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Many missing as Boko Haram retakes Borno LG
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By Ndahi Marama
Boko Haram terrorists have retaken Damasak, the Headquarters of Mobbar Local Government Area, LGA, of Borno State after reportedly dislodging the Nigerian security forces.
Damasak, a border town with Niger Republic is about 160kilometres, north from Maiduguri, the state capital which had suffered several attacks from the terror groups.
Also, unconfirmed report claimed a United Nations Helicopter was shot at by terrorists in the axis.
Sources informed that the insurgents stormed the Damasak Sunday evening in a convoy of gun trucks loaded with Improvised Explosive Devices, IEDs, and Rocket Propelled Grenades used to overwhelm troops at their Base before taking control of the town, as hundreds of residents were trapped and others fled for safety.
In 2008 the research topic for my 2nd Masters programme was titled “International Small Arms Regime And The State:” The focus was on Africa and Nigeria.
Ruling Nigeria On Orwellian Terms, By Osmund Agbo
Nigeria could be burning to the ground and you wouldn’t even hear anything in the semblance of a presidential address to calm frayed nerves.
…what volume of business, if one may ask, is expected from Niger Republic, which is more than the thousands of containers of goods making their way to South-East Nigeria, clogging the highways and constituting a daily nightmare to those unfortunate to commute through those routes. Yet, there is no single rail road, at this moment, linking Onitsha or Aba to Lagos…
“One of the swiftest ways of destroying a kingdom is to give preference to one particular tribe over another or to show favour to one group of people rather than another.” –
Gunmen have killed 36 people in two attacks in northern Nigeria, a day after insurgents fired rocket-propelled grenades amid worsening security facing Africa's most populous nation, officials and residents say.The attacks by armed bandits occurred in the past 48 hours, with 18 people killed each in villages of Kaduna and Katsina states and several others injured.