November 22, 2024
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Two days in Gamboru: Zulum, Shettima share food, cash to 60,803 returnees

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… Zulum tells doctors Borno will match NGO pay Borno State Governor, Professor Babagana Umara Zulum, alongside Senator Kashim Shettima was in the border town of Gamboru in Ngala Local Government Area, undertaking humanitarian responses, from Sunday to Tuesday. The leaders supervised and also got directly involved in the distribution of food and non-food items […]Continue Reading
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Nigeria should accept US Offers to identify Boko Haram Sponsors

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At the recent round table on US-Nigeria military cooperation with journalists in Abuja, the Ambassador of the United States of America to Nigeria Mary Beth Leonard stated that her country was willing to partner with Nigeria on identifying sponsors of the Boko Haram terrorists. This is no doubt a positive development that will go a […]Continue Reading
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The Taliban, Boko Haram and what Nigeria must do urgently

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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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Shekau points the way for future Jihadists

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Boko Haram leader Shekau is dead, but Nigeria is doing very little or nothing to prevent the emergence of more Jihadists By Theophilus Abbah, PhD A statement Abubakar Shekau issued in 2012 parted the curtains and opened the window into his mood as a vampire; his yearning for blood. In January of that year, Boko […]Continue Reading
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Nigeria: Seven years since Chibok, the government fails to protect children – Amnesty International

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No accountability for crimes against children by Boko Haram and other gunmen Over 600 schools closed for fear of abductions Authorities repeatedly failed to protect schools despite several abductions Tens of thousands of children in Nigeria are missing out on their education because of the authorities’ ongoing failure to protect schools, particularly in northern Nigeria, Continue Reading
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Kidnapping: What Nigeria could learn from Colombia

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…How South American country overcame kidnapping, armed banditry and terrorists Kidnapping and banditry have combined to form the shape of a national epidemic, as they have eaten into every fabric of about 20 states. A signature of Boko Haram insurgency, which has engulfed the country since 2009, kidnapping for ransom and the killing of innocent […]Continue Reading
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How UK group wants killings in Nigeria tackled

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The United Kingdom’s All-Party Parliamentary Group for International Freedom of Religion or Belief has made far-reaching recommendations to the Federal Government on how to tackle the killing of Christians and destruction of properties, especially in the North-Central and North-East, by marauding Fulani herdsmen in the name of herder-farmers conflict. The Continue Reading
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Dr Amaechi Matthew Nwaokolo (1961-2021): Exit of a counter-terrorism ideologue

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By Theophilus Abbah, PhD He was not a theatre commander in any of the military’s offensives against Boko Haram or bandits. He was not a member of the Multi-National Joint Task Force battling terrorists in the Lake Chad region. He was not an official of the Ministry of Defense or in the Office of the […]Continue Reading
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Boko Haram: Leading northeast governors, Darius backs Zulum’s call for mercenaries

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Taraba State Governor, Ishaku Darius has declared support for Governor Babagana Umara Zulum’s request that the federal reengages mercenaries to join the Nigerian armed forces in the ongoing fight against Boko Haram insurgents terrorizing Borno in particular, and some parts of the northeast. Darius spoke on Tuesday in Maiduguri when Governors of Adamawa, Ahmadu Fitiri, […]Continue Reading
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Chibok: Zulum orders rehabilitation of school where girls where abducted

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… Gov. shares N11m to 83 attacked families, inspects projects Borno Governor, Professor Babagana Umara Zulum was in Chibok on Monday, during which he assessed and ordered the immediate rehabilitation of Government Secondary School, Chibok where more than 200 schoolgirls were abducted by Boko Haram on April 14, 2014. Although the defunct presidential committee on […]Continue Reading
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‘How media abandoned IDPs’

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(A review of ‘Managing Internal Displacement Crisis in Nigeria’)   By Theophilus Abbah, PhD Introduction: An African proverb says ‘pregnancy can never be hidden with bare hands.’ Springing from the imagery and significance of this proverb, and in the context of internal displacements in Nigeria, one could say it corresponds with the society’s attitude to this […]Continue Reading
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