Mukaila Ola The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has said more prosecution of human rights violation in the ongoing counter-terrorism and counter-insurgency operations against Boko Haram terrorists in the North East should be expected. Speaking at the opening of a three-day training for ministries, departments and agencies of government (MDAs)
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Nigeria buries soldiers at night in secret cemetery
•While president says war against Islamist insurgency is won, army conceals toll in unmarked graves Joe Parkinson | Photographs by Jonathan Torgovnik At the northern edge of this city’s sprawling military base, a vast field of churned soil conceals the hidden toll of a deadly offensive by the allies of Islamic State. After dark,
Exposed: Secret cemetery where over 1,000 Nigerian soldiers killed in Boko Haram war were reportedly buried
Jude Johnson Over 1,000 Nigerian soldiers killed by the Boko Haram terrorists have been allegedly buried unceremoniously in a secret graveyard at Maimalari town in Borno State, according to the recent report by America’s Wall Street Journal and Daily Nigerian. “The bodies of these dead soldiers are laid by flashlight into trenches dug
Boko Haram massacres 60 mourners in Borno State
Mukaila Ola Boko Haram terrorists killed over 60 persons at a graveside in Borno State, Chairman of Nganzai local government, Muhammad Bulama, told journalists on Sunday. Bulama, lamented that the insurgents who were pushed back by insurgents two weeks ago returned on a reprisal mission on Saturday, killing over 60 persons and
Biu to Boko Haram: It’s time to surrender and allow peace reign
Senator Iroegbu The General Officer Commanding (GOC) 7 Division Nigerian Army Maiduguri, Maj-Gen. Abdulmalik Bulama Biu, has renewed call to Boko Haram insurgents to surrender their arms. Biu made the call at a feast organized in his honour on Saturday at the Command Guest House Maimalari Cantonment, Maiduguri. President Muhammad Buhari
Boko Haram: Senate asks FG to release over N420bn to address humanitarian crises
Jude Johnson The Nigerian Senate has frowned on the mounting insecurity in the country and its effects, especially in Northern Nigeria, asking the Federal government to as a matter of urgency release over $1.2 billion (N420 billion) to address the consequential humanitarian crises especially in the Boko Haram ravaged North
Surrender now or be forced to do so, newly promoted GOC warns Boko Haram
Mukaila Ola The General Officer Commanding (GOC), 7 Division of Nigerian Army, Maj-Gen. Abdulmalik Bulama Biu has instructed Boko Haram to lay down their arms now or be forced to comply. Biu, who was recently elevated to the rank of Major General, told journalists in Maiduguri on his return from Abuja, on Tuesday
President Buhari and the oversimplification of the herdsmen crisis
Economics of terrorism in Lake Chad Basin
•Islamic State West Africa Province is proving its economic resilience by generating income from obliging local communities. Malik Samuel In the Lake Chad Basin region, which includes Cameroon, Chad, Niger and Nigeria, economic viability and control is as important to extremist groups’ resilience as military tactics or ideology. Islamic State West
Boko Haram: 21 soldiers of Operation Lafiya Dole to be court-martialed –Army
Jude Johnson The Nigerian Army has revealed that 21 erring soldiers engaged in the counter-terrorism and counter-insurgency operations against Boko Haram terrorists, will be tried and prosecuted by the General Court Martial. According to the Theatre Commander, Operation Lafiya Dole, Major General Benson Akinroluyo, their offences are related to administrative