Tag: Boko Haram

OPERATION HADIN KAI: Troops foil Boko Haram terrorists attack on Damboa

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Troops of 25 Task Force Brigade, Operation HADIN KAI in the North East have quelled a dawn attack attempted on Damboa town in the early hours of Sunday 8 August 21 by Boko Haram and Islamic State of West Africa Province terrorists. The criminals made a futile effort to infiltrate the town, but were met with heavy volume of fire from the vigilant troops. While attempting to infiltrate the town with unconfirmed numbers of foot soldiers and some mounted on motorcycles, the terrorists suffered debilitating gunshot wounds from troops’ fire, …

The North, the Media and the Way Out By Ahmad Shehu, PhD.

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In recent years, Nigeria, particularly the northern part of the country, has gone through a series of debilitating crises that have become existential threats to the region and the entire country and even the West African sub-region to some extent. The Boko Haram insurgency in the northeast, the herder/farmer crises in the north-central, the kidnapping and banditry in the northwest, the ethnic clashes in the middle-belt have all spilt over across other regions of the country, causing chaos, social instability and economic devastation. Governments at all levels have tried hard…

Destroy all Boko Haram terrorists enclaves in your locations – COAS tasks Troops

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The Chief of Army Staff (COAS) Major General Faruk Yahaya on Saturday 26 June 2021 charged troops of Sector 2 Joint Task Force North East Operation HADIN KAI to destroy all Boko Haram and Islamic State West Africa Province terrorists’ enclaves in their various locations. The COAS made the statement while addressing troops of Sector 2 in Damaturu, Yobe State. General Yahaya further commended the troops on the several successful operations conducted within Sector 2 Area of Responsibility, which he enumerated to include Operations Ayiso Tamunoma, Katana Jimlan, Fire Ball…

Where Do We Go From Pantami? By Gimba Kakanda

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When the spotlight on Dr. Isa Ali Pantami began, the direction of the conversation wasn’t unpredictable. The first sign of trouble was the refusal of his critics to retract their mistranslation of his conversations with the Boko Haram founder, Mohammed Yusuf. A social media user, David Hundeyin, had presented that famous debate organised by the Northern clerical establishment as proof of the minister’s endorsement of Yusuf’s terrorist ideology and cult. His refusal to acknowledge that misrepresentation of a well-documented period and venturing into excavating the Pantami’s past utterances triggered a…

INSECURITY : Experts hold strategic workshop to reduce violence in Northeast

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A one-day workshop geared at reducing all forms of violence and work with governments and communities to end conflict and insecurity especially in the North East has taken place in Abuja. The workshop which is sponsored by TETFUND in collaboration with the Institute for Peace and Strategic Studies, University of Ibadan has as its title ” Developing Standards for Monitoring, Assessment and Evaluation of Peace and Conflict Management Projects in Nigeria. In his welcome address, Prof . Tajudeen Àkànjí, who is the Principal Investigator and Director of the Institute gave…

Reps urges FG to urgently rescue kidnapped Chibok Pastor from Boko Haram

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The House of Representatives on Tuesday called on the Federal Government to urgently rescue one Pastor Bulus of the EYN Church who was kidnapped by suspected Boko Haram, during their invasion of his community in Borno State. Moving the motion of urgent public importance Hon. Ahmed Jaha said that there was need to urgently rescue one Pastor Bulus of the EYN Church in Chibok Local Government Area of Borno State from the clutches of suspected Boko Haram insurgents and it was seconded by Hon.Ahmed Awal. In leading the debate, Hon.Jaha…

Boko Haram slaughters 43 workers near Maiduguri

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Boko Haram fighters killed at least 43 farmworkers and injured six in rice fields near the northeast Nigerian city of Maiduguri on Saturday, anti-jihadist militia told AFP. The assailants tied up the agricultural workers and slit their throats in the village of Koshobe, the militia said. “We have recovered 43 dead bodies, all of them slaughtered, along with six others with serious injuries,” said militia leader Babakura Kolo, who helped the survivors. “It is no doubt the handiwork of Boko Haram, who operate in the area and frequently attack farmers.”…

Zulum replies ex-DSS chief, says ‘I never defied security reports’

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Governor Babagana Zulum of Borno State has denied claims that he defied security reports before the multiple attacks on his convoy by terrorists at Baga. Last week, former Deputy Director of Department of State Services (DSS), Dennis Amakiri, had said that the governor defied warnings by security operatives against going out of Maiduguri. A senior official in Borno government told The Guardian on Saturday that the governor could not have ignored warnings from his security details. According to him, Borno has a security council comprising heads of all military and…

Persistent Insecurity: Monguno, Buratai and Inter-Agency Dilemma By Yushau A. Shuaib

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It was a tactful foresight, the decision of President Muhammadu Buhari in appointing people from Borno State into strategic positions in government, especially in sensitive areas that could address the challenges of terrorism in the country. Nigerians expected that the Boko Haram insurgency would be history within fours years, with the appointments of the late Abba Kyari as the Chief of Staff to the President; Major General Babagana Monguno (rtd.) as the National Security Adviser and Lt. General Tukur Buratai as the Chief of Army Staff, because they are all…

Buhari: A Hope Betrayed By A. S. Gashinbaki

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President Buhari’s glaring failure pose a dire threat to our “cognitive immunity” – our ability to separate a liar from the truthful, and a competent being from the incompetent. We’re now left conflicted as our conviction is overturned, leaving us unable to trust our own judgement. The crisis of trust we now face is twofold, first against our leaders and now within our own being. A man can put-up with not being able to trust others but when he can’t trust himself then chaos is imminent. The electorates are bound…