Maiha Local Government Area headquarters fell in the hands of the Boko Haram insurgents in an intense gun battle with the Nigerian troops on Monday
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The UN High Commissioner for Refugee said that some 13,000 Nigerian refugees crossed from Adamawa State after insurgents attacked and captured the town of Mubi in late October
To ensure the long term stability and development of the affected areas, government has launched three programmes: The Presidential Initiative for the North East, the Victim Support Fund and the Safe School Initiative. The Presidential Initiative for the Northeast is focused on improving infrastructure and economic growth in the region. The Safe School Initiative is centred on creating a safe environment to encourage our children in the communities to acquire education
A top security source in the North East, PR Nigeria reports, disclosed that the terrorists recruit, rape and kill some of the young captives who are reluctant to join them in their dastardly acts
No fewer than 47 persons died in an attack on a school in Yobe State on Monday
In that vein, mass media practitioners have been urged to desist from lifting unsubstantiated items from the social media and bloggers who often do not know the difference between beer parlour gossips and news
Speaking with State House correspondents after a meeting with President Goodluck Jonathan in Abuja on Thursday, Ngilari disclosed that five local government areas in the state had already fallen into the hands of the terrorists
“Three out of the 42 cleared suspects are foreigners while the rest are Nigerians.”
Usman said that the three foreigners were a Burkinabe, a Cameroonian and a Chadian
The shootout, it was gathered, happened when the soldiers raided one of the camps of the AK 47 wielding insurgents at Ipkosogye in Obi Local Government Area of the state
The party based its position on the seeming inability of the President Goodluck Jonathan-led administration to address the security situations in the North Eastern part of the country
The CAN president, in an extensive speech on Wednesday in Abuja during the National Executive Council meeting of CAN, said: “Territories that have fallen under the control of Boko Haram are predominantly populated by Christians, a sign that Christians are no longer safe in those parts of the country
Parents who took their children to school on Wednesday were told to take them back as the schools had been closed on the orders of the government
It however said negotiation is ongoing in the Republic of Chad
Reports revealed that the attack was carried out around midday
It could be recalled that the National Emergency Management Agency and the Adamawa State Emergency Management Agency stated that not less than have 10,496 internally displaced persons in five camps situated in Yola South and Fufore are located in the state, with more people still pouring into the state capital, Yola
Abubakar, who is one of the presidential aspirants of the All Progressives Congress, said further that many people, who are unable to come to terms with why a so-called “Africa’s best army” has been unable to confront this horrendous situation, are increasingly assuming that this whole thing is about electoral politics
In February 2012, suspected members of the Boko Haram sect bombed their way into the prison before opening fire on the wardens and emptying the jail of its 200 inmates
The party said this has become necessary now that the sect’s leadership has described as an impostor the man with whom the phantom deal was negotiated
The Chief of Staff to the State Governor, Prof. Saint Gbilekaa, disclosed this when he received the first batch of the students from Adamawa State in Makurdi, the Benue State capital, on Friday night
This is quoting from reports by the French news agency, AFP, which said it obtained the information from a new video by the group on Friday