Senator Mohammed Ali Ndume ( APC Borno South) , has described University of Maiduguri (Unimaid) as one of the best for its resilient stance against terrorism in the hay days of the dreaded Boko Haram insurgency. Ndume stated this Wednesday when a delegation of the Vice Chancellor of the university led by Prof. Adamu Umar Dzivama presented an award Read More
…Says security has improved by over 85% Governor Babagana Zulum of Borno state Friday reiterated that no community in the state that is still under the control of Boko Haram insurgents The governor said this while fielding questions from State House correspondents after a meeting with President Bola Ahmed Tinubu at the Presidential Villa in Abuja. He said the security Read More
Borno state governor, Babagana Umara Zulum, has approved the construction of first phase of 1,000 resettlement houses at Darajamal and Mayanti communities in Bama local government area. The houses and social infrastructures are to be completed within 4 months, the governor directed. Zulum gave the approval on Wednesday during an assessment visit. Both communities are to benefit from 500 houses Read More
As part of activities marking this year’s World Peace Day, the Commandant General of National Unity and Peace Corps (NUPEC), Dr. Chinedu Nneji, has appealed to various violent groups; including Boko Haram, IPOB, bandits and kidnappers nationwide to lay down their arms. This year’s World Peace Day is tagged; Actions for Peace: Our Ambition for The Global. He said that Read More
…Demands security beef up around ex-VP A political activist and former Deputy National Publicity Secretary of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Comrade Timi Frank, has called on the Federal Government to urgently investigate attempted Boko Haram attack on the Presidential Candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Alhaji Atiku Abubakar. Frank also asked the Federal Government to beef up security Read More
The federal government has called on the United Nations and Development Partners to strengthen support towards the implementation of the regional strategy for stabilisation, recovery and resilience of Boko Haram affected areas in Nigeria and other countries of the Lake Chad Basin. The national coordinator, National Counter Terrorism Centre (NCTC), Office of the National Security Adviser (ONSA), Rear Admiral Yem Read More
The Defence Headquarters (DHQ) Thursday said troops of Operations Hadin Kai in the North East and Hadarin Daji in the North West have neutralised 51 Boko Haram terrorists and others in the Islamic State of West Africa Province (ISWAP), as well as bandits. The military high command also said troops arrested 63 terrorists in different theatres. Director Defence Media Operations Major General Musa Read More
The Centre for Information Technology and Development (CITAD) has said that the federal government should consider peace approach rather than kinetic approach in tackling insecurity, especially Boko Haram insurgency in the North East. While presenting a book Friday in Abuja, titled Boko Haram: Community Perceptions of Dialogue and Reconciliation in Northern Nigeria, the co-editor and Executive Director of CITAD, Engr. Read More
President Muhammadu Buhari has asked the Senate to confirm the appointment of 12 nominees as members of the Governing Board of the North East Development Commission (NEDC). The president’s request is contained in a letter addressed to Senate President Ahmed Lawan dated May 3, 2023. “In accordance with the provision of Part 1, section 2(5)(b) of the North East Development Read More
To mark this year’s international day of sports for peace and development, a Non-Governmental Organisation on the aegis of Arm the Child Foundation and some internally displaced children in Abuja have urged all Nigerians to drop their ethnic and religious differences and embrace one and other. The United Nation recognises April 6th annually as International Day of Sports for Peace Read More
The Commandant General of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), Ahmed Abubakar Audi, has revealed the presence of ‘a dangerous group’ in Nigeria causing mayhem. Audi made the revelation Wednesday at the NSCDC headquarters in Abuja, during the opening ceremony of the last Commandant General conference for the year 2022 with zonal commanders and state commandants of the Read More
Former Aviation Minister Femi Fani-Kayode, has defended the former governor of Borno state and the Vice Presidential candidate of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) Kashim Shettima over allegation of being a terrorists’ commander. Fani-Kayode described Senator Shettima as “a refined, decent and godly man, who simply want to help his nation and ensure we move forward as a people.” Read More
The police are the closest authority to the public and this is to guarantee peace and curb any breach of public disorder and for the protection of lives and property. The police and their stations are spread all around the intersections of this country but that doesn’t deter kidnappers, Boko Haram, and other criminal elements from disturbing the peace and Read More
A Civil Society Organisation, Northern Youth Network, has commended the Nigerian military for the tremendous successes it has recorded in the renowned determination to put an end to the activities of ISWAP/BokoHaram, banditry and criminality in the country in the past one month. The Convener of the group, Mallam Abdulrahman Ahmed, sent the commendation in a press release at the Read More
The federal government has reveal that the country was on the path to totally defeating Boko Haram terrorists and other criminals ravaging the country, saying that about 61,000 of them have been arrested, especially in the north-east. Minister of Interior, Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola, revealed Tuesday when he paid a surprise visit to the Kirikiri Maximum and Medium Security Custodial Centres Read More
Nasarawa state police command has arrested one of the terror suspects, who escaped from Kuje prison on Tuesday. The suspect, Hassan Hassan, was one of those whose name and pictures were released by the Nigerian Correctional Service on Friday.
The federal government has declared wanted, 33 of the inmates who escaped from its Kuje Prison in Abuja on Tuesday night. The 33 inmates were are said to have cases relating to terrorism and being members of the Boko Haram sect. Scores of terrorists had on Tuesday night launched a daring attack on the facility, bombing their way in and Read More
President Muhammadu Buhari and the gallant men of the armed forces, including military intelligence, the State Security Service and the police have endeared themselves to the people of the North-east by the way they stopped the insurgents’ daring reign of terror and virtual take-over of this part of the country some years ago. It will be recalled that the attacks Read More
The federal government has directed that full investigation be carried out over the Tuesday’s night attack on the Kuje Maximum Prison facility where all the Boko Haram terrorists and other high profile criminals escaped. The government directed that the investigation be briefed, also declared that “If any complicity is established, that appropriate actions would be taken.” The terrorists attack led Read More
On invitation, Borno state governor, Professor Babagana Umara Zulum is currently in Egypt where he addressed participants at the third edition of Aswan Forum for Sustainable Peace and Development which held, Tuesday, in Cairo. The Aswan Forum was launched in February 2019 by the Egyptian government in its capacity as the Chairman of the African Union (AU) and Champion of Read More
Last week, they attacked an estate within Abuja. Gunmen, bandits, Boko Haram, those who “drag” sovereignty with Nigeria, attacked Genuine Estate, within the vicinity of Gwarimpa, Nigeria’s (some accounts say south of the Sahara’s) largest housing estate. They did this undisturbed and calmly, between 1 and 4am on Sunday. The police said it was a robbery attack. Residents, however, said Read More
Kaduna state Governor Nasir el-Rufai has proposed the clearance and relocation of Katari, Rijana and Akilibu communities along the Kaduna-Abuja highway, saying they harbour criminals and informants. He also raised the alarm that the Boko Haram and the Ansaru elements in the Sambisa forest of the North-east have now shifted base to Kaduna forests. The governor’s red alert came after Read More
In this report by SADIQ ABUBAKAR, the impact of voluntary surrender by Boko Haram fighters in Borno is examined. Insurgency has consistently impacted on the socio economic and political activities of Borno state for over a decade with attendant killings of people apart from the wanton destruction of public and private property worth billions of naira. It prompted several calls Read More
The appeal, for the umpteenth time, by Governor Babagana Zulum of Borno state for the federal government to engage mercenaries to prosecute the ongoing war against insecurity, deserves a listening ear as well as a proactive action. The governor, whose state is the epicenter of the Boko Haram insurgency in the North-east, surely knows where the shoe pinches and his Read More
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