Boko Haram: FG to rehabilitate 2,000 youths in Yobe, Borno
The Federal Government, yesterday, disclosed that it would rehabilitate no fewer than 2,000 youths in Yobe and Borno states, to change their mindset from the havoc wrecked by the Boko Haram sect.
Planned assembly of the nation in Uyo: Confab on insecurity (2)
THE Vanguard of Monday May 13, 2013 carries a story titled, “Terrorist may over-run Nigeria”. In it, the Senate President, David Mark “warned … that unless everybody comes together to tackle the security challenges, the perpetrators might over run the country…
Three Boko Haram suspects killed in failed mosque attack
Three suspected Boko Haram members who allegedly came from Bama council area, Saturday evening, and stormed the El-Amin Daggash Mosque in Government Reserved Area in Maiduguri, Borno State with the intention of killing Islamic cleric, Modu Mustapha, while preaching during Tafsir (Ramadan preaching), were lynched by angry mob.
JTF kills three suspected Boko Haram members in Jigawa
The Joint Task Force, JTF,has killed three Boko Haram members in Jigawa State and recovered their weapons in a pre-dawn raid at Guri Local Government Area of the state.
Boko Haram ceasefire: Operation continues until… – Army
Defence Headquarters in Abuja, yesterday, said the ceasefire agreement signed between Federal Government and the Boko Haram sect had not been communicated to it.
BOKO HARAM: Amnesty committee under fire
The Presidential Committee on the Dialogue and Peaceful Resolution of Conflicts in Northern Nigeria, came under severe criticisms, yesterday, from across the country following denial by Boko Haram leader, Abubakar Shekau that the sect had entered into a cease-fire agreement with the Federal Government.
Boko Haram denies cease-fire, explains Yobe school massacre
The leader of Islamist group, Boko Haram, has denied entering into a cease-fire agreement with the Federal Government and endorsed an attack last weekend on a school in Yobe State.
We supported Yobe school massacre – Shekau
The head of Boko Haram Islamists said he supported a July 6 attack on a school that killed 42 people, but did not claim responsibility for the massacre, in a video obtained by AFP Saturday.
Boko Haram: FG to support crisis victims, says Minister
The Minister of Special Duties and Inter-Governmental Affairs, Mr Tanimu Turaki said the Federal Government would identify victims of crises in the country in order to support them.
Boko Haram: Set up fund for affected states – Shettima tells FG
Maiduguri – Gov. Kashim Shettima of Borno has called on the Federal Government to set up a special intervention fund in aid of states affected by the Boko Haram insurgency. Shettima made the call in Maiduguri, when he received a delegation of the Revenue Mobilisation, Allocation and Fiscal Commission (RMAFC) in his office. He said […]
Boko Haram attacks spell doom for education in the North
‘Western education is a sin.’ That is what Boko Haram means in the English language. Little wonder, the sect has unmercifully punished those deemed perpetrators of that sin; like the 29 students, and one teacher who were murdered last weekend in Yobe state, or the nine students killed in a private school in the Jajeri suburb of the city of Maiduguri last month.
