Ayo Akinfe
In the 1970s and 80s, Afghanistan was a very secular country. Under President Mohammed Najibullah, they were no different from say Pakistan or India. It was the US backing of the Mojahadeen that gave rise to fundamentalism in Afghanistan
When secular organs of government do not work, people swing towards religion as a...
HUNDREDS of Boko Haram and Islamic State of West Africa Province (Iswap) fighters who recently surrendered to the military in Borno State have asked the Nigerian people to forgive them for their past heinous crimes.
Recently, the former terrorists surrendered to the Nigerian Army along with their families in Bama Local...
Ayo Akinfe
Every serious nation must have the capacity to manufacture its own military hardware. There is simply no way you can provide security within your borders if you have to buy equipment on the international market. It is totally impossible to get the equipment you want at the price you want, in the specifications you want, at...
ONE of the former Government Secondary School (GSS) Chibok students and her terrorist husband have surrendered to troops of the Nigerian Army in Borno State seeking to benefit from the government's amnesty programme.
Seven years ago, on April 14, 2014, Boko Haram terrorists invaded the school in Borno State and whisked away...
Ayo Akinfe
Restoring normality to the northeast. Iswap have even declared one of their commanders as the Borno State governor
Ending the menace of Fulani cattle herdsmen killing innocent people across the country
Confronting these so-called armed bandits in the northwest who now attack schools and abduct pupils on a daily...
REMNANTS of the terrorist sect Boko Haram have teamed up with the resurgent Islamic State of West Africa Province (Iswap) to take on the Nigerian military in the fight for control of the northwest of the country.
Iswap broke away from Boko Haram and has operated as a rival group, with both laying claims to supremacy in the...
INDIGENOUS People of Biafra leader Nnamdi Kanu has condemned the recent overtures by the Nigerian Army to terrorist sects Boko Haram and Islamic State in West African Province (Iswap) in which they were offered an amnesty if they laid down their arms.
Last week, the Nigerian Army called on both organisations to take...
NIGERIAN Army commanders have told the remnants of terrorist sect Boko Haram to lay down their arms and surrender as they are now a spent force following the death of their leader Sheikh Abubakar Shekau.
Last month, Sheikh Shekau was killed after his base was surrounded by fighters from the rival Islamic State of West Africa...
PLANS by the Islamic State of West Africa Province (Iswap) to consolidate its presence across northeast Nigeria has suffered a major setback after one of its major commanders was killed by government forces during a failed attempt to capture a town in Borno State.
Last week, Iswap succeeded in killing Boko Haram leader...
TERRORRIST sect the Islamic State of West Africa Province (Iswap) is consolidating its grip across northeast Nigeria following the death of Boko Haram leader Sheikh Abubakar Shekau by wiping out the remainder of his cells in Sambisa Forest.
Iswap broke away from Boko Haram and has operated as a rival group, with both laying...
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