Borno Governor Survives Boko Haram Attack in Nigeria

ColumnsCrime & SecurityNational SecurityNewsOpinionBorno Governor Survives Boko Haram Attack in Nigeria

PilotnewsAugust 5, 2020

On July 29, Boko Haram operatives attacked a convoy with Babagana Zulum, governor of Borno state, near the town of Baga. According to media reports, the governor was unharmed, but there were casualties in his entourage. In the aftermath of the attack, the governor has been scathing in his criticism of the Nigerian army: “You people said there is no Boko Haram here, then who attacked us?” And, “You have been here for over one year now, there are 1,181...

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MNJTF Assures Surrendered Boko Haram Terrorists of Humane Treatment

Crime & SecurityNational SecurityNewsNigeriaMNJTF Assures Surrendered Boko Haram Terrorists of Humane Treatment

PilotnewsAugust 5, 2020

Maj.-Gen. Ibrahim Yusuf, Force Commander, Multinational Joint Task Force (MNJTF) has given assurance that the recently surrendered Boko Haram/Islamic States West Africa Province (ISWAP) terrorists would be given humane treatment. Yusuf made the promise in a statement by Col. Timothy Antigha, MNJTF Chief of Military Public Information on Tuesday in N’Djamena, Chad. He was quoted to have given the assurance during an interaction with the surrendered fighters in Mora, Extreme North Region, Cameroun. He said that the...

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Gov. Sule Condemns Killing of Journalist, Others in Nasarawa State

Crime & SecurityNewsNigeriaGov. Sule Condemns Killing of Journalist, Others in Nasarawa State

PilotnewsAugust 5, 2020

Gov. Abdullahi Sule of Nasarawa state has condemned the killing of a former treasurer of the State’s Council of the Nigeria Union of Journalist (NUJ), Mr. Benjamin Ekom, by unidentified gunmen. Mr Ekom, who was also former Secretary-General of the Eggon Cultural Development Association (ECDA), was on Monday, Aug. 3, killed by unidentified persons in his residence at Washo village in Nasarawa-Eggon Local Government Area of the state. Sule, who spoke through his Chief Press...

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Security Challenges: You Must Rejig Security Strategy, Buhari Tells Security Chiefs

Crime & SecurityNational SecurityNewsNigeriaSecurity Challenges: You Must Rejig Security Strategy, Buhari Tells Security Chiefs

PilotnewsAugust 4, 2020

President Muhammadu Buhari has again challenged the nation security agencies to rejig their strategies in the ongoing battle against insurgency, banditry and other violent crimes in some parts of the country. The National Security Adviser (NSA) to the President, retired Maj-Gen. Babagana Mongonu, revealed this when he briefed State House correspondents on the outcome of the National Security Council meeting, presided over by President Buhari at the State House, Abuja, on Wednesday. He said: “Mr President has...

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Sagbama LG Chairman’s Father Regains Freedom After 3 Months in Kidnappers Den

Crime & SecurityNewsNigeriaSagbama LG Chairman’s Father Regains Freedom After 3 Months in Kidnappers Den

PilotnewsAugust 4, 2020

Eighty-year-old Pa Napoleon Alale, father of Sagbama Local Government Chairman in Bayelsa has regained freedom after spending about three months in the den of his kidnappers. The News Agency of Nigeria reports that the local council chairman, Embeleakpo Alale, made the disclosure in a statement issued in Sagbama on Tuesday. The statement signed by the Chairman’s Press Secretary, Mr Nikade Anderson, said that the octogenarian was released at about 1am on Tuesday, at Otuokpoti river in Ogbia Local Government...

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Nigerian Governors Condemn Boko Haram After Attack on Member, Say Governors Are Also Vulnerable

Crime & SecurityNational SecurityNewsNigeriaNigerian Governors Condemn Boko Haram After Attack on Member, Say Governors Are Also Vulnerable

Bada Yusuf Amoo (Correspondent)August 4, 2020

The Nigeria Governors Forum (NGF) has condemn Boko Haram terrorists’ attack on the convoy of the Borno State Governor, Babagana Zulum, the says the attack is a proof that governors are also vulnerable. The NGF also decry the worsening security condition in the country, lamenting all the efforts of government in curbing the situation. This was disclosed in a stated signed by the chairman of the forum and Ekiti State Governor, Kayode Fayemi and made...

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Zulum Fires Salvos: There is Complete Sabortage by the Military in the Fight Against Boko Haram Insurgency

Crime & SecurityNational SecurityNewsNigeriaZulum Fires Salvos: There is Complete Sabortage by the Military in the Fight Against Boko Haram Insurgency

Ibrahim Abdul' Aziz (Correspondent)August 2, 2020

Borno State Governor, Prof. Babagana Umara Zulum has said that “there is s complete sabotage in the fight against insurgency in the North East and the attack on his convoy”. He also asserted that the Federal government has to look into the Command and Control structure of the Nigerian military high command within the theatre command of operation Lafiyà Dole in Maiduguri. Zulum who was in Boko Haram Terrorist’s stronghold and the volatile town of...

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Northern Governors Condemn Attack on Zulum’s Convoy

Crime & SecurityNewsNigeriaNorthern Governors Condemn Attack on Zulum’s Convoy

PilotnewsJuly 31, 2020

The Northern Governors Forum has condemned Wednesday’s attack on the convoy of Gov. Babagana Zulum of Borno, describing the act as callous and reprehensible. The Chairman of the forum and governor of Plateau, Simon Lalong, made the condemnation in a statement by his Director of Press and Public Affairs, Dr Makut Macham. He said the attack on the governor’s convoy on his way to Baga in Kukawa Local Government Area of the state was an act...

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Soldiers Goes Mad, Kill Senior Officer Over Eight Months Frozen Salary Account

Crime & SecurityNewsNigeriaSoldiers Goes Mad, Kill Senior Officer Over Eight Months Frozen Salary Account

Bada Yusuf Amoo (Correspondent)July 31, 20201

An unidentified soldier serving with the 202 Battalion of the 21 Special Armoured Brigade, Bama, Borno State, is being reported to have shot dead his adjutant, Lt. Babakaka Ngorgi, for allegedly refusing to give him a travel pass which will enable him to resolve the issues around his inability to access his eight months frozen accounts. The soldiers, whose identity could not be ascertained, is reported to have fired some rounds at Ngorgi, who was...

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BREAKING: Boko Haram: Multiple Explosions Rocks Maiduguri

Crime & SecurityNewsBREAKING: Boko Haram: Multiple Explosions Rocks Maiduguri

Ibrahim Abdul' Aziz (Correspondent)July 30, 2020

Multiple explosions were on Thursday evening heard in Nigeria’s northeast city of Maiduguri, Borno state capital as residents of the city were busy preparing for the Eid-El-Kabir Muslim celebrations. Residents say that the explosions were the result of rocket-propelled grenades fired by suspected Boko Haram fighters from the outskirts of the city which dropped in Gwange 2 primary and customs area within the metropolis. The number of casualties remained sketchy, however, witnesses recount that security...

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