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Surrendered insurgent tells it like it really is in Sambisa Forest
“If we left Boko Haram when Abubakar Shekau was still alive, our lives would be over. We would be killed because he thought we knew all his secrets and being […]
Teenage girl abducted and man killed in attack on Chibok village
Brief – A man was killed and a teenage girl abducted by insurgents – thought to be members of the Jamā’at Ahl as-Sunnah lid-Da’way Wa’l-Jihād (JAS) – in Gatamarwa village […]
Hundreds of inmates on the run after insurgents besiege prison to release their detained comrades
More than 400 inmates of the Kuje Maximum prison in Abuja are on the run after a daring attack by armed men, suspected of being members of the Jamā’at Ahl […]
All we want is a roof over our heads
Insurgents are again affecting the lives of internally displaced persons. Apart from being the reason for their displacement in the first place, they are now making it impossible for the […]
Starving repentant insurgents return to their old ways because they have no food to eat
The huge number of “repentant” insurgents who have surrendered to the Nigerian Army has overwhelmed both the Borno State and Federal governments and has highlighted how underprepared they are to […]
Living with the enemy
When Shu’aibu Ahmadu was minding his own business working on his farm one day towards the end of 2012, he had no idea that the Jamā’at Ahl as-Sunnah lid-Da’way Wa’l-Jihād […]
Troops and vigilantes foil attack on Lassa Ward in Askira-Uba
Brief – Soldiers and vigilantes foiled an attempted attack by suspected members of the Jamā’at Ahl as-Sunnah lid-Da’way Wa’l-Jihād (JAS) on the Lassa Ward of Askira-Uba Local Government Area of […]
New gun mandate in Zamfara State might cause a lot more harm than good and could even lead to civil war
After countless attacks by bandits and other armed criminals who are killing and maiming residents in Zamfara State, the government has given residents a mandate allowing them to buy and […]
Wake up! One day a woman will be president of Nigeria
Wake up! One day a woman will be the president of Nigeria – so said a young woman, one of hundreds who voted for senator Aishatu Dahiru Ahmed Binani, the […]
Unity and peace questioned as pregnant woman and her children brutally killed in southern Nigeria
The deaths of a pregnant woman and her four young children in Anambra State in southern Nigeria has generated concern among citizens who believe the brutal killings could create violence […]
