Tag: Boko Haram
NGE president advocates insurance cover for journalists
Oct. 24, 2021 The President, Nigerian Guild of Editors (NGE), Mr. Mustapha Isah, has called for insurance cover for journalists in the country to encourage them carry out their duties effectively. Isah made the call in in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Sunday in Abuja. He said such insurance policy ...Borno State to shut IDPs camps by year end over improved security
Oct. 23, 2021 Nigeria’s Borno state, the epicentre of an ongoing Islamist insurgency, will shut all camps that are holding thousands of internally displaced persons by the end of the year, its governor said on Friday, citing improved security in the state. The conflict between the insurgents and Nigeria’s armed forces has also spread to ...Nigerian army says 24 Islamist insurgents killed
Oct 19, 2021 Nigerian troops killed 24 suspected Islamist insurgents in two attacks in the northeast and recovered some weapons, the army said on Tuesday. Boko Haram and its offshoot Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP) have been fighting the Nigerian armed forces for more than a decade in a conflict that has killed hundreds ...WE ARE HAPPY U.S IS BACK ON TRACK WITH CLIMATE CHANGE – OSINBAJO
Oct. 19, 2021 Nigeria is glad that the Biden administration is fully back on board the Climate Change global agenda, in a commendable restoration of the U.S government’s support for the Paris Agreement, according to Vice President Yemi Osinbajo. Osinbajo stated this on Monday when he received at the Presidential Villa, Abuja, a U.S government ...Progressive Governors knock PDP for unfair criticism of Buhari, say PDP stole $2.1bn in 2014
October 3, 2021 Dr Salihu Lukman, Director-General, Progressive Governors Forum, a forum of APC governors,, said on Sunday in Abuja that opposition parties were portraying the APC and President Muhammadu Buhari in bad light in spite of their achievements. Dr Lukman said in a statement that opposition parties were taking advantage of passive official communication ...TROOPS NEUTRALISE 2 INSURGENTS IN YOBE, CAPTURE WEAPONS
Sept. 27, 2021 Troops of Sector 2 Joint Task Force North East, Operation HADIN KAI have neutralised two Islamic State West Africa Province/ Boko Haram insurgents during a counter attack by troops responding to insurgents’ infiltration attempt into Babangida community in Tarmuwa Local Government Area of Yobe State, on Sunday 26 September 2021. Arm spokesman, ...After killing ISWAP leader, al-Sahrawi, France vows to hunt other Jihadist leaders
Sept. 16, 2021 French military forces have killed the leader of a West African affiliate of Islamic State by drone strike in a “decisive blow” against the group, and vowed to continue hunting down jihadist leaders to restore stability in the Sahel. Adnan Abu Walid al-Sahrawi was the head of Islamic State in the Greater ...1m Nigerian children to miss school due to mass kidnappings – UNICEF
Sept. 16, 2021 … Says over 1,400 children abducted, 16 dead in 20 attacks on schools this year At least one million Nigerian children could miss school this year as the new term begins amid a rise in mass school kidnappings and insecurity, the United Nations children’s agency UNICEF said on Wednesday. Schools have become ...Troops nab high profile Boko Haram terrorist, bust urea fertiliser syndicate in N/East
Sept. 9, 2021 The Nigerian troops of Operation Hadin Kai (OPHK) have arrested a high profile Boko Haram member on wanted list in recent raid operations on the terrorists hideouts in parts of the North East. The Director, Army Public Relations, Brig.-Gen. Onyema Nwachukwu, disclosed this in a statement on Thursday in Abuja. Nwachukwu said ...Insecurity: Over 7,400 persons killed in violent clashes, terrorist attacks, others in 8 months in Nigeria
Sept. 8, 2021 No fewer than 7,414 persons have died in Nigeria due to violent clashes, including attacks from Boko haram, other terrorist groups, abductions and gang clashes between January and August 2021, according to Secure Our Lives, the group of women and civil society organisations working to place women at the forefront of a ...
