A former top security chief in Nigeria and retired Commissioner of Police in Lagos State, Alhaji Abubakar Tsav has stated that the routine posting of officers in the Nigerian Army is a professional strategy aimed at reinvigorating military operation. He said this during an interview with select journalists in the country in the wake of […]
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Counter Terrorism: Group chides unpatriotic media over falsehood, anti-military stance
The North East Peace Agenda (NEPA) has lamented the worrisome attacks targeted at the Nigerian military by some media outfits despite the troops’ patriotism and sacrifices to rid the nation of terrorists and other criminal elements. The group said this unnecessary assault does not bode well for the restoration of peace and security that these […]
Debating legality of lockdown by Buhari a distraction, PGF boss tells Falana, Soyinka, others
A chieftain of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) and the director general of the Progressives Governors Forum (PGF) Dr. Salihu Lukman, has described as needless and distraction those criticising President Muhammad Buhari over the lockdown in Abuja and Lagos to curb the spread of Coronavirus. Among those who have openly criticised decision taken by […]
Exclusive: Blackmailing Buhari is the new crude oil
By Abubakar Shehu As world economies brace for the financial impact of the COVID-19 virus and with Nigeria steeling itself for the economic strain that will come from slump in crude oil prices, persons recruited to blackmail and malign President Muhammadu Buhari are set to pocket huge payouts that rival crude oil revenue. Details that have leaked […]
Army Routine Deployment: A Note for Wailers & Hailers
By Charles Ibekwe On Tuesday, the Nigerian Army redeployed some top generals and senior officers in a move meant to reinvigorate and enhance synergy as a tradition in its operations. Among those redeployed is the theatre Commander of Operation Lafiya Dole, Major General Olusegun Adeniyi who until his redeployment was in charge of leading the […]
Amnesty International, Foreign Newswires as Nigeria’s Second Coronavirus
By Ahmed Danfulani Fear has been sold to the world with the outbreak of pandemic of Coronavirus (CONVID-19) in Wuhan, China. In just a few weeks, the entire world has been reduced to one huge symbol of deaths and of mass graves. The phobia of Coronavirus is real and deafening. The victims are as scary […]
Blackmail as new cash cow for activists
Human right and social- justice crusaders, otherwise known as activists have moved up the social ladder in Nigeria. They are no longer the harassed and brutalised lot locked up in dungeons, sacrificing their comfort for any cause they believe in. They have joined the upwardly mobile in Nigeria who drive exotic cars and spend their […]
CSOs kick over SaharaReporters antagonistic stand on Army
The Conference of Civil Society Organisations for Peace, Security and National Development has criticised the continuous stand of an online news portal, Sahara Reporters to ridicule the efforts of men and officers of the Nigerian Army who are in the battle field to end the Book Haram scourge in the north east region. The CSOs […]
Foreign-backed Sahara Reporters instigating mutiny amongst troops – CATE
The Coalition Against Terrorism and Extremism (CATE) believes there is a deliberate agenda by online medium, Sahara Reporters, to trigger mutiny amongst Nigerian troops on the frontlines. CATE says it came to this conclusion having examined the Omoyele Sowore-owned portal’s reportage on the military and the insurgency war in the last three years. In a […]
Understanding Sahara Reporters and the interest of terrorists
By Idoko Ainoko When the matter borders on the security of Nigeria, Sahara Reporters has on several occasions acted as if it does not care about the peaceful and cooperate existence of the country. Going by the way the online medium concoct stories, twists facts and embellish negative occurrences in favour of insurgents, terrorists and […]