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Counter-insurgency: Group writes Buhari, laud troops’ exploits

The Young Political Leaders Forum of Nigeria (YOLN) has praised the Nigerian Army’s incredible exploits in the war against terrorism. The group made this known in a letter signed by its President, Prince Timothy Atuluku, to President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday. According to the political leaders, Nigeria would have been...

Nobody died of Coronavirus in Yobe – Gov Buni

Yobe state government has asked Nigerians to disregard an online report alleging Covid-19 related deaths in the state, declaring that no such case was recorded. An online media report had claimed that there are Covid-19 related deaths in the state. But the Director General Press and Media Affairs to...

COVID-19: APC Govt insensitive to plight of stranded Nigerians, says Frank

A political activist and former Deputy National Publicity Secretary of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Comrade Timi Frank, on Thursday, accused the Major General Muhammadu Buhari-led administration of gross insensitivity to the pathetic plight of Nigerians stranded abroad due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Frank in a statement in Abuja, insisted that a situation...

Timbuktu-Triangle Victory: Activists laud Nigerian troops over successful outings

The Coalition of Nigerian Activists for Greater Nigeria (CNAGN) believes that troops of Operation Lafiya Dole deserve special laurels for their tremendous feat against Boko Haram terrorists in the northeast. This special recognition trails the troops’ recent onslaught around the Timbuktu-Triangle in Borno State which was once reported to be under the control...

Exclusive: We are finished, Boko Haram Commanders cry out over sustained onslaught by Army

Feelers from North-East Nigeria indicate that the Boko Haram group is seeking avenues for a dialogue with the federal government in a bid to put an end to the recent onslaught against it by the Nigerian Army. According to credible sources conversant with the happenings in North-East Nigeria, it was stated that the...

Buratai, Nigerian Army have shamed the prophets of doom – Tsav

Former Lagos State Commissioner of Police and human rights crusader, CP Abubakar Tsav (rtd), has given the Chief of Army Staff, Lt. General TY Buratai and the Nigerian Army a pass mark for their success in recent military operations at the Lake Chad Region. Our correspondent reports that Nigerian troops in two operations on...

Boko Haram 134: Our military has lightened our spirits inspite of Covid-19 – African women

The Africa Women Arise for Change Network (AWACN) has hailed the Nigerian military’s final clearance operation against Boko Haram terrorists as the sole bright spot in an utterly gloomy COVID-19 season. AWACN, in a statement on Wednesday, said the troops of Operation Lafiya Dole have gladdened the hearts of African women with its...

Audio Recording: Army has exposed Shekau’s lies – Security Expert, Murphy

A security expert, Richard Murphy has said the killing of 135 Boko Haram terrorists in the Timbuktu Triangle around northeast Nigeria has exposed the terror group’s leader, Abubakar Shekau as a liar who is now under pressure to maintain an influence he never had. Murphy, who spoke against the background of the series of...

CSO cautions security agents over intimidation, harassment of ex-Edo Chief of Staff

A civil society organization, Generational Citizens for Better Leadership Initiative in Benin City, Edo State, has cautioned security agencies in the state to desist from intimidating and harassing the former chief of staff to Governor Obaseki, Comrade Taiwo Akerele. In a press statement signed and released to the media on Thursday Morning in Benin City by...

General Buratai, Nigerian Army and the place of patriotism

By Nkechi Odoma Assessing a phenomenon comprehensively at every point and dimension of history is quite difficult. It is impossible to get an accurately wholistic picture of any occurrence, so long as different people are involved in appraising it. And philosophers have profoundly argued that the preceptory senses of all...

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