines, 275 rounds of 7.62 ammunition , 118 rounds of

Thirty one persons were killed in Imo State when a tree fell on them. The incident happened at the Ukwu Uko evening market at Umuejinwaoke Umudagu Village, Mbieri, Mbaitolu Local Government Area of Imo. About 16 others sustained various injuries during the incident, which was caused by rainstorm on Thursday night. A resident of the community, Nnaemeka Emenyonu, said that the tree fell on the affected persons around 8:00 p.m. He said the tree also destroyed the Village Hall. “The big tree fell suddenly on 31 people, who died at the spot and injured 16 others. Those injured were taken to hospital. “The victims include two sisters, who sell tomatoes. Honestly, this is a saddest event in the history of our community,” he said. The traditional ruler of the community, Godwin Duru, lamented

Report have it that Explosion and sporadic gunshots rocked the quiet town of Daura, Katsina state, North West Nigeria, home town of, Muhammadu Buhari Thursday night. The attack started about 10 p.m. and was still ongoing one hour later. Witnesses say the attackers who were believed to be Nigerian outlawed islamic group, Boko Haram. brought down a police station and robbed banks and homes. Casualty figure later Related posts: 9 Boko Haram Members Killed, 2 Captured Armed Robbers Attack Banks and Police Station, Leaves 16 People Dead Four Leaders Of Church Of Christ Nigeria Shot To Death By Boko Harams In Borno BREAKING NEWS: Heavy Bombing And Gun Fire In Potiskum, Yobe BREAKING!!! 25 Feared Killed in Kano Bomb Explosion Nigeria Islamists Slaughter 10 Christians in the North

About 2,000 security operatives and military hardware, including fighter jets have been deployed to Maiduguri ahead of yesterday’s declaration of State of Emergency. neighboring Yobe State, it is not clear how many soldiers were deployed but residents said shortly after the declaration of state of emergency, stop and search operations have been intensified in the state capital while movement have been restricted in other places. Residents said the deployment of the federal troops, including the army, navy, air force and operatives of the State Security Service (SSS) began at the weekend. We started sensing danger on Saturday when we saw military trucks conveying soldiers to the Joint Task Force (JTF) headquarters along Pompomari area, Usman Jika, a resident of Maiduguri said. By Sunday morning,

ONITSHA — Commercial activities and vehicular movements were paralyzed for hours, Tuesday, in the commercial city of Onitsha, Anambra State following a peaceful demonstration by over 1000 members of the Movement for the Actualization of the Sovereign State of Brafia, MASSOB, to rehearse their proposed June 8 sit-at-home order. Apparently to ensure the success and active participation of all Igbo citizens at home and in diaspora during the exercise, the MASSOB members, led by their Onitsha Region 4 Administrator, Chief Arinze Igbani, stormed the commercial city at about noon to carry out the exercise which took place simultaneously in five major local government areas of Anambra State, including Idemili North, Idemili South, Onitsha North, Onitsha South and Ogbaru. The demonstrators had as

President Goodluck Jonathan has declared a State of Emergency in Borno, Yobe and Adamawa State The President announced this in a State of the Nation Address on Tuesdayevening. He explained that the security situation in those states called for the action. In a seeming departure from the norm under President Olusegun Obasanjo, the president declared that all political office holders in the three affected states would still continue in office during the emergency rule. The president said the insurgents and terrorists in those areas prevented the government from fulfilling its duties. “No matter what it takes, we will win this war against terrorism,” Mr. Jonathan assured Nigerians. Details later…Via PremiumTimes Related posts: Borno State Declares Friday A Public Holiday To Honour President

At least 15 persons were killed and over 20 are still missing following yesterday’s violence in Zangan, Kaura Local Government Area of troubled southern Kaduna State.  The story of the new attack by Fulani herdsmen was first carried by SaharaReporters last night. Habila Kumai, who is currently in the area and among those picking up the dead, told SaharaReporters today that the corpses are mainly of children, women and men, and that they died from bullet wounds and deep knives cuts. He said houses were burnt down in dozens and hundreds of villagers have deserted the village. Kumai also noted that the soldiers recovered bullets and other evidence of the weapons the unknown gunmen used in the attacks. The source blamed the problem in Southern Kaduna area on the area’s weak representation

Kabiru Sokoto, who is standing trial for the 2011 Christmas Day bombing of St. Theresa’s Catholic Church, Madalla, Niger State, yesterday opened up in court, explaining how they carried out the attack. Sokoto was arraigned for terrorism at the Federal High Court, Maitama in Abuja. The Boko Haram leader and mastermind of the church’s bombing, who since his arraignment, had denied involvement or knowledge of the deadly attack, suddenly opened up yesterday on how they plotted and killed over 40 worshippers on December 25, 2011 at about 8.00am. Sokoto dismissed claims that the attack on the church was carried out by a suicide bomber. Another bombshell by Sokoto is the financial link Boko Haram had with Algeria and how a group which is the sect’s financial backbone had been instrumental to

A Nigerian Air Force helicopter has crash landed in Port Harcourt, Rivers State. The aircraft, which was said to have made an emergency landing at a Port Harcourt military airport, crash landed and reportedly went up in flames Source told PREMIUM TIMES that there was no casualties from the crash. The crash is happening few days after another Air Force aircraft crashed in Niamey, Niger Republic killing two officers. Details later… Related posts: BREAKING!! – JTF Helicopter crashes in Jos, kills four Identities Of The Two Pilots In The Crashed Nigerian Fighter Jet Revealed Nigerian Jet Fighter Crashed In Niger, Two Pilots Dead Boat Mishap Claims Over 30 Passengers in Port-Harcourt Police Kill Passenger in Port-Harcourt Man Caught Selling Vultures as Roasted Chicken in Port Harcourt

A security source in Adamawa State has just phoned SaharaReporters that suspected members of the militant Islamist sect, Boko Haram, attacked a church and a market at a town bordering the Republic of Cameroon. The source disclosed that ten people lost their lives in the attacks. Our source said the suspected Boko Haram militants struck in Gila, a small town located in Maiha local government area of Adamawa State. The village, which is close to the border with Cameroon, is about 30 kilometers from Maiha, the headquarters of the local government council. The security source stated that a few heavily armed men opened fire in a market in the town, killing six persons. Soon after, they reportedly attacked worshipers at a church called EYN Church. They gunned four worshipers to death, leaving more