Terrorism – TheInsight

Mar

01

2023

0 Comments

By Adaji Daniel

No, never again in Kogi East Senatorial District

Blogs, Investigations, Media, Terrorism Monitor, Top Stories

By Theophilus Abbah, PhD Just three months after the third anniversary of the gruesome murder, the sacrifice, the burning alive of Mrs Salome Abu in Ochadamu, her ancestral home, in Kogi State, on the altar of politics to lubricate the undeserved victory of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the November, 2019 Kogi governorship election, Kogi East Senatorial District has emerged with a blood-soaked prize as the thuggery headquarters of Nigeria’s politics. The late Salome was the women leader of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), a very vibrant political leader, whose crime was that she campaigned vigorously for the…

Jan

11

2023

0 Comments

By Adaji Daniel

Buhari: Nobody can blackmail me on illicit enrichment, vows to serve God, Nigeria until last day in office

Arts, Blogs, Media, Opinions, Top Stories

President Muhammadu Buhari says nobody can blackmail him on inexplicable wealth and illicit enrichment while in office, saying ‘‘I do not have one square-inch outside Nigeria.’’ Speaking at a State banquet, Monday night, organised in his honour in Damaturu, the Yobe State capital, the President restated his vow to serve God and Nigeria until his last day in office and beyond. I do not have one square-inch outside Nigeria He advised Nigerians to remain patriotic, saying ‘‘as I said more than 30 years ago, we have no other country than Nigeria, we must all stay here and salvage it…

Sep

11

2022

1 Comment

By Adaji Daniel

Cash shortage hits Kogi East after Ankpa Bank Robbery

Arts, Banking, Blogs, Business, Features, Investigations, Media, Photos, Terrorism Monitor, Top Stories, Uncategorized, Zenith Bank, Cross Rivers, Nigeria, Banking, Economy

By Daniel Adaji The robbery of First Bank Plc and Zenith Bank Plc branches in Ankpa, Kogi East last Tuesday, September 6, 2022, has caused severe cash shortage in the geopolitical zone. An eye witness, Julius Adukwu, who is a resident of Ankpa, told The Insight that “The robbers invaded Ankpa at about 1pm on Tuesday and robbed for close to two hours, shooting sporadically. They first attacked a police station, about 100 metres away from First Bank Plc. They then proceeded to rob the banks and some Point of Service (PoS) operators.” There used to be naval officers stationed…

Aug

25

2022

0 Comments

By Adaji Daniel

Media aides mark Zulum’s 53rd birthday with “3rd Verdict”

Arts, Banking, Blogs, Book Review, Business, Education, Entertainment, Fact Check, Features, Interviews, Investigations, Media, Opinions, Photos, Top Stories, Tribute

By Daniel Adaji Media aides, alongside social media associates, on Thursday unveiled a compendium, the 3rd Verdict, to celebrate the 53rd birthday of Borno State Governor, Professor Babagana Umara Zulum. The compendium’s Editor-in-Chief, who is also the Governor’s Adviser on Public Relations and Strategy, Malam Isa Gusau, announced the unveiling via a statement. Gusau explained that the 3rd Verdict is a compendium of published news reports and analysis, features, columns, commentaries, discourses, editorials, selected speeches and updated scorecard in the third year of Governor Zulum’s administration, from May 29, 2021 to May 29, 2022. The 3rd Verdict came after two…

Aug

19

2022

0 Comments

By Adaji Daniel

Mandama: Rise and death of Gubio Civilian Joint Task Force Chairman

Blogs, Business, Fact Check, Features, Interviews, Investigations, Opinions, Photos, Terrorism Monitor, Top Stories, Tribute

By Daniel Adaji Alhaji Bukar Gambo, popularly known as Mandama, was the Chairman of the Civilian Joint Task Force, (CJTF) who was killed alongside four other members by Boko Haram terrorists, suspected to be members of Islamic State in West African Province (ISWAP) on July 17, 2022. He was killed when a convoy of military troops and CJTF was ambushed by terrorists in Gubio Local Government Area of Borno State. The CJTF is a vigilante group created to support Nigerian troops in the fight against Boko Haram insurgency. Mandama came to the limelight in Gubio LGA after his biological elder…

Aug

17

2022

0 Comments

By Adaji Daniel

IGP Lauds Uzodimma, Commissions 10 APCs Donated to Police by Governor

Arts, Banking, Blogs, Business, Education, Entertainment, Fact Check, Features, Interviews, Investigations, Media, Opinions, Photos, Terrorism Monitor, Top Stories

By Daniel Adaji Inspector General of Police, Usman Baba Alkali has commended Governor Hope Uzodimma of Imo State for his efforts in ensuring that security operatives are provided with materials needed for the security of lives and property of the citizenry. He spoke on Tuesday in Owerri while commissioning 10 Armoured Personnel Carriers (APC) and other security gadgets donated to the police by Governor Uzodimma. Alkali said no governor in the country has supported the police and other security agencies in the country the way Governor Uzodimma has done despite the economic crunch. He said Imo State presents a unique…

Jul

30

2022

0 Comments

By Ifah Sunday Ele

Dogara on APC Muslim-Muslim ticket: Nigeria going the way of the Nazi Germany

Blogs, Features, Opinions, Top Stories

APC looking like a "janjaweed" party Nigeria of 2022 is not 1993 Tinubu has made a fatal error of judgment The adoption of a Muslim-Muslim Presidential and Vice Presidential ticket by the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), is capable of leading Nigeria to disintegration like Yugoslavia, Rt. Hon. Yakubu Dogara, the immediate past Speaker of the House of Representatives, has said. In a speech delivered at a summit organized by APC Northern Christians Leaders Summit with the theme, "Righteousness Exalts A Nation, but sin IA a reproach to any people", held on Friday in Abuja, Hon Dogara argued that, "Truth…

Jul

09

2022

0 Comments

By Ifah Sunday Ele

7 Lessons from Algeria in Fight against Bandits and Terrorists

Blogs, Fact Check, Features, Interviews, Investigations, Media, Opinions, Terrorism Monitor, Top Stories

By Theophilus Abbah, PhD The 1990s was aptly tagged the ‘Black Decade’ in Algeria. It was not just black, it was deadly and pernicious. It was a decade of fire and brimstone when terrorists’ fire engulfed the country from Algiers, its capital city, to rural and isolated communities. Riding on the wings of warped Islamic doctrines, the Armed Islamic Group (GIA-led) extremist groups committed massacres, burnt buildings and public infrastructure, and orchestrated mayhem beyond the control of the law, political leadership, and the military. The mujahideen slaughtered government officials, members of the security forces, journalists, feminists, intellectuals, and French-speaking individuals…

Mar

23

2022

0 Comments

By Ifah Sunday Ele

Child Terrorism Industry Makes Road To Peace Longer

Features, Opinions, Terrorism Monitor, Top Stories

The word ‘terrorist’ evokes the image of a man who is ruled by a warped religious, political or economic ideology, for which he is prepared to sacrifice everything, including the most precious gift of all – his life. His age bracket could be imagined – between the early 30s and 70s – and, perhaps, a recluse who spends a lot of time reading obscure ideological books and churning out theories and rhetoric that justify his life-threatening way of life. Our image of terrorists or bandits does not match the reality on ground in many parts of Nigeria where they have…

Nov

15

2021

0 Comments

By Ifah Sunday Ele

IGALA-HAUSA/FULANI RELATIONS: PAST, PRESENT AND WHAT FUTURE? (1818-2018)

Blogs, Features, Media, Opinions, Terrorism Monitor, Top Stories

By Michael Achile Umameh, PhD The Igala mega-state reached the zenith of its powers in the early 17th century under the astute leadership of Attah Ayegba Idoko. Through tactical military maneuvers and colonial conquests, diplomacy and innovation, wealth creation, administrative acumen, mastery and domination of the river Niger waterways, and complex treaties, the Igala territorial expansion reached its peak. The Igala territory by the early 18th century covered, in the eastern boundary, from Nsukka through some part of Onitsha, down to Okpanam a few miles from Asaba in Delta state. In the northern flank, Panda, Igu (present-day Koton Karifi), Kakanda…

Nov

14

2021

0 Comments

By Ifah Sunday Ele

Group advocates justice for relations of families of terrorism, insurgency victims

Blogs, Features, Interviews, Investigations, Media, Terrorism Monitor, Top Stories

A nonpolitical, peace and unity organization, One Nigeria Group, has called for justice for the relations of victims killed by insurgency and terrorist groups in the country. The national leader of the group, Muhammad Saleh, made the call at Unity Fountain, Abuja, during a rally organized by the group to condemn the nefarious activities of terrorist groups, particularly IPOB, which leader, Nnamdi Kanu, is standing trial for treason and felony. He noted that influential personalities that throng courts when cases of suspects alleged to be responsible for such killings go on, should steer clear or be arrested and allow judges…

Sep

21

2021

0 Comments

By Ifah Sunday Ele

Nigeria should accept US Offers to identify Boko Haram Sponsors

Features, Media, Terrorism Monitor, Top Stories

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 long way in assisting the government’s efforts at battling insecurity in the country. Only about a year ago, Information Minister lamented that Nigeria was not getting the desired assistance and cooperation from foreign powers in the war against Boko Haram. This had greatly hampered the…

Health

Sport

Politics