Month: September 2018

Normalcy Returns To Borno Community, CJTF, Locals Confirm 

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Following Boko Haram’s latest strike in Borno State, some members of the Civilian Joint Task Force (JTF) and residents of the community say peace has been restored. Many people were reportedly killed after insurgents dressed in military uniforms carried out an attack in Gundumbali  town in Guzamala Local Government Area. Local residents and witnesses had revealed that the militants from Boko Haram Takfiri terrorist group struck on Friday evening causing panic but were immediately repelled by troops who returned fire for fire immediately . .While admitting the attack, the local…

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Group Slams Ndume Over Boko Haram Campaign Comment

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A group, the Borno Integrity Forum has urged Senator Ali Ndume  to stop playing politics with the safety of his people and face the electorates at the polls like his counterparts in the progressive and peaceful constituencies of the country are doing. The group while reacting to a statement credited to sen Ndume where he expressed regret over resurgence of Boko Haram said the timing of the statement by the senator is suspicious even as the claim was fraudulent and politically masterminded. National Coordinator of the group, Ali Abbas in…

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Agreeing With Stakeholders On Our Victory Against Terrorism By Esther Okpabi 

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Since the advent of the Boko Haram insurgency in Nigeria, a lot of scholars have posited various factors responsible for the rebellion. Some say it is as a result of injustice and uneven distribution of our commonwealth, while some also argued that the menace of Boko Haram is as a result of a lack of clear-cut policy on the part of our security agencies in intelligence gathering. While both lines of arguments could be tenable, in my opinion, the fact that remained that Boko Haram has been decimated through the…

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Boko Haram: Group Writes EU Over Conduct Of French Speaking Countries  Around Lake Chad

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A civil society group, African Community Impact and Development Network, Afri-CID, has urged the European Union, EU, to investigate the activities of France and some Francophone African nations in relation to the Boko Haram menace operating around the Lake Chad Basin. The group wondered that despite several measures to terminate the dreaded insurgents, they are still very much in operation around the borders from where they plot soft target attacks. In a letter directed to the Head of Delegation, Europe House, Afri-CID claims the activities of France has pretty much…

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Memories of Buratai, Nigerian Army At TheNigerian Awards By Kasha Iliya 

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I have no hesitation that fighting terrorism anywhere in the world is a serious task.  It’s a nut, only formidable nations and troops crack with ease. My experience in insurgency warfare also enables me to know that combating terrorism requires time, planning, commitment of huge resources, qualified/trained troops and dedicated leadership of the Military and its subordinate commanders.  Terrorism has zero tolerance for half-measures, sloppiness and strict adherence to operational plans.  And Success in any anti-terrorism warfare is only standardized in relentless heat against enemy forces and the courage to…

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2019:  War Against Terrorism Earns PMB Nomination Form As Group Vows To Mobilise For President

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Barely 24 hours after a civil society group paid the requisite N45 million to purchase the All Progressive Congress, APC, presidential form for  Muhammadu Buhari, another has volunteered to do likewise. The Nigeria Consolidation Ambassadors Network (NCAN) had on Wednesday obtained the form for Mr Buhari. Now the Northeast Vanaguard for Peace (NEVP) is ready to pick up another for the incumbent whether or not he chooses to seek re-election. The group, who are critical stakeholders in the region, believes the President has done enough, especially in the area of…

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Boko Haram: Group Fingers France As Masterminds Of Recent Terror Attacks In Nigeria

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The recent weeks have seen Nigerians plied with reports of Boko Haram attacks, which have turned out to be real, blown out of proportion or simply imagined. The distortion of the accounts about this real, perceived and imagined attacks have contributed in no small measure to achieving what the terrorists could not attain with their inhuman acts, which is to sow terror in the hearts of Nigerians. The Save Humanity Advocacy Centre (SHAC), has fingered France of fueling activities of terrorists in Nigeria in the recent times. The group said…

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Ayade’s Aide Debunk Rumours, Says I’m Not Running Any Election In 2019

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In a swift reaction to debunk rumours making the rounds, director-general, Due Process and Price Intelligence Bureau Cross River State, Barr Alphonsus Ogar Eba has said he is not running for any elective office in 2019. Ogar Eba, who is a strong supporter of Governor Ben Ayade, also termed as false the rumour that he has purchased the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) House of Representatives nomination form.    The grassroots politician stated this in a statement her personally signed and published on his Facebook wall, where he revealed that he has…

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2019: Zoning, Gender Balance’ll Open Political Space For Women, Says Female Aspirant

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A House of Representative aspirant on the platform  of the Social Democratic Party (SDP), Chief Elizabeth Shuluwa has said that zoning, gender balance and rotation of political positions would open up participation of women  in politics. Speaking at the  collection of nomination form to express her intent to contest the 2019 House of representative position yesterday,  the former commissioner in Benue state explained that the continued dominant posture of  the  political space by the menfolk has  over the years shootclosed women from active politics. According to Shuluwa,  zoning, rotation and…

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AFP’s Intervention For Boko Haram By Karen Goulding 

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The Nigerian military is in a bind. It makes progress in its war on Boko Haram insurgents in the country’s northeast only to see the progress relatively rolled back by forces that appear to have defied all efforts directed at making them relent and allow Nigeria have peace. The output of the sabotage by these forces is best reflected by the reported ambushes and surprise attacks on military convoys and outposts by Boko Haram terrorists, attacks that have all the markings of being plotted in territories outside the boundaries of…

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