The Defence Headquarters says female suicide bombers in the North East are now evading detection from security operatives by carrying babies on their back, that ordinarily passes them for innocent nursing mothers. The Acting Director Defence information, Brig.-Gen. Rabe Abubakar, said in a statement in Abuja on Friday that the attention of the DHQ had […]
The United Nations High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR) has embarked on the construction of two-bedroom permanent shelter for displaced persons in the North-East region. The Adamawa state governor, Sen. Mohammed Jibrilla, and UNHCR representative in Nigeria and ECOWAS, Mrs. Angele Dikongue-Atangana, on Monday performed the block laying ceremony for construction of 60 units two-bedroom permanent […]
The Adamawa Youth Initiative, an NGO, has called on the President-Elect, Muhammadu Buhari, to create the North East Development Commission for rapid rehabilitation of the region, following its devastation by insurgency. The group made the call on Monday in Yola at a news briefing addressed by its President, Hamisu Medugu. “We want to […]
During four days in late October, I was on a mission to encourage reluctant parents in Maiduguri to send their daughters to safe schools working through traditional leaders, youth leaders and the local media as facilitators. In those four days, I met girls who told me they were scared of returning to school because they […]
The Chief of Defence Staff, Air Chief Marshal Alex Badeh and his counter parts from Niger and Chad yesterday held a closed door meeting in Abuja over the ongoing fight against the insurgents in the country. Although, details of their discussions were not made public at the time of press yesterday, it is unconnected with […]