Few hours after some troops deployed to Borno on counter insurgency operations fired shots at the official vehicle of the General Officer Commanding (GOC) 7 Division, Maiduguri, Major General Ahmadu Mohammed as he attempted to address them, Defence Headquarters, yesterday, announced his immediate redeployment. The Defence Headquarters, which described the shooting incident as sad, has…
Governor Kassim Shettima of Borno State has said that if negotiating with the Boko Haram sect would bring back the abducted Chibok schoolgirls, the Federal Government should not ignore the option. He also regretted that it took President Goodluck Jonathan three weeks to reach out to him on the matter. Shettima, who said this in…
It was a misadventure, last night, for suspected Boko Haram insurgents who engaged the Joint Military Taskforce in a
Unknown gunmen on Wednesday burnt down two primary schools and an MTN telecommunication mast in Shadarki village in Darazo Local Government Area of Bauchi State. The attack is coming barely 25 days after unknown gunmen attacked the Government Girl’s Secondary School Yana in Shira Local Government Area of the state in which a five-year old…
For the immediate past Governor of Imo State, Chief Ikedi Ohakim, the date of May 14, 2014 will ever remain indelible in his mind and diary, for if not for a stroke of fate, he, the wife and first son would have perished in an organized inferno that engulfed his private residence located at Prefab…
THE Senate and the House of Representatives have invited the service chiefs and the Inspector-General of Police to appear before them and brief them on the security situation in the troubled states before commencing debates on President Goodluck Jonathan’s request for extension of emergency rule. This is just as Senators from the North, operating under…
by Timmy Campbell The Senior Pastor of the Latter Rain Assembly and former running mate to General Muhammadu Buhari during the 2011 presidential election, Pastor Tunde Bakare, has called out to Nigeria’s First Lady, Dame Patience Jonathan, in the wake of her public display in an interview over the abducted girls of the Government Secondary…
President Goodluck Jonathan has ruled out freeing Boko Haram prisoners in exchange for the release of more than 200 kidnapped schoolgirls, British Minister for Africa, Mark Simmonds said yesterday.According to AFP, Simmonds who is in Nigeria for talks about the international rescue mission, said he raised the issue with Jonathan during a meeting in Abuja.…
The United States military has said that it will not share raw military intelligence with their Nigeria counterparts as both sides work to rescue over 250 schoolgirls abducted by Boko Haram. This declaration came amid concerns over corruption in the Nigerian military and infiltration of the force by Boko Haram. Pentagon spokesman, Col. Steve Warren…
Ex-President Olusegun Obasanjo Wednesday insisted on a carrot and stick approach to end the Boko Haram insurgency.He said there could be no other means since President Goodluck Jonathan “is overwhelmed “by the Boko Haram (insurgency).”Obasanjo spoke on a BBC programme, Focus on Africa, which aired a special edition on Nigeria’s insecurity last night.Obasanjo said he…