The United States Commission on International Religious Freedom has raised serious concerns about the deteriorating state of religious freedom in Nigeria. In a report released over the weekend, the commission criticised the Federal Government for its continued enforcement of blasphemy…
6,900 Boko Haram fighters to face transitional justice –Borno Govt
The Borno State Government has said about 6,900 persons suspected to be real Boko Haram fighters are being held in custody to face transitional justice. Transitional justice is a peace-building mechanism that seeks to address the legacies of horrendous atrocities…
APC demands arrest of Kwankwaso over Boko Haram claim against FG
The All Progressives Congress (APC) has called on the security agencies to arrest and investigate former presidential candidate of the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP) in the 2023 elections, Engr. Rabiu Kwankwaso over accusation that the Federal Government was breeding…
Borno residents beg FG to release DCP Kyari
Some residents of Borno State have pleaded with the Federal Government to release DCP Abba Kyari, following the death of his mother. Kyari has been in detention for over one year for alleged corruption. An indigene, Baba Gana Kyari, in…
Nigeria, Japan agree to join forces against terrorism in Sahel
The Federal Government and the government of Japan have agreed to work together in ending terrorism and other security crises in the Sahel region. The Sahel region is made up of countries including Nigeria, Niger, Chad, Sudan, Senegal, South Sudan,…
Teenagers planting IEDs for Boko Haram surrender to military
The Sector 3 of the Multinational Joint Task Force (MNJTF) says two persons planting improvised explosive devices (IEDs) for Boko Haram, 19-year-old Abubakar Mohammed (alias Garba) and 13-year-old Bana Modu, have surrendered. According to the Chief Military Public Information-Ndjamena, Lieutenant…
Beware, con artists are on the prowl
Every day I get inundàted by security alerts forwarded to me on Whatsapp, warning of the new ways robbers are devising to rob people. There are security alerts on kidnappings and even Boko Haram. These alerts are forgetting to warn…
Chibok community seeks return of 87 schoolgirls 10 years after abduction
Nearly a decade after the abduction of 276 female students at Government Secondary School in Chibok, a local government area in Borno State, families of the remaining 87 captives have remained hopeful they will regain freedom and return to the…
Soldiers killed 3 terrorists in Sambisa forest raid – Army
Troops of the Nigerian Army, on Friday, killed three terrorists during a raid on Sambisa forest in Borno State. The troops also destroyed terrorist hideouts in the forest. Sambisa forest was earmarked by the colonial government as a game reserve…
95% of people with Boko Haram’s ideology dead – Borno Govt
The Borno State government has said more than 95 per cent of people with Boko Haram ideology, especially the founding members are either dead or surrendered. The Special Adviser to the Borno State Government on Security Affairs, Brig. Gen. Ishaq…