The Minister of Information and Culture , Lai Mohammed, on Monday , said the nation ’ s security agencies are winning the war against security challenges in parts of the country. Mohammed spoke at a press conference in Abuja . He was joined at the briefing by the Minister of Interior, Rauf Aregbesola . The […]

President Muhammadu Buhari has committed the sum of $100m to combat insecurity in the Economic Community of West Africa (ECOWAS) sub-region. The Minister of Foreign Affairs, Mr Geoffrey Onyeama, told attendees at the virtual 58th ordinary session of the Authority of Heads of State and Government of ECOWAS, that the sum of $20m will be […]

An unconfirmed report indicates that some armed Boko Haram terrorists have invaded Mafa Local Government Headquarters of Borno State and are in heavy exchange of gunfire with security forces. Sources have said. Mafa northeast is the hometown of Governor Babagana Umara Zulum and is about 40km drive from Maiduguri, the state capital. One of the […]

Nasarawa Governor Abdulahi Sule has said that members of the dreaded sect, Boko Haram, are regrouping in the state and carrying out acts of violence. The governor stated this when he spoke with statehouse correspondents after a closed-door meeting with President Buhari at the statehouse in Abuja today, January 22. According to the Governor, members […]

The military on Thursday said it is winning the war against insurgency and banditry as it sustains an onslaught against criminals within the country. Spokesman Major-General John Enenche said this during a press conference in Abuja. Enenche referenced recent operations against bandits in Zamfara and Katsina as evidence of the military’s efforts against insecurity. In […]

The Christian Association of Nigeria has challenged the Governor of Borno State , Babagana Zulum, to post photo and video evidence of Christians whom he claimed are members of the notorious terror group , Boko Haram . CAN General Secretary , Joseph Daramola, who stated this in an interview with The PUNCH on Monday , […]

Recently, the Governor of Borno State , Prof Babagana Zulum, revealed that some foreign interests sponsor the Boko Haram terrorist group to recruit children as fighters . He , therefore , urged Nigerians not to see the insurgency in the north-eastern states of Borno , Yobe and Adamawa as a northern problem but a challenge […]

Governor Babagana Zulum urges Nigerians to stop seeing the insurgency in the north-east as a northern problem. Zulum said the foreign interests sponsor Boko Haram insurgents to recruit children in the northern part of the country as fighters. The governor disclosed this at the 17th Chief Gani Fawehinmi annual lecture organised by the Nigerian Bar […]

Babagana Zulum, governor of Borno, says if the state is not peaceful, other parts of the country will never be peaceful. For over a decade, Borno and other states in the north-east have suffered attacks from Boko Haram insurgents, where thousands have been killed and over two million people displaced. While speaking at the 17th […]