Nigeria: Curbing The Menace Of Boko Haram
AS the debate on whether or not to grant amnesty to the terrorist group, Boko Haram, goes on, I wish to repeat my article published last year on one of...
Boko Haram and the case for amnesty
French poet Victor Hugo once stated that “amnesty is as good for those who give it as for those who receive it. It has the admirable quality of bestowing mercy...
NIGERIA: Army Major Killed by Boko Haram.
The Army officer killed last weekend in Yobe State by the Boko Haram sect has been identified as Major Samuel Jega Kanady Dalaky of Gombe State. Major Dalaky was a...
NIGERIA: Boko Haram Leader Rejects Amnesty from FG
Shekau Releases Audio Dismisses Amnesty, Says It Is FG That Should Seek Amnesty From Boko Haram Leader of the Jama’atu Ahlis Sunnah Lid Da’awati wal Jihad, Ibrahim Shekau, yesterday released...
Boko Haram planned to bomb Third Mainland Bridge
THE security and intelligence community chiefs that talked about the vigilance that prevented the planned attack of Lagos three weeks ago failed to disclose to the public the magnitude of...
AMNESTY TO BOKO HARAM; A PANACEA TO PEACE AND SOCIAL TRANQUILITY?
One of those things I love doing when I was a kid was dancing under the rain, though in most cases my parents wouldn’t allow that especially when you are...
Boko Haram Amnesty: Best decision at the moment – PDP
THE National leadership of the Peoples Party, PDP yesterday described the constitution of an Amnesty Committee on the Boko Haram insurgency by President Goodluck Jonathan as the best decision at...
NIGERIA: Timeline of Boko Haram clashes with the state
THE Jama’atu Allus Sunnah Lilda wati Wal Jihad, also known as Boko Haram, (Western education is sin), came into existence in the 1960s but survived through the decades under various...
NIGERIA: Jonathan makes U-turn, mulls Amnesty Commission for Boko Haram
Indications emerged on Thursday that President Goodluck Jonathan had reached a deal with northern leaders to grant amnesty to members of the Boko Haram sect, as a means of ending...
Ihejirika: Malian Rebels Fund, Train, Equip Boko Haram
The rising wave of terrorism in the country has been attributed to, among other factors, the affiliation of the Boko Haram sect to Mali rebels – Al Qaeda in the...