The Chairman of the Nigerian/West African chapter of the International Emergency Management Society (TIEMS), Air Vice Marshall Muhammad Audu-Bida (rtd), urged the Federal Government yesterday to order the military to fight Boko Haram and other insurgent groups. He said this is necessary to restore peace in the land.
But in a post on its website, Nigeria’s Defense Headquarters claimed that the Nigerian troops found in Cameroun resulted from a sustained battle between the troops and the terrorists around the borders with Cameroun, adding that the Nigerian soldiers charged through the borders in a tactical maneuver.
Cameroonian officials have confirmed that at least 480 Nigerian soldiers are now in the protective custody of the neighboring country’s gendarmes after they crossed into Cameroon earlier today to escape from Boko Haram insurgents who have launched a massive offensive. Cameroonian gendarmes had disarmed the Nigerian soldiers, officials from the West African nation told a…
It is pathetic that the ability of my Rivers people to recall past incidents is very poor because everybody prefers to live in the now. It is an established fact that any person that is heavily drunk will always tell the truth on almost everything not because he prefers to but because under the influence…
OWERRI—Former head of State, General Yakubu Gowon, Monday, expressed regret that Nigeria has not achieved its full potential almost 53 years after independence and an century of amalgamation. Gowon, who spoke at the 54th Annual General Conference of NBA holding in Owerri. with the theme, “Nigeria: 100 years after,” said: “Nigeria at 100 years of…
No part of Nigeria shall be ceded to any militant group, Minister of State for Defence Musiliu Obanikoro said yesterday.
by: Ernest Nwokolo •Ex-President likens nation’s travails to Abacha’s eraFormer President Olusegun Obasanjo yesterday likened the state of the nation to the late Gen. Sani Abacha’s military era, when he said the middle class was wiped out.But he told visitors to his home in Abeokuta, the Ogun State capital, that “tough times don’t last but…
By OKEY SAMPSON, Aba…We’ll arrest him -PoliceMovement for the Actualisation of Sovereign State of Biafra (MASSOB) has warned the police against defying a court order to arrest their leader, Chief Ralph Uwazuruike, saying such action would force the group to jettison its non-violent approach to the struggle.The movement said the warning became imperative due to…
Gamboru_ngala bridge destroyed by Boko Haram Sahara Reporters Media Insurgents of the Islamist terror group, Boko Haram, today made further advances in territorial grab by once more taking over Gamboru-Ngala, a key township on the border between Nigeria and Cameroon. Today’s attack by a heavily armed contingent of the terror sect marked the second time…
No fewer than 20 people were reportedly killed, 85 injured and 50 houses razed down in Nbishu and Wumban villages in Wukari local government area of Taraba State when unknown gunmen invaded the villages. A resident of Wumban village, Mr Jeshua Maude, who spoke to LEADERSHIP on phone, said that the unidentified gunmen numbering over…