The Federal Government has admonished “naysayers” to stop spewing negative and false narratives around Boko Haram members who are surrendering in droves in the North-East. The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed gave the admonition in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria on Friday in Washington. NAN reports that no fewer […]
The Muslim Rights Concern (MURIC) has urged the Federal Government, individuals and groups to help the Borno State Governor, Prof. Babagana Umara Zulum, in efforts to rehabilitate repentant Boko Haram fighters and their families. The Director of MURIC, Prof. Ishaq Akintola, made the plea on Thursday in a statement. According to him, the North East […]
Islamic human rights organisation, Muslim Rights Concern, says Nigerians including the Bishop of the Catholic Diocese of Sokoto, Matthew Hassan-Kukah, running to the President Joe Biden government to help Nigeria are deceiving themselves. According to the group, recent events in Afghanistan and Biden’s comments on Monday showed that the United States was only out to […]
The Pan-Northern socio-political organisation, Arewa Consultative Forum, has kicked against the reintegration of repentant Boko Haram insurgents into the society. The National Chairman of the group, Chief Audu Ogbeh, said the repentant Boko Haram members should be prosecuted for the crimes committed against Nigerians. Ogbeh, a former Minister of Agriculture, said this in a statement […]
A photo released by the army on August 16, 2021, shows some of the repentant Boko Haram fighters seated on the floor. The Nigerian Army says 219 more Boko Haram fighters and children have surrendered to troops in the north-east region of the country. Director of Army Public Relations, Brigadier General Onyema Nwachukwu, who disclosed […]
The Taliban militants of Afghanistan have grown richer and more powerful since their fundamentalist Islamic regime was toppled by U.S. forces in 2001, The Conversation has reported. In the fiscal year that ended in March 2020, the Taliban reportedly brought in US$1.6 billion, according to Mullah Yaqoob, son of the late Taliban spiritual leader Mullah […]
Governor Babagana Zulum has said the ongoing surrender of Boko Haram fighters has left the state with two extremely difficult situations. Most victims of insurgency in the state are said to be facing a dilemma on whether or not to accept repentant insurgents. In a statement by his special adviser Isa Gusau, Zulum said the […]
The injection of the six newly arrived A-29 Super Tucano jets that were procured will certainly raise the tempo of the ongoing counter terrorism war in the Northeast, Military sources have disclosed. Another batch of six of the fighter jets will be delivered by the end of the year. Meanwhile, as the military continues with […]
Governor Aminu Bello Masari of Katsina State says the Islamic State in West Africa Province (ISWAP) may be trying to raise families in the North West. The region is currently battling with banditry and kidnapping. When he appeared on NAN Forum, the flagship interview programme of the News Agency of Nigeria, Masari gave an insight […]
The federal government has announced that 22 family members of slain Islamic state of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) fighters have been repatriated to Abuja. According to a statement by Abdur-Rahman Balogun, spokesman of the Nigerians in Diaspora Commission (NIDCOM), they were among 101 stranded Nigerians repatriated from Libya. The statement said they were received by […]
