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ASUU strikes, like Boko Haram bane of Nigeria’s education system – Lukman

Ihesiulo Grace 27 December 2020 0

Tunde Opalana, Abuja The Director General of the Progressive Governors Forum, Dr. Salihu Lukman has cautioned the lecturers in the nation’s higher institutions not to further destroy the education system. He said by holding both the Federal Government and students to ransom during strike

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Boko Haram claims responsibility for kidnapping hundreds of boys in Katsina

Ihesiulo Grace 16 December 2020 0

Leader of Boko Haram, the Islamist extremist group that abducted hundreds of schoolgirls in Nigeria six years ago, has claimed responsibility for the mass abduction of male pupils in Katsina State last week. In an audio tape released on Tuesday, Abubakar Shekau said: “Our brothers were behind the abduction in Katsina.” A large group of […]

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Zulum hands ex Boko Haram caliphate N24m in cash and food items

Ihesiulo Grace 8 December 2020 0

Prof. Babagana Zulum, Borno State Governor, on Monday gave to 1,200 Boko Haram caliphate indigent persons in the former headquarters N24m. Mallam Isa Gusau, the governor’s spokesman, in a statement said his principal used the whole of Monday for humanitarian activities in Ngoshe, Warabe, and Pulka, all in Gwoza Local Government Area of Southern Borno. […]

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Fayemi reveals those behind kidnappings in South-West

Ihesiulo Grace 8 December 2020 0

The Chairman of the Nigerian Governors Forum, NGF, Kayode Fayemi, has attributed the kidnappings in the South-West to the presence of Boko Haram and ISWAP terrorists who fled from the North, Daily Times gathered. Fayemi, who also doubles as the Governor of Ekiti State, made this statement while speaking on Channels television. Fayemi said: “Some […]

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DHQ dismisses Boko Haram’s claim on rice farmers’ massacre

Ihesiulo Grace 4 December 2020 0

Defence Headquarters has dismissed the claim by Boko Haram that the recent massacre of rice farmers in Borno State was retaliation for the arrest of one of its members. Coordinator, Defence Media Operations, Maj.-Gen. John Enenche, said this while giving an update on the operations of the armed forces between November 26 and December 2 […]

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Opinion: Boko Haram: We are all casualties

Ihesiulo Grace 2 December 2020 0

By Promise Adiele Nigeria’s eclectic poet, John Pepper Clark, who recently journeyed to sleep with his ancestors, can be described as a prophet in certain terms. When I use the word “prophet”, I do not mean those who daily drink from a common trough of deception and hallucinate with satanic visions to lace their pockets […]

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Borno Killings: Boko Haram reveals reason behind massacre

Ihesiulo Grace 2 December 2020 0

Boko Haram has taken responsibility for the recent killings of rice farmers in Kwashebe, Zabarmari, in the Jere Local Government Area of Borno State, Daily Times gathered. The factional leader of the terrorist group, Abubakar Shekau confirmed it, while threatening to deal with those giving information on his group to the military. The information was […]

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Farmers’ killings: CSOs calls for immediate sack of service chiefs

Ihesiulo Grace 2 December 2020 0

*Says, they lack strategy to fight insecurity Doosuur Iwambe, Abuja Coalition of Civil Society for Peace and Good Governance in Africa, (COSPAGA), has called on President Muhammadu Buhari to immediately sack of service chiefs saying, they all lack the strategy to fight insecurity in the country. Reacting to the recent killings of at least 43 […]

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Boko Haram: Soldiers are under-motivated — Donald Duke

Ihesiulo Grace 30 November 2020 0

The Former Governor of Cross River State, Donald Duke, has ascribed the incessant attacks by Boko Haram and the military’s failure to secure the North-East to under-motivation of the soldiers, Daily Times gathered. The former governor, who spoke last night on Channels Television’s Sunday Politics programme monitored by the Daily Times, also called for

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Sorrow, tears as Borno bury 43 farmers murdered by Boko Haram

Ihesiulo Grace 30 November 2020 0

By Henry Omunu & Tunde Opalana It was tears and wailing from relatives, friends and residents as 43 rice farmers killed on Saturday by Boko Haram insurgents at Koshebe Village in Jere Local Government Area of Borno State were buried on Sunday. The farmers were killed at about 11 am on Saturday as they harvested […]

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1.1million women displaced by Boko Haram in Northern Nigeria- Report

Ihesiulo Grace 24 November 2020 0

Doosuur Iwambe, Abuja At least 1.1million Nigerian women, 500,000 girls of reproductive age are among the 2.2 million Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) by the Boko Haram insurgents in Northeast Nigeria. According to the latest report released by Center for Reproductive Rights (the Center),Legal Defence and Assistance Project (LEDAP), 1.17 million of the internally

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Senate faults FG’s amnesty for Boko Haram insurgents

Ihesiulo Grace 12 November 2020 0

By Tunde Opalana The Senate on Wednesday faulted Federal Government’s policy of deradicalising, rehabilitating and reintegrating repentant Boko Haram members into Nigerian society. This is as the legislature commended the government of United Arab Emirates (UAE) for prosecuting identified sponsors of Boko Haram insurgency activities in Nigeria who are based in the Arab

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EDITORIAL: Undiminished Boko Haram: Matters arising

Ihesiulo Grace 13 October 2020 0

No one can gainsay the fact that the terroristic organisation Boko Haram that has devastated much of the North East of Nigeria is growing in strength day by day, Daily Times gathered. Certainly not the federal government or the military high command. It is indeed surprising that this organization that came into being some ten […]

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Boko Haram: 30 feared dead in Gov Zulum’s convoy attack

Ihesiulo Grace 26 September 2020 0

Following the recent Boko Haram attack on Borno State Governor, Babagana Zulum’s convoy, the death toll has risen to 30. According to AFP, the number of fatalities from the Boko Haram attack on Friday had doubled as more bodies were found. Daily Times gathered that the discovered bodies include, 12 policemen, five soldiers, four members […]

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Troops rescue 12 hostages from Boko Haram

Ihesiulo Grace 26 September 2020 0

Troops of Sector 2 (Chad), Multinational Joint Taskforce (MNJTF), have rescued 12 hostages from the Boko Haram terrorists enclave near Barkalam in Lake Chad. READ ALSO: Army captures top Boko Haram commander, 4 wives — Enenche The Chief of Military Public Information, MNJTF, Col. Muhammad Dole, disclosed this in a statement on Saturday in Ndjamena, […]

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Boko haram attacks Borno Govt’s convoy, kills at least 5 Security men

Ihesiulo Grace 26 September 2020 0

Boko haram – A convoy conveying officials of the Borno State Government has been attacked near Monguno town, Daily Times Nigeria has learnt. READ ALSO: How Borno State Governor, Zulum, escapes death from Boko Haram According to reports, the officials were ambushed by Boko Haram terrorists on Friday while they were journeying to Baga, where […]

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Boko Haram Commander, family surrender to troops in Borno State

Ihesiulo Grace 25 September 2020 0

Defence Headquarters says a high profile Boko Haram Commander has surrendered to Nigerian troops during clearance operations in their enclaves in Borno saying that the operations took place between Sept. 17 and Sept. 23. The Coordinator, Defence Media Operations, Maj.-Gen. John Enenche, disclosed this while giving weekly update on the operation of Armed Forces of […]

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Army captures top Boko Haram commander, 4 wives — Enenche

Ihesiulo Grace 24 September 2020 0

The Nigerian Army said a high profiled Boko Haram Commander laid down his arms alongside his four wives to troops of the Nigerian Army, Daily Times gathered. This statement was made by the Coordinator of Defence Media Operations, Major General John Enenche while addressing journalists on Wednesday, in Abuja. The general also said that seven […]

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Insurgency: Top Boko Haram commanders killed in clearance operations

Ihesiulo Grace 24 September 2020 0

Troops of Army Super Camp have killed top commanders of the Boko Haram terrorist at the Lake Chad Basin during clearance operations. READ ALSO: Boko Haram terrorists kill Nigerian Army Colonel in Borno According to the Nigerian Army hideouts and camps of the insurgent  in Tunbun Gini, Tunbun Nbororo, Tunbun Kayoma, Tunbun Kaza and Tunbun Fulani at […]

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Ghana’s president reveals how Al-Qaeda, Boko Haram are recruiting Nigerians

Ihesiulo Grace 22 September 2020 0

The President of Ghana and Chairperson of the ECOWAS Authority, Nana Akufo-Addo, revealed how Al-Qaeda and the Boko Haram sect in the Lake Chad basin are recruiting Nigerians. Akufo-Addo stated this on Monday, while on a working visit to the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) Commission in Abuja. According to him, the insurgents […]