Buhari in Yobe, pledges improved security in North-East
President Muhammadu Buhari on Monday launched his re-election bid in Damaturu, with a pledge to improve on the gains recorded ...
Tag: North East
Nigerian military raids Daily Trust office in Maiduguri, arrest 2 journalists
Armed soldiers on Sunday invaded Daily Trust regional office in Maiduguri, Borno state and arrested the regional editor, Uthman Abubakar ...
When war is not a tea party…, by Abdullahi Haruna Haruspice
By the time shots are fired either by the belligerent army or the defending army, the duel becomes fierce hostility ...
There’s high threat of kidnap throughout Nigeria, UK warns travellers
The United Kingdom has said there is a high threat of kidnap throughout Nigeria. It also warned its nationals against ...
22 Boko Haram, Chibok girls’ abductors, other suicide bombers arrested
The Nigeria Police Force, Borno Command has arrested 22 Boko Haram commanders and fighters who are behind the series of ...
Rape allegations: Amnesty int’l dares Nigerian military, says ‘threat, intimidation won’t deter us’
Amnesty International has called the bluff of the Nigerian military, saying that no amount of threats, intimidation and smears campaigns ...
Dapchi School girls’ abduction: The big picture, by Muhsin Ibrahim
As it is with anything and everything in Nigeria, the Dapchi schoolgirls’ abduction has been politicised. Only a few people ...
Nigerian govt to train 11, 300 IDPs in North-East
The Federal Government has concluded plans to train 11,300 persons displaced by the Boko Haram insurgency in the North-East, labour ...
UN agency requires $1.1bn for 2018 North-East interventions
The UN Humanitarian Coordinator, Edward Kallon, told newsmen in Maiduguri that the agency had concluded arrangements to launch an appeal ...
Nigeria’s humanitarian crisis most severe in the world – UN agency
The United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, UNOCHA, has said the humanitarian crisis in Nigeria and the ...
