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
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, […]
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 […]
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 […]
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
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 […]
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
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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. […]
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 […]
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 […]