Tag: Boko Haram
Governor Sule visits Buhari, seeks support to dislodge Boko Haram from Nasarawa
Nasarawa State governor Abdulahi Sule, Friday, visited President Muhummadu Buhari and raised alarm over the havoc perpetrated by Boko Haram insurgents in the state. The governor also sought the intervention of the Federal Government particularly for them to take over the Jitata road in Nasarawa, which serves as an alternative route from the state to ...Armed Forces Remembrance Day : Boko Haram is weaker today than in 2015 – Presidency
The Presidency has listed the achievements of the military in the on-going fight against insurgency and violent crimes as Nigeria marks the Armed Forces Remembrance Day on Jan. 15, stressing that Boko Haram is weaker today than in 2015. January 15 every year is commemorated as Armed Forces Remembrance Day to mark the end of ...Insecurity: Roads projects in the N/E abandoned due to activities of Boko Haram – Sen. Ndume
Sen. Ali Ndume (APC-Borno) says the strangulating insecurity in North-East hampers the successful execution of Federal Government’s road projects in the region. Ndume, who is the Chairman of the Senate Committee on Army, made this known in Maiduguri on Monday while speaking with newsmen. He said that the construction and rehabilitation of some major roads ...Military airstrike destroys new Boko Haram settlement, kills scores in Borno
Air Task Force of Operation Lafiya Dole has destroyed a new Boko Haram settlement at Mana Waji in Borno, killing scores of the terrorists in massive air interdiction missions on Friday. The Coordinator, Defence Media Operations, Maj.-Gen. John Enenche, in a statement on Saturday, said the air interdiction missions were conducted after series of surveillance ...Kankara schoolboys abduction sparked by cattle feuds, not extremism – Officials say
The kidnap of 344 schoolboys in northwest Nigeria had the appearance of an Islamist militant attack. There was even a video purporting to show some of the boys with members of Boko Haram. But four government and security officials familiar with negotiations that secured the boys’ release told Reuters the attack was a result of ...Kankara abduction: The children are alive and well – Gov. Masari
Katsina State Governor, Aminu Masari, has said that no abducted student of the Government Science Secondary School in Ƙanƙara Local Government Area of the state is dead. The governor, who spoke from the Government House in Katsina, gave an update on Wednesday during an interview on Channels Television’s Politics Today, five days after the abduction of ...Ignore ICC war crimes probe; face the war: Buratai tells troops
The Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Lt.-Gen. Tukur Buratai, has urged troops not to be distracted by the move by International Criminal Court (ICC) to investigate war crimes against Nigerian forces in the north eastern part of the country. He urged troops to face the battle and ignore the probe. Buratai made the call in ...Insecurity: Buhari is not an orator, Service Chiefs should honour NASS invitation – Says APC Chieftain
A chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC), and former Minority Leader in the House of Representatives, Farouq Aliyu, says President Muhammadu Buhari is not bound to honour an invitation by the National Assembly over the security situation in the country. Speaking during an interview on Channels Television’s Politics Today on Wednesday in Abuja, Aliyu ...It’s unfair the N/East has an allocation of 0.35% in the budget despite insurgency problems – N/East Govs
The North East governors have said it is very unfair, embarrassing that the North East has an allocation of 0.35 per cent in the nation’s budget despite the problems of insurgency in the region. Taraba State Governor, Darius Ishaku, stated this on Tuesday on behalf of his colleagues during a visit to Borno State to ...Insecurity: Most of the weaponry used by Boko Haram come from our armory – Donald Duke
A former governor of Cross River State, Donald Duke, has suggested that the Boko Haram insurgents who have been responsible for most of the heinous crimes, get their weapons from the Nigerian security operatives – a situation which he believes needs to be looked into. Reacting to the recent killings in Borno State and across ...
