Tag: Boko Haram

We took advantage of Shekau’s death to end insurgency war in Borno – Brig Gen Sani Isa

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The Special Adviser to the Borno State Governor on Security, Brigadier General Sani Isa, said the military took advantage of Shekau’s death to end the Boko Haram war by encouraging Boko Haram fighters to surrender their arms.   The retired Brig. General said he was in charge of the surrender of 90,000 thousand insurgents through a non-kinetic approach, a policy of the state government which he helped develop.   According to him, 85% of Boko Haram members were forcefully conscripted and as we speak 95% of the die-hard Boko Haram…

Abuja bloodshed warning and Nigeria’s Cassandra complex By Festus Adedayo

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Greek mythology, in the Aeschylus tragedy called Agamemnon, told the story of Cassandra. She was a pretty damsel highly sought after by the god, Apollo. The god promised that if Cassandra gave in to his advances, he would give her the power of prophecy. Though the damsel accepted the proposal and was immediately proclaimed blessed with the gift by Apollo, Cassandra refused to return the affection. Enraged by this insolence, since the god Apollo lacked the power to revoke a divine pronouncement, he placed a curse on Cassandra, to wit…

Merchants Of Terror (1): Paying blood taxes, helpless communities sustain Nigeria’s terrorists

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The investigation showed how citizens helplessly pay millions in cash to bandits in exchange for peace in communities with little to no government presence. ByIbrahim Adeyemi October 3, 2022 Reading Time: 11 mins read Staring at the cloudy sky above the slumbering Rimni hamlet in the Zurmi area of Zamfara State, Haruna Ibrahim sat on stone rubble. His eyes were tinged with blood, a result of battering and cries after he dared to look terrorists in the face in an encounter. When asked to describe his experience, he frowned his…

Boko Haram betrayed us despite meeting their demands – FG

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The Presidency has said the abductors of Abuja-Kaduna train passengers have failed to release their captives, despite meeting their demands.   Garba Shehu, the Senior Special Assistant to President Muhammadu Buhari on Media and Publicity, disclosed this while featuring on BBC Hausa service on Friday.   This was coming after Buhari, during a meeting with families of the victims on Thursday, assured the Federal Government’s effort to secure the release of the 31 victims who are still in the terrorists den.   But while dismissing claims that the Federal Government…

Nigerian government, Kadaria Ahmed, Trust TV and the BBC By Emmanuel Ogbeche

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The Nigerian government is miffed, Ms. Kadaria Ahmed is no less angry. In keeping with her history of excoriating her industry, it was little of a surprise that Ms. Ahmed will give a passing rebuke to the affliction which the Buhari Presidency represents in terms of national security and cohesion. Ms. Ahmed’s riposte which came before Alhaji Lai Mohammed’s fatwa against the BBC and Trust TV, owned by the Trust Group, for giving “celebrity coverage” to terrorists’ aka bandits terrorising Nigerians in the North West, fits into a tradition of…

When the subject sees through the king, by Hassan Gimba

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In January 2019, the Daily Trust newspaper had its Maiduguri office shut down by the military over its reportage on the fight against insurgency. This made me think about governments and the failure of leadership, or, aptly, the king whose subjects saw through him. And so on January 14, 2019, on this page, under the title “The Military, Press and War Against Insurgency,” I gave that brief story. There is this fable of a king who, together with his palace courtiers and subjects, was scammed by a con artist who knew…

Friday Sermon : Let’s Deal Firstly With Insecurity In Us By Imam Murtadha Gusau

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In the name of Allah, Most Merciful, the Bestower of Mercy All praise is due to Allah, Lord of all creation, and may the peace and blessings of Allah be upon our Prophet Muhammad, his family and all his Companions. Dear brothers and sisters! Abdullah Ibn Umar (RA) narrated that the Messenger of Allah (Peace be upon him) never failed to make this Du’a/supplication in the evening (after Asr) and in the morning (after Fajr), for his security and wellbeing: “اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَسْأَلُكَ الْعَافِيَةَ فِي الدُّنْيَا وَالآخِرَةِ اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَسْأَلُكَ…

Widowed prematurely by Boko Haram By Festus Adedayo

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“I lost my husband four weeks ago to Boko Haram.” That was the message sent to me last week on WhatsApp by Angela, as I used to call her. Terse as it was, it bore the shattering impact of a two-tonnes bomb. Its massive boom and the doom it left in its trails deposited shrapnel of despondency in my heart. Its impact was deafening as it hit my ear lobe like a thunderbolt. How does this young, widowed lady, barely a year old in marriage, a First Class graduate of…

Use Corps members to fight Boko Haram, others who can’t fight should work without pay – Gov Fayemi

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Governor of Ekiti State and Chairman of Nigerian Governor’s Forum, Kayode Fayemi made the call during an event in Ibadan. The federal government has been urged to use members of the National Youth Service Corps to fight Boko Haram terrorists.   Governor of Ekiti State and Chairman of Nigerian Governor’s Forum, Kayode Fayemi made the call during an event in Ibadan.   He said the present situation in the country didn’t warrant politics of blame and opportunistic opposition, but “it is time to build a nation and not to fritter…

Troops foil Boko Haram attack in Yobe Town,

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Troops of Sector 2 Joint Task Force North East Operation HADIN KAI have foiled an attempted attack on Babangida town in Yobe State on Wednesday 25 August 2021 by Boko Haram and Islamic State of West Africa Province terrorists, prowling for logistics replenishment. The criminals made futile effort to infiltrate the town, but were met with a fierce counter attack from the vigilant troops, forcing them to retreat in disarray. In the counter attack, the gallant troops captured one gun truck, one Dushka Anti Aircraft Gun, two AK 47 rifles…