Tag: boko haram
2023: Let’s look to the North East, By Hassan Gimba
As parties are getting set to produce their candidates, we feel the need to reproduce this write-up, first published on October 18 last year.
If...
Of banditry and a shared sovereignty (1), By Hassan Gimba
In the book The Impact of Banditry on Nigeria’s Security in the Fourth Republic: An Evaluation of Nigeria’s Northwest by Rosenje, Musharafa Olapeju (PhD) and Adeniyi,...
Insecurity: Group hails Buhari’s acknowledgement of military successes
By SUMAILA OGBAJE
Abuja- The Unity Advocacy Group has lauded the acknowledgement of the successes recorded by the Military in the ongoing fight against insecurity...
MNJTF eliminates 22 ISWAP terrorists, recovered arms in Lake Chad
By HAMZA SULEIMAN
Maiduguri- The Troops of the Multinational Joint Task Force (MNJTF) have killed about 22 Boko Haram/Islamic State of the West African Province...
Looking forward to post-Buhari era, By Uche Ugboajah
In the auspicious season of Easter, Mathew Hassan Kukah, the Bishop of the Catholic Diocese of Sokoto, delivered a message to his congregation, which...
Nigeria’s secrets: What they will not tell you, By Femi Fani-Kayode
Make of the following what you will and work out the implications.
Of the 13 leaders that have led our country since 1960 seven...
Kukah, U.S. responsible for Buhari’s inability to end Boko Haram: Garba...
In 2005, a US National Intelligence Council paper “Mapping Sub-Saharan Africa’s Future” floated the idea there could be a military coup in Nigeria. At...
Insecurity: Blame Kukah, opposition for non-delivery of 12 Super Tucano fighter...
ABUJA - The Muhammadu Buhari Administration on Sunday attributed the delayed delivery of 12 Super Tucano jet fighters for the Nigerian Air Force to...
Now, nowhere is safe (3), By Hassan Gimba
This is the concluding part of this write up, having done parts one and two a few weeks earlier.
“When that is not the case,...
Now, nowhere is safe (2), By Hassan Gimba
I believe Nigerians should no longer accept to be fooled by those who use their sentiments to get into office. We must not forget...
Now, nowhere is safe (1), By Hassan Gimba
First, they came for the Communists
And I did not speak out
Because I was not a Communist
Then they came for the Socialists
And I did not...
Boko Haram ambushes, burns ISWAP fighters alive
Boko Haram fighters have ambushed and killed scores of Islamic State of West Africa Province, ISWAP, terrorists in a renewed 'war of supremacy' between...
Boko Haram Terrorists Killed By Soldiers Along Nigeria/Cameroon Borders
Gallant soldiers of the Multinational Joint Task Force have killed many terrorists along Nigeria /Cameroon borders.
The incident according to the army took...
Investigation Shows Links Between Boko Haram, Bandits And Some Military, Police...
Nasir El-Rufai, the Kaduna State Governor, has disclosed that investigation revealed some serving police and military officers have links with bandits terrorising the state...
Unpacking the changing faces of terror in Nigeria, By Osmund Agbo...
“The northwest’s problem is not ungoverned spaces as wonks like to say, but spaces governed by criminal sovereigns.” - James Barnett
Bandits, Jamā'at Ahl as-Sunnah...
Nigerian Army Has Abandoned Us – Family Of Newlywed Soldier Killed...
According to a report by SaharaReporters, the family of one of the soldiers killed in the decade-old war against Boko Haram fighters, Abdullahi Bhuwa...
Boko Haram, Others Recruit Over 8,000 Child Soldiers In 3 years...
Over 8,000 girls and boys have been recruited and used as child soldiers in different roles by armed groups across Nigeria, The United Nations...
War on terror: The heroic exploits of unsung heroes (1), By...
It is not very often that you get to read about the extraordinary exploits of Nigerian troops at the theatres of ongoing war against...
Boko Haram Fighters Establish 2 Markets In Borno
Two markets have been opened by the Islamic State-backed faction of Boko Haram, the Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP) in Borno State.
SaharaReporters gathered...
Borno: CP confirms Boko Haram attack on Police Training College, Gwoza
The Borno State Commissioner of Police, Abdul Umar, has confirmed the attack on Police Mobile Training College, Gwoza by Boko Haram fighters.
The police chief...