Babagana Zulum – The Insight

The Taliban, Boko Haram and what Nigeria must do urgently

By The Insight Team September 1, 2021 269 0

By Theophilus Abbah The Taliban now holds sway in Afghanistan, a continent apart from Nigeria, but the waves from its activities have always shaken Jihadist enthusiasm in our clime. For the late 1990s to early 2000s, its franchise, Yobe Taliban, who preached the Jihadist brand of Salafi doctrine, created panic in communities. The choice of […]Continue Reading

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Boko Haram, Zulum’s eruptions and classified outbursts

By The Insight Team August 14, 2020 295 0

By Dr. Nuruddeen Muhammad “I have neither the time nor the inclination to explain myself to a man who rises and sleeps under the blanket of the very freedom that I provide and then questions the manner in which I provide it” That was Jack Nicholson when he starred as Col Nathan R Jessep in […]Continue Reading

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ISS: New insights into how communities resist Boko Haram

By The Insight Team July 27, 2020 306 0

By Akinola Olojo, Senior Researcher, ISS Communities affected by violent extremism are frequently considered to have risk factors linked to socio-economic deprivation, bad governance, and religious radicalization. These factors prevail across the whole of northern Nigeria, and in the north-eastern Bauchi and Gombe states. However, despite Boko Haram’s factions being active Continue Reading

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One Year Later: Zulum tackles 326 capital projects, 49 programmes, Borno SSG declares

By The Insight Team June 13, 2020 241 0

Borno Governor, Professor Babagana Umara Zulum has in one year, undertaken 326 capital projects and 49 policies and programmes, some of which were capital-intensive, Secretary to the State Government, Usman Jidda Shuwa has announced. Jidda, in a statement on Saturday, explained that under 21 of the capital projects, Zulum’s administration is constructing 6,544 sub-urban Continue Reading

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Boko Haram: Zulum visits Gubio village where 81 died, village head, 6 others abducted

By The Insight Team June 11, 2020 226 0

… Gov evacuates injured victims, calls attack barbaric, wants final onslaught by military Borno State Governor, Babagana Umara Zulum, on Wednesday, travelled to Faduma Kolomdi village in Gubio local government area, a scene of a deadly attack by Boko Haram. Faduma Kolomdi, which is a nomadic village, is located 35 kilometres in the north […]Continue Reading