Nigerian Army Secretly Releases Over 1000 Ex-Boko Haram Fighters In Borno saharareporters.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from saharareporters.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Nigeria: Dissecting The Issues Bogging Down The Polity
Nigeria: Dissecting The Issues Bogging Down The Polity
Whether Nigerians like it or not, what he nation is passing through today are self-inflicted injuries, what football rules call ‘Own goal’. Take for instance the issue of insecurity. The current state of insecurity in Nigeria has become a worsening concern to all reasonable citizens. Abduction by gunmen has become an industry in the country to the point of many governors paying ransom to kidnappers. This is an aberration as it is embarrassing.
The way the government is going about the solutions to insecurity, there seems not to be an end in sight. Government has been rewarding perpetrators of insecurity and insurgency and by doing so, reinforcing the same insecurity it seeks to deal with. For example, the Government has been paying ransoms to these criminals even though much of these illicit transactions have been under the table. It is not lost on citizens as informat
Nigeria: A cursory look at issues bugging down the polity thecable.ng - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from thecable.ng Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Deadly conflict in Mozambique’s ruby- and natural gas-rich northernmost coastal province feeds on a mix of colonial-era tensions, inequality and Islamist militancy. To tame the insurrection, Maputo needs to use force, with bespoke assistance from outside partners, and to carefully address underlying grievances.
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The days-long siege by Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP) fighters on one of the locations where Abubakar Shekau, leader of the Jamā’at Ahl as-Sunnah lid-Da’wah Wa’l-Jihād (JAS), lived, following several months of trailing, seems to have paid off for his former associates turned arch-rivals.The details trickling in so far surrounding his death are conflicting.
However, one line remains consistent, “Shekau is dead.”
Whether he killed himself to avoid humiliation or he died from injuries after he was shot is murky. Shekau’s death happened in an operation conducted by Bako Gorgore, one of ISWAP’s most influential soldiers. Gorgore died alongside Shekau after the latter detonated an explosive vest. The operation, according to multiple sources, was conducted and executed by ISWAP fighters familiar with the Sambisa environment and Shekau’s routine.