Year: 2018

No fewer than 2, 00 persons displaced from north east as result of activities of the Boko Haram insurgents are  finally returning  to their ancestral homes from Abuja and environs where they have been living for years. The IDPS, who were hitherto housed in Kuchigoro camp and other annexes in the nation’s capital on Friday, stormed the Unity Fountain to thank the President, Muhammadu Buhari and the Nigerian Army for liberating their villages from the grips of the Boko Haram insurgents. Speaking on behalf of the former IDP, Mrs Maryam…

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The Independent Human Rights and Crime Monitoring Group has faulted the report by some bodies that the Nigerian Army killed members of the pro-Biafra group during the Operation Python Dance 11 in south eastern part of the country. The group said the claim in some quarters were clear attempt to tarnish the image and efforts of the Nigerian military in addressing violent crimes that threaten humanity and the collective existence of the Nigerian state . According to the group, claims by a group affiliated to the Indigenous People of Biafra…

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The Benue Youths Forum, the umbrella body of all youth groups in Benue State have exonerated President Muhammadu Buhari from the incessant killings in the state. According to them, the claim in some quarters that President Buhari was sponsoring the attacks in the state is a case of giving the dog a bad name to hang it. The youth group also pledged their total support for the ongoing military operation in the state aimed at ending the fast growing spate of terrorism in the Benue valley. It also commended the…

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Benue youths under the auspices of Benue youths Forum, the umbrella body of all youth groups in Benue State have expressed their total support for the ongoing military operation in the state aimed at ending the fast growing spate of terrorism in the Benue valley. The youths in a world press briefing which held in Makurdi today, commended the efforts of the military in curtailing the growing spate of local armed conflicts  and acknowledged  the achievements so far recorded by the Nigerian Army . The group hinted that Benue State…

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Following the protracted communal clash between some boundary communities in Cross River and Ebonyi States over a piece of land under dispute that has led to attendant loss of lives and property, a federal lawmaker, representing Ogoja/ Yala Federal Constituency at the Federal House of Representatives, Hon Agom Jarigbe, has tasked Ebonyi State Governor Dave Umahi, to show commitment over the rising insecurity in the area. Jarigbe stated this on Wednesday in a post on his Facebook wall, where he expressed worry and concern over the killings, rising hatred, increased…

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It was a day of joy as over 2000 Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) of Guzamala extraction living in Bakassi IDP Camp in Maiduguri today Tuesday 19 June 2018 commenced movement to return to their original homeland in Guzamala  Local Government Area of Borno state. The IDPs numbering about 2,043 individuals, making up 378 households constitute the first batch of IDPs who willingly expressed the desire to return to their communities to resettle and resume their traditional occupation of farming and fishing, as well as other socio-economic activities. Speaking during the…

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…commends COAS, Buratai’s decision to relocate IDPs back home The Coalition Against Terrorism and Extremism (CATE) has reacted to the decision of the Chief of Army Staff, Lt. Gen. Tukur Yusufu Buratai, to relocate the Internally Displaced Persons back to their respective homes. The group also commended the gallant troops of the Nigerian army on their efforts to restore a lasting peace and sanity to northern part of Borno after sufficiently defeating BOko Haram Terrorists in the area. Comrade Gabriel Onoja, National Coo-ordinator of the group told newsmen at a…

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