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WEEKLY PRESS REVIEW 19-25 SEPTEMBER, 2025
ali, Burkina Faso and Niger on Monday announced their withdrawal from the International Criminal Court (ICC).
100 Children Orphaned by Islamist Militants Enrolled in School
“When children are uneducated, they become easy targets for recruitment by insurgents. Therefore, we cannot allow that to continue,”
Nigerian Army Sentences Four Soldiers for Arms Racketeering
The court found the soldiers guilty on multiple charges, including theft, unlawful possession and dealing of ammunition, and actions deemed to be aiding the insurgents.
Weekly Press Review 12-18 September, 2025
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TROOPS KILL 11 ISWAP FIGHTERS IN NORTHEAST NIGERIA
Nigerian troops neutralized at least 11 Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP) fighters in two separate operations in the North-eastern part of the country, the military announced Tuesday. the operations took place in Borno and Adamawa states.
Widowed by Insecurity, Women Struggle to Remarry in Borno State, North-East Nigeria.
Barriers hinder women from remarrying. Data on Nigeria report more than 10,000 women widowed since Boko Haram conflict in 2009. During the insurgency, hundreds of young men from Borno state were arrested, abducted, or forced to join the insurgents.
UN Demands Justice for 63 Killed in Nigeria’s Northeast
“Civilians should never be a target”. The United Nations strongly condemned the recent attack in Darul Jamal, a village in Bama Local Government Area of Borno State, Nigeria. 63 people, including Nigerian soldiers, was murdered during the assault.
UNHAS shutdown fligths operations in Nigeria’s Northeast over lack of funding
Funding Shortages Forced UN to Shut Down Air Services in Nigeria’s Northeast. The shutdown will severely compromise the humanitarian response in Nigeria’s northeast, where millions are already suffering from hunger, displacement, and insecurity.
ISWAP Kills Five Farmers in Borno State, Northeastern Nigeria
Saturday, August 30, suspected ISWAP insurgents killed at least five farmers. The tragedy occurred in Ngoshe, a community in the Gwoza Local Government Area of Borno State. “Such horrors visit us almost daily” said Junaid Jibrin, a legislative aide.
