Counterterrorism
Thursday, August 29, 2013 - 07:13
THE United States of America, USA, yesterday, stated why it was yet to release the $7 million bounty it placed on the head of the leader of the Boko Haram Islamist sect, Abubakar Shekau. This is coming 10 days after the Joint Task Force announced that the sect leader had died from gunshot wounds he sustained in an encounter with the task force on June 30.
Thursday, August 29, 2013 - 07:09
The suspect is accused of planning a terrorist activity in the U.S.
Thursday, August 29, 2013 - 07:04
The Outgoing Ambassador of the United States to Nigeria, Mr. Terrence McCulley disclosed that his country has no plans to investigate the claims of the killing of wanted Boko Haram terrorist, Abubakar Shekau even though the US recently placed a $7 million bounty on him.
Thursday, August 29, 2013 - 07:02
An Abuja Federal High Court yesterday ordered the extradition to the United States a 32-year old Nigerian man, Lawal Olaniyi Babafemi (alias Ayatollah), suspected to be an al-Qaeda member.
Wednesday, August 28, 2013 - 12:58
Tunisia has designated the hardline Salafist Ansar al-Sharia movement a "terrorist group", blaming it for the killing of two secular politicians.
Wednesday, August 28, 2013 - 12:30
The Pentagon has notified Congress of US $13 billion in prospective Middle East arms deals over the past 10 weeks, with Saudi Arabia and Iraq leading the administration’s summertime manifest with $10 billion in pre-approved sales.
Wednesday, August 28, 2013 - 11:53
The Egyptian government describes its struggle against jihadists in Sinai as a war on terror -- reaching for another phrase in the American political lexicon to describe its military campaign there, dubbing it "Operation Desert Storm."
Wednesday, August 28, 2013 - 08:36
Humanitarian aid has encountered a setback in the African Sahel, one of the world's most vulnerable regions and a hub for militants linked to al-Qaeda. The Sahel, a belt of semi-arid land just south of the Sahara Desert, spans across several countries including Mali, Niger, Chad and Burkina Faso. The region is plagued by poverty and instability. A hunger crisis that hit the Sahel in late 2011 has ameliorated somewhat, but food insecurity still affected 18.7 million people there last year and continues to pose a chronic threat.
Wednesday, August 28, 2013 - 08:30
South Africa’s Black Hawk Down moment was on March 24 when an undermanned and under-armed force of some 200 SANDF paratroops was overrun by Seleka rebels on the outskirts of Bangui in the Central African Republic (CAR), losing 15 men.
Wednesday, August 28, 2013 - 08:13
The pirates tried to open fire on the naval officials.
The Commander, NNS Jubilee, Akwa Ibom, Commodore Isaac Ogbole, on Tuesday said the joint patrol teams of Nigerian Navy – NNS Jubilee and NNS Victory, Calabar- killed six pirates and injured one .