MAIDUGURI — It was reported that Boko Haram terrorists of the Jama’at Ahl as Sunnah lid-Da’wah wa’l-Jihad, (JAS) eliminated six fighters loyal to Islamic State of the West African Province, (ISWAP) in a rival clash around the fringes of Sambisa forest. Intelligence sources told the security analyst that six of the terrorists were confirmed killed, while one of their vehicles was damaged. “At about 0700 hours the ISWAP insurgents on 6 Gun trucks and 3...

ABUJA — President Muhammadu Buhari says the Boko Haram insurgency is not an Islamic ideology, adding that with adequate education, the majority of Nigerians have now known the truth. The president stated this when he received the Chief Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC), Karim Ahmad Khan, at the State House, Abuja, on Wednesday. He said that with concerted public enlightenment, it had become clear to Nigerians that Boko Haram was a perversion of...

About 559 repentant members of the outlawed Boko Haram and Islamic West African Province (ISWAP) has graduated from the Federal Government’s De-radicalisation, Rehabilitation, and Reintegration (DRR) programme. The DRR programme by the Operation Safe Corridor (OPSC) of the Nigerian Army was established by the Federal Government in 2015 to deradicalise and reintegrate ex-Boko Haram members into society. The programme provides psychological, psycho-social/psycho-spiritual therapies as well as vocational training, which provide viable alternatives to low-profile combatants....

ABUJA — Professor Okey Ibamu of the Centre for Democracy and Development (CDD), says there are over a hundred bandits’ groups operating in the North West region, representing approximately 30,000 militants. He told State Governors at an event in Abuja, that this is contained in the Centre’s security report, calling for an increase in the capability of security authorities. “These groups are made up of foreigners who have entered the country through porous borders in...

MAIDUGURI — The Special Adviser to Borno state Governor on Security Brigadier General Abdullahi Ishaq (Rtd) has announced that the Borno state government has reintegrated five hundred repentant Boko Haram insurgents that have recently surrendered into the society. He however said the defection of the fighters has generated a lot of anxiety from residents as many have expressed doubt about their sincerity. Brigadier General Ishaq disclosed this at a policy dialogue on Reconstruction and Reintegration...