…It’s a sad reality —Afenifere By Dapo Akinrefon with agency report CHAIRMAN of the Nigerian Governors’ Forum and Governor of Ekiti State, Dr. Kayode Fayemi, weekend, disclosed that some fleeing Boko Haram insurgents have relocated to the South-West, where they are now operating as kidnappers. Speaking when he featured in a Channels TV programme on […]

Arewa Consultative Forum, ACF, has described the security situation in the north as depressing, saying it is so bad that the present generation would have nothing to leave behind for future generations.

The Coalition for Truth and Justice (CTJ) has applauded Governor Babagana Zulum of Borno State for identifying with President Muhammadu Buhari’s efforts towards the war against insurgency in Nigeria. According to the coalition, the governor displayed “exemplary leadership in governance” by admitting to improved security in his state and the entire North-East in the last six […]

By Chioma Onuegbu A former Military Administrator of Akwa Ibom State, Air Commodore Idongesit Nkanga (retd), has advised the President Muhammadu Buhari-led government to adopt what he called “winning the hearts and minds of the people strategy” to quell Boko Haram insurgency in the country. Nkanga who expressed concern over the renewed attacks by insurgents […]

By Ozioruva Aliu A former Provost Marshal of the Nigerian Army, Brigadier-General Idada Ikponmwen(retd), in this interview, speaks on renewed Boko Haram attacks and how to defeat the insurgents. Renewed attacks I don’t know about renewed energy. I know that they (Boko Haram) have never given up. I also believe now more than ever that […]

By Charles Kumolu, Deputy Editor In the light of renewed deadly attacks by Boko Haram, a former Chief of Training, Operations and Plans of the Nigerian Army, Major-General Ishola Williams (retd), speaks on new strategies to be employed in defeating the terrorist group. He also offers his perspective on calls for the engagement of mercenaries. […]

By Charles Kumolu, Deputy Editor In the light of renewed deadly attacks by Boko Haram, a former Chief of Training, Operations and Plans of the Nigerian Army, Major-General Ishola Williams (retd), speaks on new strategies to be employed in defeating the terrorist group. He also offers his perspective on calls for the engagement of mercenaries. […]

…They tied up victims, slit their throats By Ndahi Marama, Maiduguri ‘They separated the aged from the rest of us, ordered us to take turns in paying homage to their leader inside an abandoned building. But whoever went in never came out. At a point one of the insurgents guarding us told us those inside […]

Boko Haram fighters have killed three civilians in Cameroon’s far north bordering Nigeria, where the jihadist group has stepped up attacks, local officials said Friday. Three others were injured in the overnight raid in Assighassia, a town which has been the target of multiple attacks,  Mahamat Chetima Abba, the traditional chief of the nearby Mozogo […]

The Defence Headquarters says the Air Task Force of Operation Lafiya Dole has eliminated scores of terrorists in multiple air strikes on Sambisa Forest. The Coordinator, Defence Media Operations, Maj.-Gen. John Enenche, made this known in a statement on Friday in Abuja. Enenche said the air raids were conducted at Bone and Mudu in Yale-Kumshe […]

*No helping Nigeria again — Mercenary group *Boko Haram no longer collecting tax from citizens — Lai Mohammed *CSOs demand new security approach, sack of service chiefs *Why House of Reps still engage with service chiefs  — Spokesman By Levinus Nwabughiogu, Gabriel Ewepu & Luminous Jannamike The Defence Headquarters said yesterday that the decision to […]

By Kingsley Omonobi Against the backdrop of continuing Boko Haram attacks and killings in the North East which last weekend resulted in the slaughter of 43 rice Farmers in Zabarmari area of Borno state, the Chief of Army Staff, Lt. General Tukur Yusuf Buratai has called on Communities and the States where Banditry and terrorism […]

The Boko Haram jihadist group on Tuesday claimed responsibility for a brutal massacre of farmworkers in Borno over the weekend as the death toll rose to 76. The grim search for bodies continues after gunmen on motorbikes attacked the area outside Borno state’s capital Maiduguri on Saturday, slaughtering dozens of labourers in rice fields near […]

No fewer than seven farmers, including a nursing mother, have been killed by bandits who attacked three communities— Tashar Bama, Dogun Muazu and Unguwar Maigayya—of Sabuwa Local Government Area of Katsina State.

Authorities in Borno state on Monday began returning around 3,000 people to their homes six years after they were displaced by jihadist violence, officials said. The operation came after a weekend attack on farmworkers killed as many as 110 people in the state in what would be the deadliest assault this year blamed on Islamist […]