Tag: Governor Babagana Zulum

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

Emporium Reporters

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…

Insecurity: 17 Local Govts Still Under Attack in Borno

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Seventeen of the 27 local government areas in Borno State are still under attacks by the deadly Boko Haram sect, investigation has revealed. The affected local government areas include Konduga, Bama, Kala/Balge, Ngala, Monguno, Mafa, Dikwa, Gwoza, Damboa, Magumeri and Kukawa. The rest are Mobbar, Abadam and Marte, Guzamala, Kaga and Nganzai. Most parts of the 17 LGAs come under the deadly sect’s constant attacks, except their headquarters where many have relocated to. Farming, the main occupation of the residents, has become extremely difficult to practice beyond one kilometre of the…

SPECIAL REPORT: Increasing Boko Haram attacks on highways threaten to cut Borno off from Nigeria

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Fear is now mounting that Borno State may soon be totally cut off from the rest of Nigeria as Boko Haram insurgents in the past few weeks have launched daily attacks on the Kano-Maiduguri highway, the only remaining safe route to the state. Six highways link Maiduguri, the state capital, with other parts of Nigeria. But for the past six years, only the Kano-Maiduguri highway that connects the state with Damaturu, the Yobe state capital, remains in use. Between 2013 and late 2014, the insurgents bombed major bridges on four…