The Chief of Army Staff (CoAS), Lt-Gen. Farouk Yahaya is to engage retired military personnel to fight Boko Haram terrorism in the Northeast. The 13-year insurgency has also killed over 35, 000 people with $9.3 billion (N3.42 trillion) property destroyed in Borno, Adamawa and Yobe states. According to Yahaya, the engagement of military retirees was…
The Islamic State of West African Province (ISWAP) and Boko Haram terrorists clashed Wednesday in the axis of Chinene/Barawa, killing Ummate Ma and dozens of fighters in Borno State. Ma was the Governor of Boko Haram in the axis, before ISWAP staged an ambush against the killed Commander in the Mandara Mountains, east of Sambisa…
Governor Babagana Zulum of Borno state has confirmed the killing of 35 youths by the Islamic State West African Province (ISWAP) terrorists in Kala/Balge Council. The youths were killed, while they were scavenging for steel scraps in some of the abandoned border villages with Cameroon last Sunday. Spokesman to the Governor, Isa Gusau, stated yesterday…
Governor Babagana Zulum of Borno has distributed food items and fabrics to 3,000 vulnerable households in the state. According to him, the beneficiaries were selected from the most vulnerable groups in Gwange I, II III wards of Maiduguri Metropolitan Council (MMC) and Jere council. Distributing the items, yesterday (Wednesday), in Maiduguri, he disclosed: “Today’s distribution…
Kwiza Mbumbeh, Maiduguri The Food and Agriculture Organisations (FAO) of United Nations is training 51 facilitators of the Farmers’ Field School (FFS) in Northeast. According to the organization, the training of facilitators was to build their capacities to facilitate innovations in the agricultural sector of economy. He said that the training and capacity building of…
The United Nations Secretary General, Mr. Antonio Guterres has pledged to support the disarmament, de-radicalization and reintegration (DDR) of repentant Boko Haram terrorists into Borno communities. According to Governor Babagana Zulum, over 50,500 combatant and non-combatant terrorists have surrendered along with their families since 2021. Guterres made the pledges Wednesday, when he visited the Governor…
The Borno State Police Command has deployed 6,000 personnel for a hitch-free Sallah slated for next week. The deployment followed terrorists’ threats of targeting soft spots in Maiduguri Metropolitan Council (MMC), Bama and Konduga councils of the state. Announcing the deployment, yesterday (Thursday), in Maiduguri, the Assistant Superintendent of Police (ASP), Sani Shatambaya disclosed that…
Troops of the Multinational Joint Task Force (MNJTF) have neutralized 25 Boko Haram and Islamic States West Africa Province (ISWAP) terrorists in the Lake Chad region. The terrorists were killed, while they attempted to attack a fuel depot in Soudeye village of Borgogorou Community in Niger Republic. A counter-insurgency and terrorism expert, Zagazola Makama, yesterday (Sunday),…
The Borno State Police Command and Directorate of State Security Services (DSSS) have charged Islamic clerics to preach for peaceful coexistence during the Ramadan fast. The Police Commissioner, Abdu Umar gave the charges, yesterday (Wednesday), in Maiduguri during a stakeholders’ meeting to regulate preaching of in mosques and other public functions. “This stakeholders’ meeting is…
The Borno State Government has re-integrated 500 repentant Boko Haram terrorists into the liberated communities. According to 2021 Global terrorism index, Nigeria has moved to the sixth from fourth position since 2017. Announcing the re-integration, yesterday (Wednesday), at a dialogue on Reconstruction and Reintegration, the Special Adviser to the Governor on Security, Brig-Gen. Abdullahi Ishaq…
