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Releasing terrorists is evil and wicked

Ihesiulo Grace 30 January 2020 0

“Government is not a trade which any man or body of men have right to set up and exercise for his own emolument, but is altogether a trust, in the right of those by whom that trust is delegated and by it is always resumable. It has of itself no rights; they are altogether duties.” […]

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Army kills more Boko Haram/ISWAP terrorists

Ihesiulo Grace 27 November 2019 0

Abuja – Nigerian Army says its troops of Operation LAFIYA DOLE has continued to exert superiority against remnants of Boko Haram/Islamic State West Africa Province elements, thereby neutralising a number of them in recent encounter. The Nigerian Army Operations Media Coordinator, Col. Aminu Iliyasu, disclosed this in a statement on Wednesday in Abuja. Iliyasu said

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15 terrorists killed in Borno ambush

Ihesiulo Grace 11 October 2019 0

The Nigerian Army has said that that fifteen members of the Boko Haram terrorists were killed by troops at Jigalta village, 27 kilometres from Monguno Local Government Area of Borno State. A statement by Col. Aminu Iliyasu,Nigerian Army Operations Media Coordinator on Friday said, many of the terrorists escaped with severe gun shot wounds. Sanwo-Olu […]

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Saifura Khorsa: Group calls for total clampdown on fleeing Boko Haram Terrorists, Sponsors

Ihesiulo Grace 19 September 2018 0

…advises Nigerian Govt to change tactics Renowned human right group, Global Amnesty Watch (GAW), has urged the Federal Government to device a total clamp down on fleeing elements of the dreaded Boko Haram sect and their sponsors without any delay . This comes after the recent murder of Red Cross aid worker and midwife, Saifura […]

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Trial of Boko Haram suspects, good progress for Nigeria’s justice sector – AI

Ihesiulo Grace 2 September 2018 0

Amnesty International has commended the Federal Government over the trial of suspected Boko Haram terrorists, describing the ongoing trial as “good progress for the justice sector”. The commendation was contained in a letter addressed to the Minister of Justice and Attorney-General of the Federation (AGF), Mr Abubakar Malami (SAN), by Osai Ojigho, Country Director, Amnesty

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Buratai’s Transparency Turned The Tide Against Boko Haram Terrorists — Researcher

Ihesiulo Grace 25 August 2018 0

Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Lieutnant General TY Buratai, has continued to receive commendations for his transparent handling of the war against terrorism in the country. The most recent of these commendations came from a researcher in conflict prevention and management, Dr. Ifure Ifure who has acknowleged that the transparency of the COAS is responsible […]

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Nigeria’s territorial integrity not under threat, says DHQ

Ihesiulo Grace 21 June 2018 0

The Defence Headquarters said on Wednesday that there is no concrete evidence on ground to back claim that ISIS has been sending her members to Nigeria to train Boko Haram Terrorists (BHT). The Defence Headquarters in a statement signed by Director of Defence Information, Brigadier General John Agim said however that it is aware that […]

Aviation News

Terrorism: FAAN beefs up security at airports

Ihesiulo Grace 20 June 2018 0

The Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN), has beefed up security and surveillance at the major airports in the country following a recent report that terrorists were sneaking into Nigeria from Syria. The General Manager, Corporate Affairs, Mrs Henrietta Yakubu, told journalists in Lagos on Tuesday that the move was aimed at forestalling anything untoward […]

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Boko Haram: UNICEF, others indicted in plots to blackmail Nigerian military over fights against terrorists

Ihesiulo Grace 15 May 2018 0

The United Nations Children’s Education Fund, UNICEF, and other International organizations have been accused of frustrating the Nigerian Army over its fight against terrorists in the country. A Coalition Civil Society Organisations on Human Rights and Conflict Resolution in Nigeria in its first quarter report released in Abuja on the ongoing war against insurgency

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NASS out to demonize PMB, Security Team Over Herdsmen/Farmers Crisis

Ihesiulo Grace 29 April 2018 0

A group monitoring the Herdsmen/Farmers Crisis in Nigeria has alleged that members of the National Assembly are out to scale up public anger against the President and his security team over the activities of terrorists in the country. The group under the aegis of the Middle Belt Conscience Guard described the summon of the President […]

Opinion

Nigerian Army’s re-assuring victory over terrorism

Ihesiulo Grace 11 April 2018 0

Overtime, I have observed the character of terrorism as a complex, unpredictable and dynamic phenomenon. Terrorists are very determined rebels, who hardly flinch like Lucifer in perpetrating evil and atrocities. They have a resolve that is almost unbreakable and exhibit empty boldness even in the face of defeat. Boko Haram Terrorists (BHTs) embody all of […]

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95 repentant Boko Haram fighters set for reintegration into society

Ihesiulo Grace 5 March 2018 0

After series of training, vocational skills acquisition, and rehabilitation courses, 95 former Boko Haram terrorists are set to be reintegrated into the Nigerian society. The repentant terrorists were trained by the Nigerian Army wing charged with the responsibility of Deradicalising, Rehabilitation and Reintegration (DRR) in Gombe State. They were rehabilitated by

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Yobe State: Panic over safety of school girls as Boko haram terrorists attack Dapchi

Ihesiulo Grace 20 February 2018 0

There were fears on Monday over the safety of students of the Government Girls Secondary School, GGSS Dapchi, in Bursari local government area of Yobe State, northeast, Nigeria, over the reported presence of insurgents in the area. Ahmed Danladi, a civil servant in the local government told DAILY POST that residents, including the students, scampered […]

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We must disrupt terrorists’ recruitment, financing networks -Buhari

Ihesiulo Grace 29 January 2018 0

President Muhammadu Buhari has called on African leaders to take the necessary step and provide the mechanism to disrupt terrorists’ recruitment and financing networks in the continent. Buhari made the call on Saturday while speaking at the African Union peace and Security Council meeting holding on the sidelines of the AU summit in Addis Ababa, […]

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Hunters kill 3 Boko Haram terrorists in Adamawa

Ihesiulo Grace 16 January 2018 0

The Executive Chairman of Madagali Local Government area (LGA) of Adamawa State, Mohammed Yusuf OC has said that three Boko Haram insurgents were killed while running away from an earlier attack of Pallam village of the area. According to him the insurgents stormed the village and burned down houses, shops of returned internally displaced persons […]

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Declare Fulani herdsmen terrorists, Southern leaders tell Buhari

Ihesiulo Grace 12 January 2018 0

The Southern leaders Thursday called on President Muhammadu Buhari to immediately declare Fulani herdsmen a terrorists group saying the group has become a menace to the country. The call came which came at the “Handshake Across the Niger” summit, also demanded for the immediate restructuring of the Nation’s political structure. The programme which was co-organized […]

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Boko Haram: Troops Avert Suicide Bomb Attack In Borno

Ihesiulo Grace 10 January 2018 0

Nigerian Troops deployed around Gamboru Ngala on Tuesday morning successfully averted a suicide attack by three female Boko Haram terrorists in Gamboru town in Gamboru Ngala Local Government Area of Borno State. The suicide attackers according to a statement by Deputy Director Public Relations, Operation Lafiya Dole, Theatre Command, Colonel Onyema Nwachukwu attempted the

Opinion

Buratai: That PMB’s “wiz-man” on counter insurgency

Ihesiulo Grace 14 December 2017 0

President Muhammadu Buhari knows the appealing burden of leadership. Anywhere a leader finds him, there are huge responsibilities and enormous expectations, no matter how infinitesimal the position entrusted to him. Buhari knows a leader who sets his eyes on honest and dedicated leadership finds the burden of leading less cumbersome. Such leaders take the right […]

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Buhari reaffirms Nigeria’s headship in the fight against terrorism

Ihesiulo Grace 4 December 2017 0

President Muhammadu Buhari has reiterated the commitment of Nigeria to play leading role in bringing together countries of the West African sub-region in a collective security arrangement to address violent extremism. Speaking in Jordan at a security meeting hosted by King Abdullah II, Buhari said that with what Nigeria had gone through, it was ready […]

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Ambush: 9 persons killed, 4 injured in Plateau midnight attack, STF begin air raid operation

Ihesiulo Grace 9 November 2017 0

Nine persons where on Tuesday night ambushed and killed, by unknown gunmen along Rim in Riyom Local Government Area of Plateau State. Our correspondent also gathered that Four persons were also injured and are currently receiving treatment in an undisclosed hospital. Spokesman of Operation Safe Haven (OPSH), deployed to restore law and order in Plateau, […]