Corporate Accountability and Public Participation Africa, CAPPA, has commended the International Criminal Court, ICC, for concluding a decade-long preliminary investigation into crimes against humanity and war crimes allegedly committed by Boko Haram and the Nigerian security forces, to pave way for a full investigation to commence.

Landmines planted by Boko Haram jihadists have killed 11 security personnel, including four soldiers in Borno, security sources said Tuesday. Seven hunters recruited to help the military fight the Islamist insurgents were killed on Tuesday when their vehicle hit a landmine in the village of Kayamla, outside Borno State’s capital Maiduguri. “Seven hunters died in […]

…Zulum cuts Abuja trip, visits 4 Hawul communities …Orders reconstruction works By Ndahi Marama, with Agency report Boko Haram militants have killed no fewer than 10 persons,  including four security personnel in raids, weekend,  on three villages in Borno State, local and security sources told AFP, yesterday. This came as hundreds of fleeing residents of […]

The jihadist group, Boko Haram, killed at least 10 people including four security personnel in raids on three villages in Borno, local and security sources told AFP on Sunday. Fighters in six trucks attacked the villages of Shafa, Azare and Tashan Alade in Borno state on Saturday and set fire to homes and public buildings […]

The jihadist group Boko Haram killed at least 10 people including four security personnel in raids on three villages in northeast Nigeria, local and security sources told AFP on Sunday. Fighters in six trucks attacked the villages of Shafa, Azare and Tashan Alade in Borno state on Saturday and set fire to homes and public […]

*Says union has spent over 4 out of last 21 years on strike By Omeiza Ajayi Director-General of the Progressive Governors’ Forum PGF, Salihu Moh. Lukman has called for a more determined approach to resolve the lingering crisis in the nation’s tertiary education sector and halt the occasional resort to strikes by the Academic Staff Union […]

By Ndahi Marama Hundreds of fleeing residents of Shindifu, Kirbutu, Debiro, Shaffa, Tashan Alade communities and Azare the headquarters of Hawul local government area in Southern Borno Senatorial District have started returning back home to count their losses following a deadly armed Boko Haram invasion on Saturday evening. These coordinated and simultaneous attacks come barely […]

Boko Haram jihadists killed at least 11 people, burnt a church and seized a priest on Christmas Eve in Borno, local sources told AFP Friday. The Department of State Services (DSS) had in recent days warned of an increased risk of attack during the Christian holiday. Fighters in trucks and motorcycles stormed Pemi, a predominantly […]

Most Rev. Valerian Okeke, Catholic Archbishop of Onitsha and Metropolitan of Onitsha Ecclesiastical Province has urged Nigerians to work towards peace and a better future as they  celebrate Christmas. Okeke made the call in his Christmas message in Onitsha on Friday. The archbishop said that Nigeria was passing through a critical moment as it was […]

By Charles Onunaiju The spiritual knowledge is attained through divination; that of natural science is obtained by deductive reasoning; the universal laws are established and verified through mathematical calculations. The knowledge of the enemy’s dispositions in war, however, is gained only through spies and by no other means – Sun Tzu- Art of War. AT […]