A soldier confessed to the crime as he related how the Islamic cleric gave him a ride before being killed.At the Nguru Army Barracks, Sheikh Goni Aisami drove John Gabriel, a soldier. The cleric permitted the soldier to board the vehicle after hearing that he was traveling to Jaji-Maji in Yobe.However, on Friday, August 19, the soldier opened fire at the cleric while they were traveling and attempted to flee with his Honda model from 2006.Two people have been detain...

The Nigerian Army (NA) has reacted to speculations of the complicity of its troops in the kidnapping incident of Methodist Church of Nigeria Prelate, Samuel Kanu.A statement on Wednesday by Brig. Gen. Onyema Nwachukwu absolved the military arm of involvement.The spokesman said while the Army shares the pains of victims of heinous crimes, linking soldiers without investigations “cannot be swallowed hook line and sinker."Nwachukwu raised some “pertinent questions” whi...

A controversial Islamic cleric Ahmad Gumi has during the weekend advocated that bandits have refused to end hostilities against the Nigerian government because they were not given land and “enough money”.Mr Gumi said past attempts “to broker peace” with the bandits failed because they were not compensated “with lands or cattle or money big enough to help halt hostilities.”He added that sometimes the government would “just give them (bandits) a million or two million...