Vice-President Kashim Shettima has called for the urgent revival of Lake Chad as a strategic move to enhance food security and support Nigeria’s Green Revolution efforts. Speaking at the UN Food Systems Summit +4 in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, on Wednesday, Shettima said restoring the shrinking lake is vital to achieving sustainable and inclusive food systems […]
The Federal Government of Nigeria has promised to assist in the collaborative efforts to see to an end the multi-dimensional crisis facing the Lake Chad Basin states. The Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami, SAN, according to a statement issued on Thursday night by his Special Assistant (Media and Public Relations), […]
President Muhammadu Buhari says massive investments are needed through strong public-private partnership to recharge the waters of Lake Chad to address the challenges of poverty and insecurity in the Lake Chad region. President Buhari stated this at the Fifth Edition of the Future Investment Initiative Summit holding in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, on Tuesday. The Nigerian […]
Jihadists have killed 10 Nigerian soldiers in an ambush near the town of Marte in the Lake Chad region, two security sources said Wednesday. READ ALSO: Troops rescue 12 hostages from Boko Haram Fighters from the Islamic State West Africa Province carrying machine guns and rocket-propelled grenades on Tuesday opened fire on a military convoy […]
Abuja – President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday met with Gov. Babagana Zulum of Borno at the State House, Abuja. Zulum, who spoke to State House Correspondents after the meeting, said he was in the state House to brief the President on the recent military action against Boko Haram by Chadian soldiers on the shores of […]
Force Commander of the Multinational Joint Task Force (MNJTF), Maj. Gen. Ibrahim Yusuf has tasked the troops of amphibious units in sub-sector 4 of Sector 1 in Mahada and Blangoua on the shore of Lake Chad on synergy. The Chief of Military Public Information, MNJTF, Col. Timothy Antigha, disclosed this in a statement on Sunday. […]
The Nigerian Air Force (NAF) has destroyed portions of an Islamic State of West Africa Province (ISWAP) tactical headquarters at Kollaram on the fringes of the Lake Chad in Borno state. The NAF said it also neutralised some ISWAP fighters in the same area. NAF Director of Public Relations and Information, Air Commodore Ibikunle Daramola, […]
A civil society group, African Community Impact and Development Network, Afri-CID, has urged the European Union, EU, to investigate the activities of France and some Francophone African nations in relation to the Boko Haram menace operating around the Lake Chad Basin. The group wondered that despite several measures to terminate the dreaded insurgents, they are […]
The Nigerian Air Force (NAF) Air Task Force (ATF) of Operation LAFIYA DOLE has recorded further gains in the ongoing air interdiction operations aimed at wiping out remnants of Boko Haram Terrorists (BHTs) within the fringes of Lake Chad. A statement signed by the Director of Public Relations and Information, Nigerian Air Force, Air Commodore, […]
President Muhammadu Buhari will in February host an international conference on saving the Lake Chad. In a statement on Tuesday by the Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu, the conference is to revitalise the basin’s ecosystem for sustainable livelihood, security and development. Shehu said this was the first time […]
More than 672 million dollars (N211.6 billion) to be spread over three years was on Friday pledged by 14 countries at the Humanitarian Conference on Nigeria and the Lake Chad region in Oslo, Norway. The Conference, co-hosted by Nigeria, Norway and Germany had sought for one billion dollars emergency funding to prevent famine in the […]
Nigeria and Republic of Chad have called on the African Union (AU) and international donors to assist in raising 50 billion dollars to save the jointly owned drying Lake Chad. Nigeria’s Foreign Affairs Minister Geoffrey Onyeama said the two countries made the call at the Summit of the Heads of State and Government of the […]
Boko Haram insurgents in the Nigeria’s north-east have attacked a village in Chad early on Sunday, killing one person, local residents said. The terror sect, which is seeking to carve an Islamist emirate out of north-eastern Nigeria, has expanded its zone of operations in recent times but attacks on Chadian territory have continued to remain […]
President Goodluck Jonathan has vowed that the dreaded Islamic terror group Boko Haram, will be defeated in the states of Yobe, Borno and Adamawa, all in Nigeria’s north east geo political zone in the next couple of days. President Jonathan, who made this known during an interview with the Voice of America (VOA), said that […]