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The Intelligence Community and the New Challenges

By Ele Ifah Sunday April 10, 2021 153 0

By Eric Teniola The crisis is an opportunity to make good on big changes. So never waste a good crisis. The late British Prime Minister, Sir Winston Churchill (30 November 1874-24 January 1965) once wrote,” never let a good crisis go to waste”. After the brutal assassination of General Murtala Ramat Mohammed (8 November 1938 […]Continue Reading

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ISS: New insights into how communities resist Boko Haram

By Ele Ifah Sunday July 27, 2020 194 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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Regrouping Sokoto bandits force thousands out of their communities

By Ele Ifah Sunday July 13, 2020 221 0

Recent military operations in Sokoto has seen bandits regrouping away from their usual hideouts. In retaliation for aerial bombardments by the Nigerian Air Force, they have been attacking villages, displacing thousands of farmers.  Our correspondent speaks to some of the people displaced by this latest twist in the bandits’ crisis. Recent military bombardments of bandits’ Continue Reading

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‘When I was a Boko Haram member’

By Ele Ifah Sunday July 9, 2020 137 0

By Mustapha Bukar Sabo In modern-day Nigeria, Borno is referred to as Home of Peace.  Its history is synonymous with statecraft, Islam, and scholarship.  When Kanem Borno was relating to the outside world in trade and international relations, most nationalities in Nigeria were unaware of the outside world.  It is the home of Islamic education/civilization.  […]Continue Reading

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

By Ele Ifah Sunday June 11, 2020 119 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

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Much ado about National Security Adviser

By Ele Ifah Sunday March 12, 2020 153 0

By Eric Teniola General Ibrahim Badamosi Babangida, GCFR, whose tenure was between August 27, 1985 to August 26, 1993, was the first to introduce the office of the National Security Adviser to this country. That was in January 1990 when he made my friend, the 7th Inspector General of Police, Alhaji Mohammed Gambo Jimeta as […]Continue Reading

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Peace Journalism: A Tool to Fighting Boko Haram Insurgents in the Northeast Nigeria

By Ele Ifah Sunday March 5, 2020 166 0

By Aondover Eric Msughter There is no doubt that the media have the capacity and moral obligation to create awareness and educate citizen about the counter and prevent act of terrorism by making them approachable enough so that every citizen can approach them with their suggestions about how to create a terrorism-free world. In reporting […]Continue Reading

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Insecurity: People must be sacked for failure — Lawan

By Ele Ifah Sunday February 14, 2020 173 0

Senate President Ahmad Lawan says those employed for the nation’s security must be given targets and that they should be sacked if they do not meet the targets. Lawan spoke at plenary yesterday after the adoption of a motion of urgent public importance by Senator Kashim Shettima (Borno) urging the military authorities to establish a […]Continue Reading

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How Boko Haram killed 30 in Borno

By Ele Ifah Sunday February 11, 2020 182 0

Boko Haram fighters on Sunday killed no fewer than 30 people who were travelers that spent the night in Auno, a community 25km away from Maiduguri. The attack which lasted for four-hours claimed many lives including that of a mother and an infant, who were reportedly burnt beyond recognition. According to multiple reports, 22 people […]Continue Reading

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Beheading of Christians as ‘work of God’

By Theophilus Abbah December 31, 2019 229 0

Spreading fear and horror with the beheading of 11 Christians in Borno State, the Islamic State in West African Province (ISWAP) contaminated Christmas celebration in Nigeria. The violent sect, with that bloodshed, has left an indelible scar of sorrow in the lives of Christians, the bereaved families and Nigeria, as a nation. In the video […]Continue Reading

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The Road-block Tragedy in Taraba

By Theophilus Abbah August 14, 2019 174 0

By Danladi Andetu For the umpteenth time, the Nigeria Army is in the news over allegations of crime and unpatriotic conduct of some of its members. And for the umpteenth time also, Taraba State is at the receiving end of this perfidy that has become the trademark of military operations in the country, particularly in […]Continue Reading