No fewer than 700 ex-military personnel had their limbs amputated and eventually dismissed from the service due to the Boko Haram insurgency in the North-East. This was as the United States and Nigeria have opened discussions on how to tackle the threat posed by the Islamic State in Syria (ISIS) and its affiliate terrorist organisations in West Africa.
National Commission for Persons with Disabilities (NCPD), which disclosed the state of the 700 ex-military personnel yesterday during its 2021 budget defence at the National Assembly, said that it had integrated the affected exsecurity personnel. The commission pleaded for an upward …
This is coming as bandits in Zamfara State have surrendered 50 guns within the past one week, in acceptance of the state governmentβs offer of two cows for every gun returned.
The governor said such politicians believed that by sponsoring violence and other acts of criminality, they would be blackmailing the
