Tag: Terrorism

Monday Lines 1 Islam: Beyond terrorism and Boko Haram By Lasisi Olagunju

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The United Arab Emirates has just held its Abu Dhabi Sustainability Week. Our president was there. A part of that event was the World Future Energy Summit which ended on Thursday last week. Saudi Arabia is holding a Smart City and Infrastructure Expo in September this year. It held one last year. When Muslim countries do things as these, they advertise Islam in the very best form. They make Islam attractive and beautiful.   Like Saudi Arabia, we have Islam here in abundance but we lack the sanity and prosperity…

Group asks Tinubu to probe Zamfara Gov’s alleged ties to Terrorism

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The Zamfara Youth Vanguard for Peace (ZYVP) has urged President Bola Ahmed Tinubu to set up a judicial commission of inquiry to investigate Governor Dauda Lawal’s alleged support for terrorist activities in Zamfara State.   In a letter to the President and copied to the National Security Adviser and the Attorney General of the Federation, the group claimed Governor Lawal paid N1.378 billion to bandits and terrorists, contradicting claims of peacebuilding efforts. According to the letter signed by its President, Comrade Bello Yakubu, the group also alleged Lawal ordered crackdowns…

Kidnapping, Terrorism, Politics And National Security By Law Mefor

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The Nigerian nation is a confused state. The protection of people’s lives and property as well as their welfare are the two main reasons that governments are in place everywhere in the globe. Any additional justification is incidental rather than central. This implies that any nation with a government that is unable to guarantee the safety of people and their property is doing a poor job of fulfilling its basic obligations.   Nigeria has been woefully inefficient in protecting its citizens and their property for decades, not to mention the…

Insecurity: Time to heed Zulum’s warning By abiodun KOMOLAFE

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At a programme in honour of the reconstituted North-East Development Commission (NEDC) recently, Borno State Governor, Babagana Umara Zulum, warned that Nigeria risked being wiped off the map in the near future if no proactive steps were taken to stop young people and children from being recruited by Boko Haram and ISWAP terrorists.   Zulums warning came at a time no fewer than 13 farmers were beheaded on their farmlands in the state by Boko Haram terrorists, with some unspecified number of farmers also kidnapped. This is also amidst reports…

DHQ charges Nigerians to support fight against Terrorism …. as Troops Neutralize 191 terrorists, apprehend 184,104 BH/ISWAP members surrendered

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The Defence Headquarters has called on Nigerians to collaborate with Nigerian military in the ongoing military operations against Terrorism and other forms of criminality in Nigeria. Nigerian military has charged all Nigerians to give maximum support to the troops and ensure that no terrorist,and other criminal elements including their collaborators escaped military onslaught unhurt.DHQ said the military can not end terrorism and insurgency in Nigeria without the support of Nigerians. Major General Edward Buba ,Director, Defence Media Operations(DMO),disclosed this today Thursday 28th September,2023 at the biweekly media briefing held in…

Lawless kids and fears of terrorism in Kano, by Yushau A. Shuaib

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“And fear the fitnah (affliction and trial) which affects not in particular (only) those of you who do wrong.” – Quran 8 verse 25   The above is a verse from the Holy Quran, which my late father, Imam Abdulhameed Shuaib Agaka usually cited when trouble brewed and the community kept silent, without seeking to address it.   The Qur’anic verse cautions society against failure to act when atrocities are being committed because the repercussions of silence and inaction could be severe (painful), not only for the perpetrators but the…

We are winning war against terrorism – CAS

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The Chief of the Air Staff, Air Marshal Oladayo Amao, has stated that the magnanimity of President Muhammadu Buhari in providing the Nigerian Air Force (NAF) with new and modern platforms and NAF’s ability to effectively operationalize their usage in the battlefield has been instrumental to the level of successes been recorded against terrorists and insurgents. He stated this earlier today while on operation tour of 205 Combat Search and Rescue Group, Kerang Plateau State and 22 Quick Response Wing, Lafia in Nasarawa State. According to the CAS, there was…

Confronting Terrorism In The Lake Chad Basin -The Multinational Joint Task Force In Perspective By Major General Abdul Khalifa Ibrahim

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The Multinational Joint Task Force (MNJTF) in its present form was reorganized and re-operationalized in 2015. It has its headquarters in N’djamena Chad and former Nigerian Army Chief, Lieutenant General Tukur Yusufu Buratai (Rtd) was its first Force Commander (FC). The initial MNJTF was founded in 1994 by the Federal Republic of Nigeria with Headquarters in Baga Nigeria and had troops from Nigeria, Niger and Chad as participating members. This Force did reasonably well in tackling the cross-border crimes and light banditry issues it was set up to tackle. However,…

Ilé ò gbàá, ònà ò gbàá By Lasisi Olagunju

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“I did not mention it to you. The lady that was among the trio recently freed from the Kaduna train hostage attack is my sister-in-law. She was released after payment of (a huge) ransom…She spent about 80 days with the demons. Look at her picture again; you will see something very dead in her eyes.”   The person who sent the above message to me put a figure to the ransom paid and he said it was not in naira. I dare not mention the amount and the currency of…

EID-EL-FITR: Governor Sani Bello congratulates Muslims …. re-assures citizens of his commitment to end terrorism in the state

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Niger State GovernorAbubakar Sani Bello has congratulated Muslim Faithful all over the world on the successful completion of this year’s (2022) Ramadan fast and the Eid-el-Fitr celebration. The Governor in a statement said the Eid -el-Fitr celebration was a period of love, tolerance and good will to all. While urging the muslim ummah to continue in their prayers for peace and development of the state and the nation in general, Governor Sani Bello also implored them to sustain the lessons of Ramadan beyond the period for a better society “I…