Opinion

Reforming Military Rules of Engagement: Before We Return Into Slavery

Ihesiulo Grace 8 March 2017 0

News that the rules of engagement for the Nigerian military would be reviewed is one that should cheer one up but that is only after the guarantee has been given that all the pros and cons shall be taken into consideration and that only what serves the best interest of the country would be

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Insurgency: UN commend Nigerian military, pledges more support

Ihesiulo Grace 7 March 2017 0

The United Nations Security Council has commended the Nigerian military for its successful operations against Boko Haram insurgency in the northeast. President of the council, Mathew Rycroft, who led 14 permanent ambassadors on an assessment tour of the humanitarian crisis in Borno state said the UN was in support of the troops’ operations. The ambassadors […]

Opinion

Amnesty International: An Apology To Nigeria Long Overdue

Ihesiulo Grace 6 March 2017 0

There is a great task ahead of Amnesty International, which describes itself as a non governmental organization that investigates and exposes the facts, whenever and wherever abuses happen. For a group that grew from seeking the release of political prisoners to upholding the whole spectrum of human rights, the greatest task now is holding itself […]

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Borno to commission resettlement homes for IDPs

Ihesiulo Grace 6 March 2017 0

The Borno State government is to commission 432 resettlement houses for victims of Boko Haram in three villages on Monday, March 6, 2017. A statement by the government said 13 primary and junior secondary schools, a General Hospital, five Primary Healthcare centres would also be commissioned, as well as the distribution of irrigation items, mobile […]

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UNESCO: Sukur Kingdom was destroyed by Boko Haram- Official

Ihesiulo Grace 6 March 2017 0

The director general of the Adamawa state Museum and Monuments Commission, Alhaji Saidu Audu, has confirmed that the first United Nations Organization for Education, Science and Culture (UNESCO) World Heritage Site in Nigeria, ‘Sukur World Cultural Heritage’ in Madagali local government area of the state, was destroyed by Boko Haram insurgents in 2014. Audu told […]

Opinion

Issues UN Security Council Mission Must Confront About Boko Haram

Ihesiulo Grace 6 March 2017 0

The United Nations (UN) Security Council Visiting Mission to the Lake Chad Basin Region is ground breaking in that this is the first time such mission is being undertaken, not just since Boko Haram unleashed terrorism in the region but even after it was globally designated an international terrorist organization. Incidentally, the mission is not […]

Opinion

TIME TO AXE THE WOOD IS NOW!

Ihesiulo Grace 5 March 2017 0

An Open Letter to Nigeria’s Northeast Stakeholders My Dear Northeastern countrymen and women 1. I feel highly honoured that the Almighty God has permitted me to send you my fraternal greetings on behalf of my family, all men/women of goodwill and Nigerians who empathize and support the cause of the permanent return of peace to […]

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Boko Haram: UN Security Council arrives in Nigeria, Sunday

Ihesiulo Grace 5 March 2017 0

The Security Council Visiting Mission to the Lake Chad Basin Region will arrive in Nigeria on Sunday with a visit to Maiduguri, Borno and proceed to Abuja to meet with the acting President Yemi Osinbajo on Monday. The delegation will meet Northeast stakeholders in Maiduguri on Sunday before proceeding to Abuja where members will meet […]

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Re arrested Boko Haram Kingpin charged to court

Ihesiulo Grace 1 March 2017 0

Following recent arrest of 17 suspected criminals by the joint security operation in the central senatorial district of Kogi state, the leader of a six-man gang that confessed to be members of the dreaded Boko Haram, known as the Sarkin Muslmi of Okene, has been charged to Lokoja magistrate court, where he was remanded in […]

Opinion

UN, Regional Forces and the Need to Save Humanity

Ihesiulo Grace 27 February 2017 0

Terrorism is man’s new evil with the capability for self-extinction to mankind. It is crude, barbaric, cruel and inhuman. God Almighty frowns at it. Humanity has cursed it. Nations and countries of the world are fighting it to a standstill. The United Nations (UN), that world assemblage of civilized nations, is bitter and enraged with […]

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Nigerian Army and DSS arrest suspected Chadian Boko Haram terrorists

Ihesiulo Grace 27 February 2017 0

On Sunday, the Nigerian Army troops in conjunction with elements of Department of State Services (DSS) arrested 3 suspected Chadian Boko Haram terrorists that belonged to al-Barnawi faction, in Gombe, Gombe State. The 3 Chadian terrorists suspects, Bilal Muhammed Umar, Bashir Muhammed and Muhammed Maigari Abubakar were arrested at Arawa and Mallam Inna Areas of […]

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Nigerian Air Force bombs Boko Haram terrorists in Talala

Ihesiulo Grace 26 February 2017 0

The Nigerian Air Force (NAF) fighter jets has intercepted a group of Boko Haram terrorists moving in an Hilux vehicle mounted with anti-aircraft gun. Recall that the Nigerian Air Force (NAF) fighter jet has struck Boko Haram insurgents hiding at Tagoshe/Mandara Mountain. . Air Force spokesman, Group Captain Ayodele Famuyiwa, in a statement said the […]

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Nigerian Air Force Strikes ‘Boko Haram New Hideout’ In Northern Borno

Ihesiulo Grace 25 February 2017 0

The Nigerian Air Force (NAF) fighter jet has struck Boko Haram insurgents hiding at Tagoshe/Mandara Mountain, NAF Director of Public Relations and Information, Group Capt. Ayodele Famuyiwa said. Famuyiwa said that intelligence report by sister surface forces indicated that remnants of fleeing insurgents were gathered at the location, about 10 kms Southwest of Gwoza in […]

Opinion

UN: WHO WILL RESCUE NIGERIA FROM EVIL NEIGHBORS?

Ihesiulo Grace 22 February 2017 0

By now it should be clear to us that our neighbours to the north-east may not necessarily be our brothers so should worry less about them playing the role of our keepers at least where the Boko Haram insurgency is concerned. Save for the existence of the Multinational Joint Task Force (MNJTF)- a combined multinational […]

Opinion

The French Invasion of Nigeria by Proxy

Ihesiulo Grace 21 February 2017 0

Nigeria has indeed seen tough times, tough times that have lasted over six years, with accompanying wanton destruction of lives and properties running into billions of naira. While it is argued in some quarters that the Boko Haram crisis has some international sponsors, I nonetheless think there is more than just foreign sponsorship of the […]

Opinion

Why has Boko Haram refused to leave Borno?

Ihesiulo Grace 18 February 2017 0

  In the twilight of the Goodluck Jonathan presidency, not a few Nigerians had concluded that Boko Haram and its brand of terrorism had come to stay and that it will even spread to other parts of the country. That impression was reinforced by the trend whereby any news about the terrorist group was about […]

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Boko Haram ambushes convoy, kill cop in Borno

Ihesiulo Grace 2 February 2017 0

*as gunmen kill 5 boundary officials in Adamawa By Tom Garba, Yola with Agency Reports  Suspected Boko Haram terrorists, on Tuesday night, reportedly ambushed a police patrol vehicle in Borno state, killing one police officer and injuring another. This is coming on the heels of the attack of bandits in Komcha village of the Republic […]

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Many feared killed as Boko Haram ambushes motorists in Borno

Ihesiulo Grace 30 January 2017 0

Suspected members of dreaded Boko Haram insurgents, on Sunday, ambushed motorists along Maiduguri-Damboa-Biu road, leading to unspecified number of people dead and injured, according to online report. The incident was said to have taken place in the morning between the old Nigerian Telecommunication mast, and Bullabulin village, which is now deserted with only a military

Africa Headlines

Military Recruitment Drill Kills 10

Ihesiulo Grace 27 January 2017 0

At least 10 young people died at a military recruitment in Maroua in the Far North Cameroon, French language daily newspaper, Mutations reported Thursday, citing several sources. It said about 70 others were referred to local hospitals following the incident. The youths who were all between 18 and 23 years old, reportedly incurred varied fractures […]

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FG should be truthful about B’Haram

Ihesiulo Grace 8 January 2017 0

Ekiti state governor, Mr. Ayo Fayose, has commiserated with families of the army captain and five other soldiers reportedly killed Sunday by Boko Haram insurgents during an attack on the Nigeria Army Brigade in Buni Yadi, Yobe state, calling on the federal government to stop deceiving Nigerians with stories of defeat of Boko Haram insurgency […]