He said this while addressing newsmen and a group of Civil Society/Non-Governmental Organisations on Monday.
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A statement signed by the Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Higher Education, Mohammed Abatcha, on Thursday in Maiduguri said the decision was to avoid escalation of violence.
The displaced persons have been denied access to their farmlands, markets and other means of livelihood for years as a result of the over a decade long insurgency
The News Agency of Nigeria reports that the Internally Displaced Persons, comprising 6,664 households and 32,232 individuals, were displaced from Abadam, Kukawa, Monguno, Nganzai, Bama, Konduga, Ngala, Kala Balge and Gwoza LGAs in the aftermath of insurgents attacks in 2015.
Governor Babagana Zulum of Borno State has approved the appointment of Umar Shehu Kyari as the new Shehu of Bama.
Ahaji Kyari Ibrahim, the First Class traditional ruler of Bama in Borno State, on Saturday said his Emirate had lost an illustrious son in the person of late Malam Abba Kyari, the Chief of Staff to President Muhammadu Buhari.
Internally Displaced Persons at the Gwoza and Bama camp Durumi, Abuja, have appealed to the Federal Government to allocate farming lands to them to cater for themselves.
Maj. Gen. Rogers Nicholas, the Theater Commander, Operation Lafiya Dole, said that two soldiers were wounded in the ongoing clearance operation against Boko Haram insurgents in Bama Local Government Area of Borno.
Ali Goni was only 10 years old and in primary six when he was kidnapped in Bama.
Edet Okon, the Police Public Relations Officer, said in a statement issued in Maiduguri that the the attackers infiltrated the mosque at about 5: 40 am, detonated Improvised Explosive Device strapped to their bodies killing themselves and others.
While the whole region is intended to be covered eventually, the plan opens with Bama Local Government Area of Borno State, including several towns, in an initiative that would lead to the construction of 3000 new homes, 10 police stations, 18 primary and secondary schools, health centers, creation of Special Bama Squad for security and the recruitment of 1500 local hunters as Agro Rangers, among others
Over a score of the terrorists died while others fled with wounds
Civilians who have been cooperating with troops also narrated horrendous tales of the brutality of the terrorists while they held sway and ruled with iron hands, executing their own version of religious jurisprudence
A source close to the operation confirmed the development on Monday evening
The senators said the military has done much to push out Boko Haram from the North East
A statement by the Director of Defence Information, Major General Chris Olukolade, said apart from those captured in the course of fighting, many arrests of terrorists hiding in the town are being made and troops are still busy interrogating the suspects
The Defence Headquarters has said that the “alarmist” report on foreign and online media on Maiduguri, the Borno State capital, was “clearly intended to cause panic in the city and the nation”.
From a ragtag band of fighters conducting sporadic raids and bombings from its hideouts, Nigeria’s Boko Haram is fast evolving into a force able to take and hold territory.
Bodies remain littered on the streets of a northern Nigerian town two days after it was seized by militant Islamists, a lawmaker has told the BBC.
Islamist Boko Haram insurgents have overrun much of a north eastern Nigerian town after hours of fighting that has killed scores and displaced thousands of residents, several security sources said on Tuesday.