Delta: Obasanjo Storms Oleh, Raises Alarm Over Insecurity
Obasanjo LAGOS MAY 19TH (URHOBOTODAY)-Former President Olusegun Obasanjo stormed Oleh, Delta state yesterday where raised alarm of Boko Haram and herdsmen acts of violence that have enveloped the nation. Obasanjo More...
Man Born In Germany Deported To Nigeria Over Alleged Islamic Extremist
German Chancellor, Angela Markel LAGOS APRIL 7TH (URHOBOTODAY)-Germany has deported an alleged Islamic extremist deemed dangerous by authorities to Nigeria. The dpa news agency reports that the 22-year-old man, More...
Cameroon Uses Witchcraft to Fight Boko Haram, ISIS
Boko Haram LAGOS JANUARY 14TH (URHOBOTODAY)-In the war on terror, guns and bombs just haven’t been enough. So Cameroon is trying spells and curses too. About a year ago, Cameroonian President Paul Biya urged citizens More...
Boko Haram: Britain to Give Nigeria Extra £80m to Save 70,000 Starving Children
ABOVE PHOTO: Girls rescued by Nigerian soldiers from Islamist militants Boko Haram at Sambisa Forest line up to collect donated clothes at the Malkohi refugee camp in YolaGirls rescued by Nigerian soldiers from More...
Eid al-Adha : Boko Haram Releases New Video, Threatens to ‘Capture’ President Buhari
A screenshot from a video purportedly released by Boko Haram on September 13 shows a speaker for the group raising a sword amid a crowd of followers in an undisclosed location. The speaker said the group will “capture” More...
Turkey: Child Suicide Bomber Kills 50, Injures 69 in Wedding Party
LAGOS AUGUST 21ST (URHOBOTODAY)-No fewer than 50 people have been killed and scores more wounded in a suicide attack at a wedding ceremony in Turkey’s southeastern province of Gaziantep, near the Syria border. Turkish More...
Motorcycle Suicide Bomber Kills 4, Injures 24 in Cameroon Market
LAGOS AUGUST 21ST (URHOBOTODAY)-A suicide bomber on a motorbike killed three people and wounded 24 at a market in north Cameroon, where armed group Boko Haram has been waging an armed rebellion since 2009, authorities More...
I Am Still in Charge of Boko Haram Despite ISIS Claim-Abubakar Shekau Insists
Abubakar Shekau, pictured, said in an audio message he still leads Nigerian insurgent group Boko Haram, despite an Islamic State pronouncement that he was replaced by Abu Musab al-Barnawi. The conflict indicates More...
New Boko Haram Leader Vows to Bomb Churches, Exterminate All Christians, Protect Muslims
LAGOS AUGUST 4TH (URHOBOTODAY)- Nigeria- Nigeria’s Boko Haram Islamic extremists have a new leader who is threatening to bomb churches and kill Christians while ending attacks on mosques and markets used by ordinary More...
Boko Haram: Shekau Reappears After ISIS Named His Successor, Claims He was Deceived
Abubakar Shekau LAGOS AUGUTS 4TH (URHOBOTODAY)-The erstwhile leader of Jama’atu Ahl as-Sunnah li-Da’awati wal-Jihad popularly known as Boko Haram, Abubakar Shekau has released a recorded message a few hours More...
ISIS Names Boko Haram’s Spokesman ,Abu Musab al-Barnawi As New Leader
LAGOS AUGUST 3RD (URHOBOTODAY)-The Islamic State (IS) militant group has announced that its West African affiliate Boko Haram has a new leader. Abu Musab al-Barnawi, who was previously spokesman for the Nigerian-based More...
Belgian Priest Stabbed in his Home For Refusing to Give Cash to ‘Asylum Seeker’
Belgian Priest Father Jos Vanderlee LAGOS AUGUST 2ND (URHOBOTODAY)-A priest has been stabbed in his own home when he allegedly refused to give an asylum seeker money after letting him use his shower. Father Jos More...
How Indian Spiritual Guru Peace Talks with ISIS Failed
LAGOS APRIL 23RD (URHOBOTODAY)-Sri Sri Ravi Shankar, an Indian guru known best for his Art of Living foundation, which has a vast global community of followers, claims to have attempted to start peace talks with More...
How Two Syrian Women Secretly Film Inside ISIS Stronghold
Ddeserted ISIS stronghold and capital, Raqqa LAGOS MARCH 15TH (URHOBOTODAY)-Two Syrian women took a hidden camera through the northern Syrian city of Raqqa to document their life under ISIS rule, knowing they faced More...
ISIS Releases Picture of Bomb that Downed Russian Plane
LAGOS NOVEMBER 18TH (URHOBOTODAY)-The Islamic State group has released a photo of the bomb it says was used to bring down a Russian passenger plane in Egypt’s Sinai Peninsula last month, killing all 224 people More...
ISIS-Affiliated Boko Haram Claims Responsibility for Abuja Multiple Blast
LAGOS OCTOBER 5TH (URHOBOTODAY)-Nigeria’s Boko Haram militants, who have pledged allegiance to the Islamic State, have claimed responsibility for a series of suicide bombings near the Nigerian capital that killed More...
Multiple Blast Hit Maiduguri as Boko Haram Pledges Allegiance to IS
Abubakar Shekau LAGOS MARCH 8TH (URHOBOTODAY)-At least five blasts have killed 50 people and injured 56 in the city of Maiduguri in north-eastern Nigeria, an official has told the BBC. Two crowded markets and a More...