Governor Babagana Zulum of Borno State has ruled out the prosecution of repentant Boko Haram fighters. While presenting the 2022 budget at the State Assembly, Zulum said insurgents will not be encouraged to surrender if repentant insurgents are tried in court. He said, “Mr. Speaker, Honourable Members, we need Allah’s guidance and the utmost wisdom […]
THE Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, yesterday hit back at Sheikh Gumi, describing as total madness and mischievious for anybody to compare it with bandits. The group contended that some once respected Nigerians have turned themselves to bandits advocates and doing everything possible to demonize IPOB, to give the impression that it is a killer […]
The chairman of a group rooting for Atiku Abubakar to contest the 2023 presidential election, Mr Raymond Dokpesi, has lambasted the All Progressives Congress (APC)-led federal government, saying the country is now a theatre of death. Dokpesi made the statement when Salvage Nigeria Group, a team soliciting supports for a former Vice President, Mr Atiku […]
Abubakar Malami, attorney-general of the federation, says the federal government is committed to ending banditry in the country. Malami said this in reaction to a court judgment proscribing bandit groups in the nation. Following an ex-parte motion filed by the federal government through Mohammed Abubakar, director of public prosecution (DPP) at the federal ministry of […]
A federal high court in Abuja has declared the activities of Yan Bindiga and Yan Ta’adda bandit groups as acts of terrorism. Taiwo Taiwo, presiding judge, gave the order on an ex parte motion filed by the federal government. Mohammed Abubakar, director of public prosecution (DPP) at the federal ministry of justice, who filed the […]
Nigeria’s 14 million out-of-school children are potential Boko Haram recruits, former President Olusegun Obasanjo said yesterday. He spoke during the presidential youth mentorship retreat at the Youth Development Centre, Olusegun Obasanjo Presidential Library, Abeokuta, the Ogun State capital. Obasanjo said: “A situation today where we have 14 million children that are not in school, does […]
Islamic State of West Africa Province (ISWAP) and Boko Haram terrorists are planning to establish a camp in Niger State, authorities have said. The Secretary to the State Government (SSG), Ahmed Matane, raised the alarm on Tuesday while briefing reporters in Minna, the state capital. He decried the escalated rate of attacks by bandits on […]
There was wide jubilation in Damboa Local Government Area of Borno State after Nigerian troops repelled an early morning attack. Daily Trust had reported how soldiers forced Boko Haram fighters out of the town. The insurgents had reportedly stormed the town around 6:35am, shooting in all directions. This had created tension among residents but troops […]
At least 569 people — including 337 soldiers — have been killed in various forms of ambush launched by insurgents since 2019, according to a report by SB Morgan (SBM) Intelligence. SBM intelligence, a research organisation, compiles and analyses data about happenings in the country. In the period reviewed in the report, 62 attacks perpetrated […]
The Chief of Air Staff, Air Marshall Isiaka Amao, on Tuesday, assured members of the Senate that the end of insurgency and banditry was in sight. His assurance came three days after the Nigerian military lost an Army general and four soldiers to the Islamic State West Africa Province brand of terrorists in Askira Uba, […]
