“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.” […]
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
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 […]
…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 […]
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
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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
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 […]
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 […]
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
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 […]
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, […]
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 […]
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 […]
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
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 […]
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 […]
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, […]