The International Organisation for Migration, IOM, says an upsurge in violent attacks in Northeast Nigeria has displaced 59,200 people in the last three months. The UN migration agency warned in Geneva that Northeast Nigeria displacement crisis had continued due to “increased sophistication’’ of attackers. The agency noted the armed extremists, notably Boko Haram militants had…
Boko Haram: Emir Of Kano Calls for More Efforts from Government
Muhammad Sanusi 11, Emir of Kano has appealed to the federal government to handle the issue of insecurity in Nigeria with maximum effort. Sanusi charged the federal government to listen to the advice of statesmen from the troubled northern region since the present strategies by the government has not been fruitful. “I appeal to FG…
“Nigeria, Today, Is a Country at War with Itself” – Oyegun
John Odigie-Oyegun, national chairman of the All Progressives Congress, APC has described the present situation in Nigeria as a country at war with itself as violence, insecurity, and other social vices are predominant in the country. Speaking on Friday evening as the guest lecturer at the 2014 annual lecture organised by the University of Ibadan…
Gunmen Abduct Eight More Girls In Borno
Eight more girls have been abducted in Maiduguri, Borno State by gunmen suspected to be members of the Boko Haram sect. The girls ranging from age 12 to 15 were said to have been kidnapped during an overnight raid in a village near one of their strongholds. Lazarus Musa, a resident of Warabe where the…
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