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Boko Haram: CSOs fault Amnesty International’s reports on Rann attack

Sahel Standard February 4, 2019 0

The Coalition on Conflict Resolution and Human Rights in Nigeria has described as false recent report in the media credited to Amnesty International that over 60 persons were killed in Rann area of Borno State by members of the Boko Haram insurgents. Amnesty International had in a statement

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Boko Haram: 60 civilians killed in Rann in one week

Sahel Standard February 1, 2019 0

Boko Haram killed at least 60 civilians in an attack on the remote town of Rann in northeast Nigeria earlier this week, Amnesty International said on Friday. The human rights group’s Nigeria director Osai Ojigho said “at least 60 people” were killed while satellite imagery showed “mass burning” of structures used by displaced people. “Eleven […]

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UN expresses concern over non-delivery of relief materials to IDPs

Sahel Standard January 19, 2019 0

The United Nations Humanitarian Coordinator in Nigeria, Mr. Edward Kallon, has expressed concern over interruption in aid delivery to 76,000 Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) in Rann of Borno State. Rann, a border community with Cameroon and 172 kilometres Northeast of Maiduguri, the State capital, was attacked by a non-state armed group on January 14, 2019. […]

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Again, Boko Haram takes over military base in Borno

Sahel Standard January 15, 2019 0

Boko Haram fighters attacked a military base in remote northeast Nigeria, setting fire to shelters for those made homeless by the conflict, military and humanitarian sources told AFP Tuesday. The attack in Rann, some 175 kilometres ( 110 miles) northeast of the Borno state capital, Maiduguri, began late on Monday afternoon and forced civilians to […]

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Charming posture of Nigerian Army under Buratai

Sahel Standard January 10, 2019 0

A few Nigerians imputed extraneous meanings into what many perceived as the “combative” interface between the Nigerian Army and Daily Trust newspaper, a publications outfit based in Abuja. While many Nigerians were fast to take side with the Army without dissecting the issues due to its patriotism, a few persons still unjustifiably bandied all manner […]

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CSOs react to Army’s invasion of Daily Trust offices

Sahel Standard January 9, 2019 0

…as Nigerian media urged to uphold national interest A Coalition of Civil Society Organizations for Good Governance and Change Initiative has reacted to the recent face-off between Daily Trust Newspapers and the Nigerian Army over a report published by the media outfit. Daily Trust had published a story about the army preparing to take over […]

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Shettima’s tears and fear mongering

Sahel Standard January 8, 2019 0

At a time when an average Nigerian politician appears to have taken courses in film acting and stage performance, the tears shed by Borno state governor, Kashim Ibrahim Shettima when he led the state elders on a visit to President Muhammadu Buhari, were suspect. Not even his bawling and cracking voice, when speaking with State […]

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Boko Haram: Borno, Yobe Govs promoting insurgency, security expert alleges

Sahel Standard January 3, 2019 0

Elizebeth Robertson, a renowned expert in Counter-Insurgency and Confliction Resolution based in Geneva has made a shocking revelation on the involvement of Yobe and Borno State governments in promotion of insurgency in North East Nigeria. Robertson lamented that in spite of the efforts made by the Nigerian government and a multi-national military operation, Boko Haram

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Come out clean on Boko Haram issues, stakeholders tell Shettima

Sahel Standard January 2, 2019 0

Borno State stakeholders have called on Governor Kashim Shettima to come out clean on what he knows about the unrest in the state. The Borno Stakeholders Foundation, the umbrella group for concerned stakeholders from the three senatorial zones in Borno state, made this call on Tuesday. The stakeholders were reacting to a recent statement credited […]

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Varsity Don writes Buratai, says troops are worthy sentinels of Nigeria

Sahel Standard December 30, 2018 0

A renowned professor in the Religious Affairs Department of the University of Nigeria Professor Emmanuel Ome, has written a thought-provoking letter to the Chief of Army Staff, Lt. Gen. Tukur Buratia, appreciating him and his troops for their fight against insurgency in the country. The university don, who is also a Conflict Resolution and Peace […]