AS many as 1.4m children are said to be facing malnutrition across northeast Nigeria over the next year due to the effects of the Boko Haram and Islamic State of West Africa Province (Iswap) insurgency according to the United Nations.
In a recent report just published by the United Nations Office for the Coordination of...
NIGERIAN military authorities have reported that as many as 104 Islamic State of West Africa Province (Iswap) terrorists and their families have surrendered to troops of the 25 Task Force Brigade in Borno State.
Since 2009, Boko Haram and its breakaway group Iswap have been waging war against the Nigerian state as they seek...
INFORMATION minister Alhaji Lai Mohammed has revealed Nigeria's federal government has uncovered about 123 companies and 96 individuals who are channelling funds to terrorist outfits operating in the country and plans to prosecute 45 of them soon
Since 2009, Nigeria has been fighting Boko Haram terrorist insurgents in the...
BOKO Haram and Islamic State in West African Province (Iswap) terrorists have released four schoolgirls from Kautikari village in Chibok Local Government Area of Borno State who were among 24 persons abducted in the area earlier this month.
On January 14, the terrorists kidnapped 24 villagers from several villages in the...
Ayo Akinfe
Nigerian does not need loans or grants but proper foreign direct investment (FDI) to build up our industrial capacity. Consequently, all recent coronavirus-related loans must be written off
Nigeria needs at least $100bn of FDI annually. International development agencies must agree to press industrialised countries to...
Ayo Akinfe
No matter how you look at it, the world’s largest black nation should be seated at the high table of humanity. At some stage it is inevitable we will be because we live in a changing world. For instance, China is now the world’s second largest economy, so a G-7 meeting without Beijing present is comical. Nigeria’s...
ARMED terrorists from the Boko Haram breakaway faction the Islamic State of West African Province (Iswap) have taken over the town of Gujba in Yobe State and razed down a fertilizer blending factory after looting the local government headquarters.
Iswap broke away from Boko Haram and last year enjoyed significant military...
Ayo Akinfe
Contrary to what most Nigerians believe, public outrages guarantee human rights and decent living conditions. In Nigeria, we erroneously believe that good governance will solve all our problems even if the public is docile
In any decent country, there is no way they would tolerate the Fulani herdsmen massacres. There...
Ayo Akinfe
Start manufacturing all our armaments locally
Build borders that can be effectively policed
Establish a special forces commando unit similar to say the British SAS or the US Navy Seals
Build more factories, leisure and sports facilities so our youth stop congregating in mosques and churches where they get...
MEMBERS of the Nigeria Police Force (NPF) will get a 20% salary increase in the new year after the federal government approved a recommended pat rise for them at a meeting of the Federal Executive Council.
Overwhelmed by the spate of insecurity wracking the nation, Nigerian policemen are totally lacking in motivation as...
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