The Chief of Army Staff, Lt.-Gen Tukur Buratai has inaugurated a cenotaph at Gudumbali in Guzamala Local Government Area of Borno, in memory of troops, who paid the supreme price The Army chief confirmed that the town was one of the strongholds of the Boko Haram terrorists in Borno North during the heat of the insurgency. Buratai also admitted that Read More
At least 31 persons were killed and about 48 others injured after suspected Boko Haram suicide bombers on Saturday attacked Abachari village in Damboa Local Government Area of Borno state, residents and witnesses have said. The suicide bombers, said to be six by the army, reportedly targeted people returning home after a Sallah fair in Damboa. According to the police, Read More
Mother of Boko Haram leader, Abubakar Shekau, Mrs. Falmata Abubakar, has given what appears to be her first media interview, saying that she had not seen her son in the last 15 years. She stated this while speaking with the Hausa Service of the Voice of America (VOA) in the village of Shekau, Yobe state. In a report published yesterday, Read More
Borno state Governor, Kashim Shettima, yesterday insisted that there is no any part of the state under Boko Haram occupation as being insinuated by enemies of progress. The governor said, although there were pockets of attacks on soft targets by the defeated insurgents, the military and other security agencies deserved commendation to encourage them for a total restoration of peace Read More
Two non-government organisations have engaged 200 mostly women returnee internally displaced persons (IDPs) to clean up Dikwa, one of the towns liberated from Boko Haram. The North-East Regional Initiative (NERI), a humanitarian organisation funded by the USAID, is partnering with another civic group, Cohort for Existential Emergency Relief (CEER), in the exercise scheduled to be carried out over 20 days. Read More
A coalition of civil society organisations (CSOs) on Human Rights and Conflict Resolution in Nigeria, a global human rights organisation, has reacted to the recent report released by the Amnesty International, accusing the Nigerian security forces of raping and starving Internally Displaced Persons (IPDs) to death in northern parts of the country. AI had, in a new report released on Read More
Theater Commander, Operation Lafiya Dole, Theater Command Headquarters, Maimalari Cantonment Maiduguri, Major General Rogers Nicholas has said that within the last few weeks, about 132 BHTs voluntarily surrendered to the Nigerian Armed forces in their own in Bama, Monguno, Maka Balge, Damboa and Kumshe axis. He also appealed to those BHTs who were yet to willingly surrender to the Nigerian Read More
A coalition of civil society organisations (CSOs) on Human Rights and Conflict Resolution in Nigeria, a global human rights organisation, has reacted to the recent report released by the Amnesty International, accusing the Nigerian security forces of raping and starving Internally Displaced Persons (IPDs) to death in northern parts of the country. AI had, in a new report released on Read More
The Nigerian Army yesterday took delivery of different calibres of ammunition to boost the fight against terrorism and other forms of criminality across the country. The consignment was received by the Chairman of the Ammunition Reception Committee, Olufemi Akinjobi, at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja. Akinjobi also said the Committee took delivery of spare parts for operational vehicles. He Read More
The federal government is working on daily basis to secure the release of Miss Leah Sharibu still in the captivity of Boko Haram, Minister of Information and Culture, Mr. Lai Mohammed, said yesterday. Addressing State House correspondents at the end of the weekly Federal Executive Council (FEC) meeting in Abuja, the minister said tortuous negotiations were still to secure her Read More
Police in Borno state have stated that no one died in Wednesday night attack by suspected Boko Haram insurgents on Auno village, near Maiduguri. The attack came barely a week after the insurgents carried out a daring invasion of Maiduguri, the Borno capital, killing at least six persons and injuring over 50 others. On Wednesday, at about 7 p.m., echoes Read More
The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) said yesterday that it had reunited a mother, Aishatu Shehu, with her seven-year-old daughter, Amina, after they were separated for four years as a result of the Boko Haram insurgency. An official of ICRC in Adamawa state, Pamela Ongoma, disclosed this while speaking with reporters in Yola yesterday. Ms Ongoma said that Read More
Borno Police Command has confirmed four persons including a Civilian JTF and two female suicide bombers killed in crossfire while improvises explosive devices were discovered with the insurgents in Jidari area of Maiduguri metropolis. The Force also said that a police Amoured Personnel Carrier (APC) was also damaged by IED explosions, while seven other persons were severely injured. Police Read More
Presidential Committee on Northeast Initiative (PCNI) on Thursday visited the reclaimed town of Bama, Borno state, where Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) were returning after three years of displacement. The PCNI team, led by its deputy chairman, Tijjani Tumsa, took a tour of the entire town after which it concluded that the ravaged town that is currently being rebuilt by a Read More
Borno Police Command has confirmed that four persons including a Civilian JTF and two female suicide bombers were killed as Boko Haram insurgents and security forces exchange fire Thursday night in Jidari area of Maiduguri metropolis. Police also said that a police Amoured Personnel Carrier (APC) was also damaged by IED explosions while seven other persons were severely injured. The Police Public Relations Officer Read More
A four-day African Land Summit ended on Thursday last week. Shortly after the closing ceremony a telephonic press conference was conducted to enable journalists within and outside the country to ask questions. MUSA UMAR BOLOGI participated in the conference and transcribed the responses of the Nigeria’s Chief of Army Staff , Lt.-Gen. Tukur Buratai, Excerpts: What is the level of Read More
During and after conflicts, people are more likely to suffer from a range of mental health problems. Mental health is crucial to the overall wellbeing, functioning, and resilience of individuals, societies recovering from emergencies. AJUMA EDWINA OGIRI, writes with agency report on the need to prioritise mental healthcare for people living in camps for Internally Displaced Persons (IDP). It began Read More
Troops of 28 Brigade on operation Lafiya Dole on clearance patrol in conjunction with hunters and vigilantes to Jaje, Borno state on Wednesday encountered Boko Haram and neutralised three insurgents. Director, Army Public Relations, Brig Gen Texas Chukwu, in a statement Wednesday said the terrorists were neutralised during the exchange of fire. Similarly, troops also rescued 33 family members of Read More
Troops of 33 Artillery Brigade has arrested one Saidu Hamidu Jenga, 33 along Maiduguri bye pass, in Bauchi town in connection with BOKO Haram activities. A statement issued Saturday by Brigadier General Texas Chukwu, the Director Army Public Relations said the suspect was allegedly overheard discussing about movement of arms and ammunition on phone. Items recovered from him include one techno phone Read More
“The people of the land have used oppression, and exercised robbery, and have vexed the poor and needy; yea they have oppressed the strangers wrongfully. And I sought for a man among them, that should make up the hedge, and stand in the gap before me for the land, that I should not destroy it; but I found none” – Read More
President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the release of $1 billion for the procurement of security equipment to fight Boko Haram insurgency in the northeast and unrest in some parts of the country. The National Economic Council (NEC) had in 2017 approved the one billion dollars to be withdrawn sourced from the Excess Crude Account (ECA) for the fight against insurgency Read More
The Theater Commander, Operation Lafiya Dole, Theater Command Headquarters Maiduguri, Major General Rogers Nicholas has on Tuesday set up a 4-man Committee of Inquiry to investigate last Sunday Boko Haram terrorists attack on soldiers stationed at the cashew plantation near Baale Shuwari and Baale Kura villages at the outskirts of Maiduguri metropolis. The committee which is headed by Brigadier General Read More
The nation’s military, yesterday, said at least 15 persons, including a soldier, were killed and about 83 others seriously injured on Sunday night during hours of battle to ward off a large number of armed suicide bombers trying to invade Maiduguri, the Borno state capital. Soldiers on guard at the outskirts of Maiduguri also gunned down six armed Boko Haram Read More
Troops of Operation Lafiya Dole deployed to the Cashew Plantation around Baale Shuwari, Baale Kura and Alikaranti villages located at the outskirts of Maiduguri metropolis have repelled or quashed an attempt by Boko Haram terrorists Sunday night who attempted to penetrate Maiduguri metropolis at about 8.34 pm. The boko haram insurgents who came in troop after parking their 7 vehicles Read More
Although Nigeria has gone 18 months without new cases of polio, conflict areas are still under threat. Insurgency has limited access to some areas in the North-east, thereby hindering polio immunisation in those areas. AJUMA EDWINA OGIRI writes on the threat this poses in certifying Nigeria polio free by 2019. In 2016, four new cases of Wild Polio Virus (WPV), Read More
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