January 2021

Prof. Khalifa Dikwa, Dean, Borno Elders Forum said contrary to the narrative by the military and the Federal Government, no where is safe outside of Maiduguri, capital of Borno State.

He said so bad is the security situation that not even 5km outside of Maiduguri is safe.

‘Even if they (Boko Haram) are not physically there, they are psychologically there, disturbing the people,’ Dikwa told Channels Television’s Newsnight on Monday.

‘From time to time, they ride their motorcycles, come and harass them to pay levies and so on. Outside Maiduguri, no even five kilometres, nobody is safe. And they can

The COVID-19 alert in the United Kingdom was on Monday raised to the highest level (5).

This means the National Health Service (NHS), the government-funded healthcare system is on the brink of collapse.

Under level 5, there is a risk of hospitals being overwhelmed. Stricter social distancing measures will now be enforced.

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Prime Minister Boris Johnson will announce lockdown measures during an address at 8pm.

A statement by the government said the spread of the new variant of COVID-19 has led to rapidly escalating case numbers across the country.

‘The

As part of its Social Housing Scheme, the Buhari administration will construct 300,000 houses under the Economic Sustainability Plan (ESP) for low income earning Nigerians.

A statement on Sunday by presidential spokesman, Laolu Akande, disclosed that cement manufacturers have agreed with the federal government to charge a discount price.

During his inspection of the completed model houses in Dei Dei at the weekend, Vice President Yemi Osinbajo affirmed that it was possible to deliver decent and affordable accommodation to Nigerians.

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After seeing the prototypes of the one-bedroom and two-bedroom bungalows, …

On the first anniversary of the killing of Iranian General Qassem Soleimani by a drone strike, the Islamic Movement in Nigeria (IMN) has declared that days of the United States’ presence in the Middle East are numbered.

Ibrahim Musa spokesman for the IMN popularly known as Shiites said this in a statement on Sunday.

Musa called Soleimani, head of Iran’s Quds Force, the biggest hero who defeated ISIS terrorism in Iraq and Syria.

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IMN said the elimination of Soleimani, Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis, Deputy Head of Iraq’s Popular Mobilisation Forces and …

The Ijaw Youths Council (IYC) Worldwide has vowed to pursue the establishment of a regional security outfit in the New Year to police the Niger Delta region, especially the Southsouth geopolitical zone.

In his New Year address in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, on Saturday, the IYC President, Peter Timothy Igbifa, said like the Amotekun in the West, it had become expedient for the Southsouth to float its security outfit.

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Igbifa listed the security challenges in the zone, especially the Ijaw-speaking communities, saying the youths would mount pressure on the …

Boko Haram fighters have abducted a staff of the United Nations (UN) along Damaturu-Maiduguri road in Borno State.

Held captive is Abubakar Garba Idris, aka Alooma, a Senior Protection Assistant with the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR).

The terrorists ambushed vehicles conveying commuters near Matari village between Minok to Jakana highway.

One of them, Alooma was seized around 8.30 a.m. on Saturday.

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A source told PRNigeria that the terrorists, in military uniform, mounted a roadblock with three Hilux pickup truck and motorcycles.

‘Witnesses said while searching the passengers, Idris attempted

A former presidential candidate in the last general elections, Kingsley Moghalu has condemned the reported arrest of Omoyele Sowore.

Africa Daily News, New York reported that Sowore was arrested by men of the Nigeria Police on Friday morning.

He was arrested in the company of other activists against the Nigerian government.

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Reacting, Moghalu asked the government to release Sowore, adding that engaging in protest is his right as a Nigerian.

On his Twitter page, Moghalu wrote: ‘I am deeply concerned about the reported arrest of @YeleSowore , for no apparent reason other