More than 100 suspected Boko Haram insurgents and their families have surrendered to the Nigerian Army in Borno State. Daily Trust gathered that the incident occurred at Gwoza town, Gwoza local government area of Borno. It was gathered that one of the Commanders of the sect led a total of 120 people, mostly youths to […]
Lucky Irabor, chief of defence staff (CDS), has asked Nigerians to trust the rehabilitation of repentant Boko Haram members. According to a statement by Benjamin Sawyerr, director of defence information, the CDS said this on Tuesday at an interactive session with retired senior military officers in the north-east zone in Yola, Adamawa state. Sawyerr said […]
Former Navy Commodore, Kunle Olawunmi (Rtd) on Wednesday hinted that the Nigerian government knows those behind the decade-long Boko Haram insurgency in the country. He made the comment during an interview on Channels Television’s Sunrise Daily. “They [government] know. Of course, it is in the news,” Commodore Olawunmi said. “In April this year, the government […]
The Nigerian Army says it is not enlisting former or repentant insurgents into the organisation. Onyema Nwachukwu, army spokesman, said this in a statement on Tuesday in Abuja. Nwachukwu said the army’s attention was drawn to a video circulated on social media by one Young Elder and produced by Anthony Jay which related the collapse […]
The Governor of Borno State, Babangana Zulum, has said that repentant insurgents should not be rejected in order to avoid worsening the insurgency war. The Governor said this on Tuesday after he paid a visit to President Muhammadu Buhari at the State House. He believes the price for rejecting the surrendered bandits could be far […]
A United Nations (UN) publication has detailed a secret government programme tagged, Suhlu, designed to pull commanders of terrorists groups, including Boko Haram and the Islamic State for West African Province (ISWAP) out of the forests, rehabilitate them and provide them a means of livelihood. The development is coming as intelligence agencies have begun investigation […]
Senate President Ahmad Lawan says Nigerians must be cautious in accepting Boko Haram insurgents who claim to have surrendered and are begging forgiveness. Speaking with reporters after meeting with President Muhammadu Buhari at the presidential villa on Monday, Lawan said measures must be put in place to ensure that the repentant insurgents are “genuine”. The […]
In the past few weeks, the news circle has been dominated by reports of repeated surrenders of Boko Haram terrorists to the Nigerian military. More than 2,000 terrorists were reported to have surrendered and branded ‘repentant’ by the Army, claiming adherence to international laws relating to ‘enemies willing to surrender’. Lai Muhammed, the Minister for […]
swift end to Afghanistan’s 20-year war, as thousands of people mobbed the city’s airport trying to flee the group’s feared hardline brand of Islamist rule. (Photo by Wakil Kohsar / AFP) A U.S.-based historian and professor of Africana Studies, Apollos Nwauwa says the Taliban takeover of government in Afghanistan has the capacity to embolden Boko […]
Nigerian Army troops of Sector 2 Joint Task Force North East Operation Hadin Kai have arrested one Yusuf Saleh, a suspected Boko Haram Urea Fertilizer supplier. The suspect was nabbed by the troops on Friday at Bayamari village in Geidam Local Government Area of Yobe State following a tip-off. According to a statement by the […]
