By Ahmed Abba The Yobe Government has announced its readiness to reintegrate ex-members of Boko Haram who have undergone the De-radicalisation, Rehabilitation and Reintegration (DRR) programme under Operation Safe Corridor (OPSC). Gov. Mai Mala Buni made this known in Damaturu when he received the delegation of OPSC led by Gen.Continue Reading
By Kelechi Ogunleye Operatives of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) have neutralised over 50 Boko Haram members during a cross-fire at Farin- Kasa Area, Chukun LGA in Kaduna. A statement by the NSCDC Spokesperson, Babawale Afolabi, said that the incident took place on Tuesday. Continue Reading
By Ismail Abdulaziz The Dangote Cement in Gboko, Benue, has scaled up its Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) schemes for its host communities, the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports. This is contained in a statement from its Branding and Corporate Communications Department, on Wednesday in Abuja. It said thatContinue Reading
President Bola Tinubu on Tuesday said that Nigerian security forces have eliminated more than 300 commanders of the Boko Haram terrorist group in the last one year. Also eliminated are many commanders of other banditry groups, especially in the North-West and North-East. Tinubu gave the security update in his NationalContinue Reading
By Hamza Suleiman Two Boko Haram commanders, Ibrahim Muhammed and Auwal Muhammed, alias “Wanka”, surrendered to troops of Sector 3 of the Multinational Joint Task Force (MNJTF) in Monguno, Borno on Monday. The MNJTF is a combined multinational formation comprising military units from Benin, Cameroon, Chad, Niger and Nigeria. ItContinue Reading
By Sumaila Ogbaje The Federal Government on Monday resumed the trial of suspected Boko Haram members in the Kainji Prosecution Project Phase IV in Abuja. Speaking at the opening of the court session, the Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Lateef Fagbemi (SAN), said the first phase commencedContinue Reading
By Victor Okoye Gboko City Chiefs on Friday defeated Mak Town Flyers basketball club to emerge champions of the 2023 Sam Oguche/Bullet Energy Drink Invitational Tournament at the Mo Arena in Abuja. Both Gboko City Chiefs and Mark Town basketball club reached the final having defeated FCT Hard Rockers 87-100Continue Reading
By Hamza Suleiman Police in Borno have arrested one Musa Dauda, a repentant Boko Haram member who allegedly killed and buried his ex-wife, Hafsat Musa, at a farm at Muhammed Goni stadium, Maiduguri. Police spokesman in Borno, ASP Sani Kamilu, stated in Maiduguri on Friday that Dauda invited 45-year-old HafsatContinue Reading
By Sumaila Ogbaje The former Chief of Army Staff, retired Lt.-Gen. Tukur Buratai, says President Muhammadu Buhari has fulfilled his promise of subduing Boko Haram and Islamic State of West Africa Province (ISWAP) terrorists. Buratai, who made the assertion in an interview with newsmen in Abuja, recalled that the PresidentContinue Reading
By Ifeanyi Nwoko The Institute for Peace and Conflict Resolution (IPCR) foresaw the emergence of the Boko Haram insurgency way back in 2007, the Director-General of the institute, Dr Bakut Bakut, disclosed on Sunday. Bakut, who made the disclosure at the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) Forum in Abuja, saidContinue Reading
