The Defence Headquarters says troops of 24 Task Force Brigade operating under Operation Hadin Kai have eliminated five Boko Haram terrorists in an encounter at Gamage Village in Borno. The Director, Defence Media Operations, Maj.-Gen. Bernard Onyeuko, in a statement on Thursday, said the encounter took place on July...
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The Chief Whip of the Senate, Sen. Orji Kalu, says money cannot buy Nigeria’s president. Kalu, in a statement he issued on Thursday in Abuja, said that it was only cohesion and consensus among the regions that could produce a president. According to him, if you throw in money,...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – The North East Chairman and Commander of Hunters/ Vigilantes (Sarkin Baka) based in Hawul LGA, Alhaji Mohammed Shawulu Yohanna in company of his team on Monday killed a Boko Haram Commander and his Deputy (names withheld) during a clash in Shaffa Taku village of...
The Senate Chief Whip, Senator Orji Uzor-Kalu, has congratulated the Peoples Democratic party for electing former vice-president Atiku Abubakar, as the party’s candidate for the 2023 presidential election. Kalu in a statement on Sunday stated that Atiku’s victory in the PDP presidential primary election meant that Nigerians has understood...
The Chief Whip of the Senate, Sen. Orji Kalu, says the North East remains the only alternative to South East presidency. Kalu, in a statement on Sunday in Abuja, reaffirmed his support to the North East in the absence of the Presidency being zoned to the South East by...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – The Independent Petroleum Marketers‘ Association of Nigeria (IPMAN), Adamawa/Taraba chapter, has threatened to embark on strike if the Federal Government failed to promptly pay their outstanding bridging claims. The IPMAN Chairman, Alhaji Dahiru Buba, who stated this today at a press briefing, lamented over...
The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), has said the ongoing implementation of the National Identity Number and SIM linkage policy in the country has made it difficult for terrorists and bandits to access telecommunication services. The Director, Compliance Monitoring and Enforcement NCC, Ephraim Nwokonanya, represented by Head Compliance, Monitoring and...
About 1.2 million people are at risk of explosive mines action in Borno, Adamawa and Yobe States in North East region of Nigeria. The declaration was made on Monday in Abuja by the United Nations Resident and Humanitarian Coordinator in Nigeria, Mr Matthias Schmale. Speaking at the 2022 International...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – The Theater Commander, Joint Task Force, North East, (Operation Hadin Kai), Major General Chris Musa has revealed that no fewer than 50,000 Boko Haram insurgents have surrendered while 20,000 victims of Boko Haram captivity have been rescued by the troops in the North East....
At least 7,000 Boko Haram/ Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP), terrorists have surrendered to the Nigerian Army in the past one week. Maj.- Gen. Christopher Musa, Theartre Commander, Operation Hadin Kai (OPHK) in the North East Joint Operation made this known in an interview with the News Agency...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – The Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Lt Gen Faruk Yahaya has said the operational successes recorded by troops of the Nigerian Army (NA) in the North East and across other theatres of operations have received global recognition, particularly considering the drop in the global...
BY EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – Troops of Operation Hadin Kai, have killed more than 120 Boko Haram/Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP) terrorists in the North East in the last three weeks, the Defence Headquarters has said. The Director, Defence Media Operations, Maj.-Gen. Bernard Onyeuko, said this while giving...
President Muhammadu Buhari says Nigerians in the North East will, in the coming months, witness a change from the protracted insurgency to peace and development in their respective communities. The president stated this at the inauguration of the Presidential Committee on the Repatriation, Return and Resettlement of Internally Displaced...
The United Kingdom (UK) on Wednesday pledged to provide educational support worth £16 million, to the North-East in 2022. Alhaji Mamman Mohammed, Director-General Press and Media Affairs to Gov. Mai Mala Buni of Yobe, disclosed this in a statement in Damaturu. The British High Commissioner to Nigeria, Catriona Laing,...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – UNICEF has said that around the world, one out of six children live in extreme poverty or less than US$ 1.9 per day and their families struggle to afford the basic health care and nutrition needed to provide them a strong start in life....
An economist, Dr Abayomi Awujola, has said that cooperative societies contributed over N500 billion to Nigeria’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP) in 2020. Awujola, Head of Department, Economics, Bingham University, Abuja, stated this during a paper presentation at the North East regional meeting of Presidents of the Cooperative Societies of...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – Military troops of Operation Hadin Kai, have killed over 90 Boko Haram and Islamic States West Africa Province (ISWAP) terrorists in North East. The Acting Director, Defence Media Operations, Brig.-Gen. Bernard Onyeuko, stated this on Thursday in Abuja, while giving an update on military...
Some Nigerian stakeholders in the North-East have identified obsolete environmental and forestry laws as a trigger for the continuous plundering of forests for firewood and charcoal in the zone. Others say that acute scarcity of kerosene and high cost of gas are major obstacles to effective conservation of forest...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has called on Nigerian governments and community stakeholders to build toilets in both public and private schools, markets, motor parks, office complexes, public places, business and other commercial places to promote behavioural change among the people in the society....