By Ibrahim Hassan Governor of Borno state, Prof. Babagana Umara Zulum, has raised the alarm that the dreaded Boko Haram sect was recruiting fresh members, mostly from the Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) . According to the governor,” truly, the Boko Haram sect is working on people to join them. This is frightening.
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Inter-religious Group asks FG to Set Aside a Day to Remember Victims of Terrorism, Banditry
Godsgift Onyedinefu The Nigerian Inter-Religious Council (NIREC) under the leadership of the Co-Chairmen, Rev. Samson Ayokunle, the President of the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) and Alhaji Muhammadu Sa'ad Abubakar, the Sultan of Sokoto, must set a day aside to remember all the victims that have been killed by terrorists,
Eid El-Kabir: Police Assures Adequate Security in Yobe State
PRESS RELEASE ON ON EID EL-KABIR SALLAH CEREBRATIONS The Yobe State Police Command wishes to inform the general public that modalities have been put in place to provide adequate security at all praying grounds and places of public gathering around the state before, during and after the celebrations. Meanwhile, the Commissioner of
Eid-Fitr: FG declares Tuesday, Wednesday public holidays
Jude Johnson The Federal Government has declared Tuesday, June 4 and Wednesday, June 5, as public holidays to mark the Muslim Eid-Fitr Celebration. The Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Interior, Ms.Georgina Ehuriah, made the declaration on behalf of the Federal Government in a statement signed by Mr. Mohammed Manga, Director Press & Public Relations, of
US Army veteran arrested for plotting LA mass attack
•US Attorney Nick Hanna said authorities had disrupted a "very real threat" by an Army veteran who was allegedly plotting a large-scale terror attack near Los Angeles A US Army veteran who was allegedly plotting a large-scale terror attack near Los Angeles as revenge for the recent mass shootings in Christchurch,
Farmers vs Herders: Ordinary people keeping the peace in Nigeria’s deadly land feuds
Civilians are stepping in to stop the violence between farmers and herders Max Bearak (story) and Jane Hahn (photos) Farmers and herders once lived harmoniously on Nigeria’s bucolic central plateau, but when Amos Lenji, a farmer, caught a young herdsman grazing cattle in his cornfields this October, he feared for his life.His
The end of ‘terrorism’?
Perhaps the path to end terrorism begins with abandoning the very term we selectively deploy, and actively distort. by Khaled A Beydoun A white gunman walks into a synagogue outside of Pittsburgh and guns down eleven congregants after screaming, "All Jews must die!" during Sabbath services. Another self-identifying white male sends a string of "mail bombs"
Eid-Kabir: Nigeria Declares Friday, Monday September 1, 4 public holiday
Jude Johnson The Federal Government has declared Friday and Monday, September 1 and 4, 2017 as Public Holidays to mark Id-el-Kabir Celebration. The Minister of Interior, Lt-Gen Abdulrahman Bello Dambazau, who made the declaration on behalf of the Federal Government on Monday, in a statement signed Director Overseeing the Office of
Is the Muslim Brotherhood a terrorist organization?
THE ISSUE: Members of the Trump administration have pushed to designate the non-violent Islamist group the Muslim Brotherhood a Foreign Terrorist Organization, which could have significant consequences for the U.S., the Middle East, and the world. There is not a single American expert on the Muslim Brotherhood who supports designating them as