Tag: insurgency
Africa losing $18billion to insurgents annually, says Jonathan
Ayorinde Oluokun/Abuja President Goodluck Jonathan said on Thursday that Africa is losing an estimated $18 billion per year to wars…
Reports: Boko Haram may have killed 35 Nigerian soldiers
Thirty-five bodies in military uniform have been brought to a morgue in Damaturu, Yobe state, in Nigeria’s restive northeast after…
Squeezed by the military, Boko Haram targets schools
Boko Haram insurgents have massacred dozens of students in recent weeks in Nigeria’s northeast, opening a new phase in their…
Boko Haram militants kill 7 students, 2 teachers
Suspected Islamist extremists have attacked a secondary school and military checkpoint in Nigeria’s northeast state of Yobe, leaving 11 people…
Boko Haram: The Amnesty Debate
The clamour for amnesty for Boko Haram members as a solution to the insurgency ravaging the North delivers its first…
Impact On Dev. Prospects And Nationhood (2)
By Obadiah Mailafia The African Union (AU) Convention on Prevention and Combating Terrorism 1994 defines terrorism as “any act which…
Conflict And Insurgency In Nigeria: Impact On Dev. Prospects And Nationhood
By Obadiah Mailafia With a population of 165 million, Nigeria is Africa’s largest country in terms of demographic size. With…
Nigeria: Obasanjo, IBB call for talks with insurgents
Two former Nigerian leaders issued a rare joint statement on Sunday calling for talks to end a deadly insurgency by…
Nigeria: Boko Haram darkens Jonathan’s first anniversary
The retired general, a revered man in Maiduguri, north east Nigeria, reaches into his immaculate white robe after taking a…