Opinion

Nigerian Army: Taking Asymmetric Security Challenge By The Horns

Ihesiulo Grace 18 October 2017 0

When Nigeria’s Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Lieutenant General Tukur Yusufu Buratai pensively declared in his speech at the ongoing summit on security in Abuja that “Insurgency remains one difficult form of asymmetric warfare. Nations must explore new frontiers of knowledge to understand

News

How NAF covered up death of a foreign mercenary pilot – Witness

Ihesiulo Grace 16 October 2017 0

A former Chief of Administration Staff at the Nigerian Air Force headquarters, Air Vice Marshal Mohammed Alkali Mamu, has revealed how the force covered up the death of a foreign mercenary pilot, Captain Chup Vasyl. Mamu, who made these revelations while testifying before Justice Salisu Garba of the High Court of the Federal Capital Territory, […]

Opinion

Amnesty Intn’l : Quit When This Ovation Is Loudest

Ihesiulo Grace 26 March 2017 0

Largely, Nigerians can be described as very docile people in many respects. They are complacent and most times take nothing serious or anything to heart. Contrastively, when Nigerians focus attention on any issue that bothers them, hardly do they extinguish the fire until they consummate a pleasing conclusion. The widespread outrage provoked by the 2016/2017 […]

News

Exposed: How Amnesty International Blocked Nigeria from Getting Aircrafts to Fight Boko Haram

Ihesiulo Grace 21 March 2017 0

Facts have emerged about how world renowned human rights group, Amnesty International forced the United States government under former President Barack Obama to block the sale of Super Tucanos attack aircrafts to Nigeria for use in fighting Boko Haram terrorists. The blockade of the sales at the time provided conditions that allowed Boko Haram to […]

News Nigeria

Boko Haram: Group accuses AI of undermining Nigeria’s security agencies

Ihesiulo Grace 19 March 2017 0

A human rights advocacy group, Save Humanity Advocacy Centre has accused Amnesty International of fueling the survival Boko Haram terrorists in Nigeria by undermining the country’s security agencies through negative reports and emboldening the terror group. The group therefore urged the federal government to expel Amnesty International from Nigeria over the repeated

News

Nigerian Army and DSS arrest suspected Chadian Boko Haram terrorists

Ihesiulo Grace 27 February 2017 0

On Sunday, the Nigerian Army troops in conjunction with elements of Department of State Services (DSS) arrested 3 suspected Chadian Boko Haram terrorists that belonged to al-Barnawi faction, in Gombe, Gombe State. The 3 Chadian terrorists suspects, Bilal Muhammed Umar, Bashir Muhammed and Muhammed Maigari Abubakar were arrested at Arawa and Mallam Inna Areas of […]

Headlines News

Teenage suicide bombers victims, not terrorists -NGO

Ihesiulo Grace 27 February 2017 0

An international non-governmental organization (NGO), otherwise known as Search For Common Ground (SFCG), has opined that most teenage suicide bombers in north-east Nigeria and other parts of the country are victims of terror and not terrorists. This was communicated to select Journalists during a 5-day workshop tagged “Conflict and Trauma Sensitive

Opinion

The French Invasion of Nigeria by Proxy

Ihesiulo Grace 21 February 2017 0

Nigeria has indeed seen tough times, tough times that have lasted over six years, with accompanying wanton destruction of lives and properties running into billions of naira. While it is argued in some quarters that the Boko Haram crisis has some international sponsors, I nonetheless think there is more than just foreign sponsorship of the […]

Headlines News

Nigerian Army Kills Six Insurgents, Loses 3 Soldiers in Fresh Boko Haram Attack in Borno

Ihesiulo Grace 2 February 2017 0

The Nigeria Army has killed six terrorists, but lost three soldiers in an encounter between troops and Boko Haram insurgents in Damboa Local Area of Borno. The Director, Army Public Relations, Brig.-Gen. Sani Usman, said in a statement in Abuja, that apart from the three soldiers who died, five others were wounded. Usman said that […]

Opinion

Who Is Afraid of Peace in the North East

Ihesiulo Grace 29 January 2017 0

There is an ugly development that should give all truly patriotic Nigerians concerns. It has to do with the turn of events in the North East of the country, which has been the hotbed of the Boko Haram insurgency. What is at stake here is the seeming indifference – if not active undermining – to […]

Africa

Kerry in Kenya Calls for Unity to Defeat Terrorism

Ihesiulo Grace 5 May 2015 0

US Secretary of State John Kerry held talks with Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta on Monday on security co-operation, after calling for unity in the face of terror attacks.   Kerry’s trip to the east African nation is the first high-level visit since 2012, and comes after years of tensions surrounding Kenyatta after he was charged […]

Africa

Egypt Militants Killed While Making Bombs

Ihesiulo Grace 26 April 2015 0

Egyptian police said on Saturday that four Islamists were killed in an accidental explosion while preparing bombs south of the capital. Police said the suspected militants were members of the blacklisted Muslim Brotherhood movement of former Islamist president Mohammed Morsi, whom the army toppled in 2013. The explosion took place on Friday on a farm […]

Editorial

How Come Humanity Got to This Depraved State?

Ihesiulo Grace 13 April 2015 0

If you have observed what is happening across the world at present, especially in countries where terrorism has berthed, you will shudder at the depravity of human beings as represented by terrorists. Recall that on Thursday, April 2, 2015, al-Shabaab Islamists stormed Garissa University College in north eastern Kenya, killing no fewer than 147 persons. […]

Headlines News

Troops foil terrorists' fresh attack on Bama

Ihesiulo Grace 23 March 2015 0

Nigerian troops, on Sunday, foiled a fresh attack on Bama by the Boko Haram terrorists. The terrorists, on Saturday morning, attacked parts of Bama determined to retake the town, but, their attempts were frustrated by the Nigerian troops. The troops, had on March 12, 2015, reclaimed Bama, which had been controlled by the insurgents since […]

Africa News Nigeria

Military Has Reclaimed 36 Towns From Boko Haram- Omeri

Ihesiulo Grace 11 March 2015 0

The federal government on Wednesday said that 36 towns have been reclaimed from Boko Haram insurgents since the military forces of Nigeria, Niger, Chad and Cameroon launched a joint offensive against the sect, voicing hope that the operation could lead to the group’s “total defeat”. National security spokesman Mike Omeri said four towns had fallen […]