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Troops of Operation Hadin Kai, in collaboration with operatives of Civilian Joint Task Force (CJTF) and Hybrid Forces (HF), have killed eight insurgents of Boko Haram or its splinter group, …
Troops kill 8 insurgents in Borno Read More
… Neutralise 156, arrest 464 in one week The Defence Headquarters (DHQ) Thursday said resurgence of attacks by terrorists in the North – west and North- east is caused by …
Insurgency: Influx of foreign fighters from Sahel responsible for resurgence of attacks – DHQ Read More
The federal government says it will conduct a thorough investigation into Wednesday’s accidental bombing that killed 10 people in Gidan Bisa and Runtuwa villages of Silame local government area, Sokoto …
Airstrike: We’ll investigate the causes, ensure justice – Matawalle Read More
Ambassador Angonimi David-Imeh is the founder, Hope Raisers Global Foundation; a dynamic and driven individual who is making significant impact in various IDP Camps and low-income communities in Nigeria. In this …
No one should down play pains IDPs women go through -Ambassador Angonimi Read More
Nigeria seems suffused with so much activity that many have not noticed the recent gains made by the military against insurgents. Giving a breakdown recently, Major-General Edward Buba, Director of …
War on insurgency and Badaru’s feats Read More
The Kullen Allah Cattle Rearers Association (KACRAN) has called on President Bola Ahmed Tinubu to consider increasing the North East Development Commission’s(NEDC’) annual budget. A statement by the KACRAN national …
KACRAN urges FG to consider increasing NEDC’s budget Read More
For some time, residents of Yobe state have enjoyed relative peace courtesy of the hard-work and gallantry of the men of the Nigerian Armed Forces, other sister agencies and the …
Counter-insurgency: Not yet Uhuru in Yobe Read More
The Northern caucus of the House of Representatives Monday visited victims of the recent incident at Tudun Biri community of Igabi local government of Kaduna state. The caucus has …
Reps’ Northern caucus visits victims of Tudun Biri bombing Read More
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 …
Ndume rates Unimaid best for its stance against terrorism Read More
The Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations cadre harmonised food security analysis released on Friday in Abuja has revealed that over 26 million Nigerians in Borno, Sokoto and …
26m Nigerians at risk of food insecurity in 2024 – CH analysis Read More
Allamin Foundation for Peace and Development has organised a community stakeholders’ dialogue with a call for the reintegration of radicalised women and children. The event, which was held at the …
Insurgency: Stakeholders seek end to stigmatisation of reintegrated women, children Read More
In truth, the challenge in Nigeria is not absence of patriotic Nigerians to offer information on insecurity, but HOW their safety can be guaranteed after supplying intelligence on crime; thus …
Arresting insurgency: Why Ribadu should think out-of-the-box Read More
The Senate Tuesday passed for second reading, a bill meant to establish the Nigerian Police Special Forces and the Nigeria Police Special Forces Training School, in Gwoza, Borno State. The …
Insecurity: Senate moves to establish Police special forces, training school in Borno Read More
We are intervening in 86 inter-state boundary disputes – DG, National Boundary Commission (NBC), May 30, 2021. The agitation for state police as solution to the current hybrid insecurity bedeviling …
Hybrid insurgency in Nigeria: Why state police is not the solution 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 …
Insurgency: 61,000 Boko Haram suspects held in North-east – FG Read More
In January 2019, the Daily Trust newspaper had its Maiduguri office shut down by the military over its reportage on the fight against insurgency. This made me think about governments …
When the subject sees through the king Read More
The Borno state government has established partnership programmes to disarm, demobilise and reintegrate child-soldiers in the state. There are special measures to ensure children’s protection from exploitation and re-recruitment. The …
Insurgency: Borno establishes programme to disarm, reintegrate child-soldiers Read More
The Borno state government and the Nigerian Army on Friday re-opened the Maiduguri – Dikwa – Gamboru/Ngala road for unrestricted movement. Speaking at the ceremony in Maiduguri, Governor Babagana Zulum, …
Insurgency: Borno govt, army re-open Maiduguri – Dikwa – Gamboru/Ngala road Read More
Borno state governor, Professor Babagana Zulum said official records available to his administration indicated that the Boko Haram insurgency in his state claimed over 50,000 lives as 49,000 women made …
Insurgency: Borno lose 50,000 lives, record 49,000 widows – Zulum Read More
Last week, President Muhammadu Buhari, said in Maiduguri, Borno state, that the nation has entered what he calls the final phase in its fight against insurgents and criminals. Thus, the …
Another view of final phase of campaign against insurgency Read More
Bandits and Boko Haram elements have killed 11 vigilantes in Shiroro, Munya and Rafi local government areas of Niger state in a series of attacks within two weeks, the leaders …
Bandits, insurgents kill 11 vigilantes in Niger serial attacks Read More
The Arewa Youth Consultative Forum (AYCF) has identified a restructuring model where power should be devolved to states as panacea to the myriad of challenges bedevilling the country. Nigeria …
Restructuring the way to go, Arewa youth declare Read More
The federal government has said that the issue of advancing youth development is a multi-faceted phenomenon which requires a multi-sectoral approach as no one agency or organ of government can …
FG seeks multi-sectoral approach to youth development Read More
The problem of teenage hawking is already becoming an embarrasing menace on the society. In this special report, ALIYU BASHIR took a walk round Abuja and reports that the rising …
Abuja: Sanusi and the paradox of modern city life Read More
While addressing participants of Course 15 of the National Defence College, Abuja, in 2007, Thomas Aguiyi Ironsi, the then Minister of State, Foreign Affairs, like many others before and after …
Addressing over-dependence on external sources for defence needs Read More