This Council believes that the lines of decency and humanity were crossed long before now by Boko Haram; but Nigeria did not muster the political will to confront the terrorist scourge before now
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He said that as part of measures to curb the activities of the Boko Haram sect, the committee also wanted all schools and health institutions from now on to be provided with special security
The commission equally called on the National Assembly to urgently reconvene plenary in memory of the dead children and all others that died in the ongoing crisis in the North East
Jonathan said Nigeria’s 100 years of existence is worth celebrating despite the challenges
Boko Haram, whose name means “Western education is sinful” in the northern Hausa language, has frequently attacked schools in the past.
Scores of people were killed in two attacks last week
Adoke made this known at the opening of an International seminar on the Observance of Human Rights and International Humanitarian Law in Internal Security Operations in Abuja
The President stated this in Abuja on Monday when he declared open an international seminar on the Observance of Human Rights and International Humanitarian Law in Internal Security Operations
Reacting to the report, Jonathan’s Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Dr. Reuben Abati, said the report was aimed at projecting the Federal Government in bad light
“While we (Northern Governors) agreed in our last meeting in Kaduna to deal decisively with the fast growing security challenges being posed by the activities of cattle rearers, we call on the Federal Government to consider a national policy to settle nomads and provide adequate grazing reserves and cattle routes,” Governor Aliyu said in a statement signed by his Chief Press Secretary, Danladi Ndayebo
Within the past 12 weeks, hundreds of Nigerians have been killed in the most barbaric manner possible. Between Adamawa and Borno states, thousands have lost their homes and property, insecurity is all over the place
The vicious group has showed no sign of slowing down in 2014 with a string of coordinated attacks from Borno to Adamawa and Yobe states. It is inconceivable and incomprehensible in a state under emergency, that terrorist attacks in villages and towns last for hours without any kind of security intervention. The escalation of violence between January and February alone has claimed over 650 lives between Borno and Adamawa
He was reacting to Wednesday’s suspected Boko Haram attack in Bama which led to the killing of about 70 persons and the destruction of property worth millions of naira
Thomas-Greenfield gave the assurance in a news conference in Abuja at the end of the two-day Nigeria-US Bi-National Commission meeting on good governance, transparency and integrity
Apparently disturbed by renewed attacks by the dreaded Islamist sect, Boko Haram, in the North East, especially Borno and Adamawa States, the lawmakers opined that operating from there would enable the Chief of Army Staff to respond swiftly to attacks
The Chairman of the forum, Governor Babangida Aliyu of Niger State, expressed the concern when he spoke to newsmen on the agenda of the one-day general meeting held in Kaduna
One of the sources said many of the villagers were currently missing while those lucky to be alive have started moving in droves out of the village
Some of the students who spoke to newsmen on the issue on Thursday, said it had caused tension in the school, resulting to mass exodus of staff and students.
At least 39 persons were killed in the attack while several others were injured, residents and government officials said
Squadron Leader Chris Erondu, the spokesman for the group, said this in a statement in Maidugur
The village head, also known as Old Soldier, was said to have raised the alarm on Monday following which the military arrested the youths of the area and subjected them to various drills before the intervention of the police