Nigeria:   Five Things You Should Know About New Extremist Sect, Ansaru

Premium Times, 23 February 2013

The group has claimed responsibility for some daring attacks in Nigeria. Read more »

Nigeria:   The Ansaru Challenge

Daily Trust, 21 March 2013

The fate of seven expatriates seized in Bauchi by the Ansaru sect, believed to be an offshoot of Boko Haram, is still uncertain. Ansaru claimed it had executed the foreign… Read more »

Nigeria:   Boko Haram - Splinter Group, Ansaru Emerges

Vanguard, 1 February 2012

Indications have emerged that an ideological feud within the rank and file of the Boko Haram sect may have led to a breakaway faction. The new outfit calls itself 'Ansaru.' Read more »

Nigeria:   Boko Haram Is No Longer a Unified Group

CISA, 12 March 2013

Boko Haram no longer exists as a unified and organized body. Several groups use the initials of the Boko Haram, yet all of them have different logic and principles making the Boko… Read more »

Nigeria:   Army, DHQ in Dark Over Ansaru Seven

Vanguard, 13 March 2013

Joint Task Force, the lead security agency in Boko Haram troubled states of Borno, Yobe, Bauchi, Kano and Adamawa, code-named Operation Restore Order, and the Defence Headquarters,… Read more »

Nigeria:   There Is Blood in the Land

Leadership, 20 March 2013

Permit me to begin this contribution by quoting the insightful and powerful words of Hon. Dino Melaye who is undoubtedly one of the rising stars and stronger voices of the new and… Read more »

Nigeria:   FG Mulls New Security Measures for Foreigners Working in the North

This Day, 12 March 2013

The Federal Government is considering arrangements that will strengthen security measures around foreigners working in northern states following last weekend's announcement by… Read more »

Nigeria:   Expatriate Kidnapped in Lagos

Vanguard, 24 March 2013

AN expatriate has been kidnapped in Lagos, the US consulate said Sunday, but no further details were immediately available. Read more »

Nigeria:   Bauchi Deadly Kidnapping - Gaping Bullet Holes in Expatriates' Live Camp

Vanguard, 23 February 2013

Within 24hours, they claimed responsibility. Jama'atu Ansarul Musilimina Fi Biladissudan, Ansaru, for short, which translates as Vanguards for the protection of muslims in black… Read more »

Nigeria:   Two Killed As Gunmen Attack Foreigners' Housing in Taraba

Vanguard, 28 February 2013

Gunmen have stormed a residence in central Nigeria that housed foreign workers, killing two police guards in an attack a company source said Thursday was a failed kidnapping. Read more »

Nigeria:   Extremist Group, Ansaru, Shows Video of Seven Foreign Workers it Killed

Premium Times, 11 March 2013

An insurgent group, Ansaru, has again uploaded a video on the internet to prove it killed the seven foreign workers of Setraco Construction Company in Bauchi, last month. Read more »