UNICEF Executive Director, Anthony Lake, disclosed this on Tuesday as global leaders gather in Paris, France on the anniversary of the Paris Commitments to end the use of children in conflict
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Bello made the disclosure in Abuja, while speaking at the seventh edition of the National Security Seminar entitled: “Consolidating on the Gains of Counter Terrorism Operations in Nigeria”
The groups, through their spokesman, Comrade Oladimeji Odeyemi, after a round-table in Lagos on Sunday, condemned what it called the latest politically motivated accusations of shortchanging of military personnel serving in the Boko Haram ravaged North East region of the country by the leadership of the Nigerian Army
The lawmaker disclosed this during a courtesy visit to the General Officer Commanding, 8 Task Force Division, Major General Ali Nani in Monguno, Borno State
The military, one must say, along this premise should prioritize neutralizing leaders of the two factions of Boko Haram with contingency plans to similarly take out anyone announced as a successor within hours of such pronouncements
The Deputy Spokesperson for the UN Secretary-General, Farhan Haq, said the UN OCHA “is alarmed by the reported terrorist attacks on vulnerable displaced people in two locations in Maiduguri in north-eastern Nigeria that took place on Thursday
Though the spokesman said only the bomber, suspected to be a member of the Boko Haram sect, was killed during the incident as the vehicles were parked empty, reports from the area indicated otherwise
The Deputy Spokesperson for UN Secretary-General, Farhan Haq, confirmed to the Correspondent of the News Agency of Nigeria in New York that the visit would take place in March
A statement by its Director of Public Relations and Information of the NAF, Group Captain Ayodele Famuyiwa, made available to newsmen in Abuja disclosed this on Thursday
This was contained in a Readout of Trump’s call with Buhari released by the White House through its spokesperson on February 15
According to the group, Boko Haram terrorists displaced from Sambisa forest have moved to Uba Emirate area and they have been attacking town and villages
Brown told the Correspondent of the News Agency of Nigeria that the initiative continued in spite of the Boko Haram attacks
Ndume, who made the appeal while briefing newsmen on Tuesday in Maiduguri, Borno State, said the N45 billion was inadequate compared to the damage done in the region
The constituents, led by elders in the area, expressed shock over the utterances of their representative for labeling them as terrorists
The governor said that the plan would be backed by legislation
Samuel said the UNICEF Country Representative, Mohammed Fall, gave the commendation when he paid a visit to the Acting General Officer Commanding of the division Brigadier General Victor Ezugwu
He gave the advice at a workshop on Deradicalisation, Counter-Terrorism and Migration in Maiduguri, Borno State
The commissioner said the centres were set up to empower the IDPs, especially women, with different vocational trade to empower them in their communities
That an individual is ready to spend over N200 million on mosque construction instead of building school speaks a lot about the way of life of the Northern aristocracy. Despite the mass construction of mosques in the North, the region has not been immune to violence
This was as the Governor of Osun State, Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola, observed that the parlous state of the economy and abject poverty, rather than religion is the major springboard of the Boko Haram terrorism