The Special Forces deployed to rid the nation of any act of terrorism that has been rocking the northern region of the country has apprehended 65 persons confirmed to be terrorists, attempting to infiltrate Maiduguri while fleeing from various camps now under attack by the Special Forces deployed after President Goodluck Jonathan declared State of Emergency on three northern States that were fast becoming t ...

In order to sustain special operations in the face of the recent Boko Haram attack in some areas in the Maiduguri metropolis, the Military Joint Task Force (JTF) in Borno State has imposed an indefinite 24-hour curfew in 12 wards of Maiduguri metropolis, according to a statement issued today by the spokesman of the JTF; Lieutenant Sagir Musa. The affected wards are:  Gamboru, Mairi Kuwait, Bakin Kogi, Kasuw ...

The Vice President of the Nigeria Labour Congress, Issa Aremu has said there is the need to improve on intelligence gathering to address the growing insecurity in the country. He added that President Goodluck Jonathan should ensure that security forces laid more emphasis on intelligence and crime prevention. He spoke in Ilorin during a capacity building and skill development workshop for the National Union ...

Nigerian forces used jets and attack helicopters to bombard Islamist militant camps in the northeast on Friday, killing a number of insurgents, the defense headquarters spokesman said. Brigadier-General Chris Olukolade told Reuters that several camps had been attacked, including the Sambisa game reserve in Borno state, but did not have further details. "A number of insurgents have been killed. It is not jus ...

A public affairs analyst, Tunde Badamosi, says the declaration of emergency rule in three northern states was a last resort for President Goodluck Jonathan. Mr. Badamosi who was on Channels Television’s breakfast show Sunrise Daily, maintained that the President's action became inevitable having reached out to them for dialogue but the sect members responded by declaring war. He said the President was under ...

Suspected gunmen had on Thursday launched several coordinated bomb attacks on Daura municipal area of Katsina State. Several gunmen were killed during a clash with police in the remote town in Katsina state, army spokesman Ikedichi Iweha told Reuters, without giving specific figures or police casualties. Nigerian forces are trying to regain territory controlled by increasingly well-armed Boko Haram Islamist ...

From the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has come full support for the state of emergency declared by President Goodluck Jonathan in Adamawa, Borno and Yobe States. In a press release signed by the president of the congress, Abdulwaheed Omar,  the congress explained that “in view of reported seizures of territories, audacious attacks on sensitive targets,  wiping out of communities, deadly cross-border attack ...

A Public Affairs Analyst, Tunde MacAlabi has said that politicians are responsible for the problems in the country because of their insincerity and selfish motives. Speaking on Channels Television’s breakfast show Sunrise Daily, Mr MacAlabi said according to reports  politicians arm young and unemployed people in some of these areas and have in turn used this weapons against the people, “there is a lot of r ...

A Professor of Political Science, Femi Otubanjo has said that the state of emergency declared by President Goodluck Jonathan was long overdue and the right step in dealing with the growing insecurity in northern Nigeria. While speaking on Channels Television’s breakfast show Sunrise Daily, Mr Otubanjo said the north eastern part of the country especially Borno and Yobe states were beginning to regress into ...

In what appears to be about the boldest step taken by the Federal Government in tackling the insurgency in the northern part of Nigeria, President Goodluck Jonathan on Tuesday declared a state of emergency in three states, namely: Borno, Yobe and Adamawa. In a nationwide broadcast, President Jonathan said the growing insecurity in these troubled states compelled him to exercise his powers as enshrined in Se ...