Boko Haram
Boko Haram: Zulum passes night in attacked Damasak, meets soldiers, re-equips security with 12 APC, patrol vehicles
Borno State Governor, Professor Babagana Umara Zulum was in Damasak, from Thursday to Friday, after the town was attacked on Tuesday, by Boko Haram insurgents, killing 18 persons and injuring 21. Zulum traveled alongside Senator Abubakar Kyari representing Borno north, who hails from Damasak, member of house of representatives, representing Mobbar, Guzamala, and Abadam, […]
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Boko Haram: Zulum, Borno Senators visits CDS, COAS in Abuja
Borno State Governor, Babagana Umara Zulum, on Monday, led the senators representing the state at the national assembly, to visit the Chief of Defence Staff, General Lucky Irabor, and the Chief of Army Staff, Lt General Ibrahim Attahiru in Abuja. Zulum, Senators Kashim Shettima (Borno Central), Mohammed Ali Ndume (Borno South) and Abubakar Kyari […]
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Boko Haram: Zulum salutes military, lists gains by troops in Gwoza, northern Borno
Borno Governor, Professor Babagana Umara Zulum has commended the Nigerian military over recent gains recorded against Boko Haram’s fighters in Gwoza and the road leading to the northern part of the State. In a statement issued on Monday, Zulum’s spokesman, Malam Isa Gusau said the Governor authorized the public commendation, in keeping up with […]
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Boko Haram: The need for total overhaul of security in the North East
By Ibrahim Usman Musa The Boko Haram insurgency began in 2009, when the jihadist group Boko Haram started an armed rebellion against the government of Nigeria. The conflict takes place within the context of long-standing issues of religious violence between Nigeria’s Muslim and Christian communities, and the insurgents’ ultimate aim is to establish an […]
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Boko Haram: Zulum leads Borno, Yobe elders to meet Buhari
Borno State Governor, Prof. Babagana Umara Zulum on Tuesday led a high delegation of elders and stakeholders from Borno and Yobe States to a meeting with President Muhammadu Buhari at the Presidential Villa. The delegation had Governor of Yobe state, Mai Mala Buni, former Governors of Borno state, Ashiek Zarma and Senator Kashim Shettima, […]
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Governor Zulum welcomes new service chiefs, Expresses grateful to the retired Service Chiefs
Borno State Governor, Professor Babagana Umara Zulum has welcomed the appointment of new service chiefs, while expressing gratitude to outgoing service chiefs, particularly chiefs of army, and air staff, Lt. General Tukur Buratai and Air Marshall Abubakar Sadique with whom Borno government worked more closely in the fight against Boko Haram. Zulum spoke briefly […]
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Governor Buni Commends Military for repelling Gujba attack
By Ibrahim Baba Yobe state Governor Hon. Mai Mala Buni has commended the Nigeria Military for repelling the Boko Haram attack in Gujba on Saturday. He said the determination of the security forces in pursuing the insurgents had recorded success and would change the narratives in the fight against insurgency with positive results. “The resilience […]
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Operation Tura Takai Bango: Military kills 28 terrorists in Yobe
No fewer than 28 suspected Boko Haram terrorists who invaded Gujba town in Yobe state were killed yesterday evening by the Nigerian military. A statement signed by Acting Director, Defence Media Operations, Brigadier General Benard Onyeuko said the troops of the newly launched Operation ‘Tura Ta Kai Bango’, a subsidiary Operation of Operation Lafiya […]
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Boko Haram: Zulum admits Western nations concern beyond that of Arab countries sharing culture and religion with Borno State
In the midst of challenges with the Boko Haram insurgency, countries from the west have shown more concern for the plight of Borno people than rich arab nations whose people share similarity of religion and culture with majority of Borno citizens, Governor Babagana Umara Zulum has said. Zulum stated this on Tuesday in Maiduguri […]
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Boko Haram: Nasarawa Governor advocates new strategy to tackle insurgents
The Governor of Nasarawa State, Engr. Abdullahi A Sule said, the current strategy employed in the fight against insurgency in the northeast could not resolve the decade long war. Engr. Abdullahi stated this on Saturday when he led a delegation comprising of the former Governor of Nasarawa State, Sen. Umar Tanko Almakura, the emir […]
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