Marwa made the commendation on Tuesday when the National Coordinator of the National Counter Terrorism Centre
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According to a recent report, 3,707 citizens have been killed and 3,238 abducted between May 2023 and now.
The incident was reported on Monday by security analyst and counter-insurgency expert, Zagazola Makama.
Badaru was accompanied in the visit by the Minister of State for Defence, Bello Mattawalle, the Chief of Defence Staff (CDS), Gen. Christopher Musa.
Other Service Chiefs in the Minister’s entourage were: Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Lt.-Gen. Taoreed Lagbaja, Chief of Air Staff (CAS), Air Marshal, Hassan Abubakar, Chief of Naval Staff, Vice Admiral Emmanuel Ogalla and Chief of Defence Intelligence (CDI), Maj.-Gen. Emmanuel Undiandeye.
Dr. Betta Edu, the Minister of Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty Alleviation, said on Wednesday in Abuja that 23,000 people have been reported missing in less than a decade due to the insurgency in some parts of the country.
The militants attacked the base belonging to the African Union Transition Mission in Somalia (ATMIS) in Bulamarer, 130 km (80 miles) southwest of the capital Mogadishu.
Auwal Rafsanjani, Executive Director CISLAC and Head Transparency International in Nigeria, made the call in a statement.
Former President Obasanjo stated this on Monday in Abuja at the 2022 Murtala Muhammed Foundation annual lecture.
Fayemi also called for massive investment in public health, nutrition, education, promotion of partnerships for affordable housing, food security, potable water and creation of enabling environment to put opportunities for skills acquisition and gainful employment for the youth to reduce violent crimes in the Land.
Monguno stated this on Friday in Abuja while speaking at the public presentation of a research report.
He also chided those ‘leaders’ and clerics who criticize the federal government’s approach at fighting insurgency and banditry, and seem to furtively support criminality.
The governor made the call in a statement on Sunday in Maiduguri by his Special Adviser on Communications and Strategy, Malam Isa Gusau.
War of tongues. Is that a new one? No, it’s as old as man, but it is perhaps the deadliest of all the wars. It is fiercer than insurgency, terrorism, banditry, kidnappings, armed robbery, cult killings, ritual murders, all put together.
TCN’s General Manager, Public Affairs, Ndidi Mbah, said this in a statement in Abuja on Saturday.
President Muhammadu Buhari’s Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, Malam Garba Shehu, revealed this on his Twitter handle on Thursday in Abuja.
Speaking in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria in Abuja on Sunday, Onochie said that negotiating with the bandits would prove a wiser option in the long run.
Retired Maj.-Gen Babagana Munguno, the National Security Adviser to the President, made the position of the government known at the third edition of Villa Media Briefing on Thursday in Abuja.
Aisha in a statement on the occasion of the International Women’s Day posted on her official Twitter handle @aishambuhari, said: “As a mother, I share the sorrow and agony of the victims and families”.
The minister made the call while speaking on a radio programme, monitored by the News Agency of Nigeria in Lagos.
Yahaya made the call on Friday in Bama during an operational visit to Operation Tura Takaibango, a subsidiary of Operation Lafiya Dole.