Regional News
Insurgency: Zulum Bans Metal Scavenging In Borno. Source: Daily Trust
Borno State governor, Babagana Umara Zulum, has imposed an indefinite ban on metal scavenging activities across the entire 27 local government areas of the state.
Top Boko Haram Commander, Lieutenant Surrender To Nigerian Military. Source: Sahara Reporters
A top commander of the Jamā’at Ahlis-Sunnah lid-Da’wahti wa’l-Jihād also known as Boko Haram, Khaid Malam Ali and his lieutenant, Bunu Umar have surrendered to the troops of Operation Hadin Kai in Borno State, Northeast, Nigeria.
ISWAP Bans Farmers, Fishermen From Borno LG Amid NAF Airstrikes. Source: Daily Trust
The Islamic State of the West African Province (ISWAP) terrorist group has banned all farmers, fishermen and herders within its areas of presence in Marte Local Government Area of Borno State, sources have told Daily Trust.
Terrorists Demand Ransom To Release Abducted Villagers In Cameroon. Source: Humangle
Families of some 13 persons in Cameroon’s Far North region, abducted by ISWAP, have begun raising money to bring back their loved ones. Members of the Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP), a splinter group of the Boko Haram terror group, have demanded $16, 750 (USD) from 13 people kidnapped during an attack at Goré Kendi village in Cameroon.
Regional security, others: What new ECOWAS chair Tinubu told Ghana, Guinea, others. Source: Blue Print
In a unanimous endorsement, President Bola Ahmed Tinubu emerged the new chairman of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) at the 63rd Ordinary Session of the Authority of Heads of State and Government which kicked off Sunday in Bissau, Guinea-Bissau.
Tinubu emerges as new ECOWAS chair, calls for regional security. Source: Premium Times
President Bola Tinubu has emerged as the new chairperson of ECOWAS. He takes over from the President of the Republic of Guinea-Bissau, Umaro Mokhtar Sissoco Embalo, who has just finished his tenure at the 63rd Ordinary Session of the Authority of Heads of State and Government on Sunday in Bissau, the capital city of Guinea-Bissau.
Top Boko Haram Commander, one other fighter surrender to Nigerian troop. Source: CrimeChannels
A top Commander of the Jamā’at Ahl as-Sunnah lid-Da’wah wa’l-Jihād otherwise known as Boko Haram, Khaid Malam Ali and his lieutenant Bunu Umar has surrendered to the troops of Operation Hadin Kai in the North East of Borno State.
Tinubu emerges ECOWAS chair, rallies members against coups. Source: PunchNG
President Bola Tinubu, on Sunday, in Guinea-Bissau, emerged the Chairman of the Authority of Heads of State and Government of the Economic Community of West African States. In his remarks, the Nigerian leader called on ECOWAS to “stand firm on democracy,” declaring that, “We will not accept coup after coup in West Africa again. Democracy is very difficult to manage, but it is the best form of government.”
Government to engage 2,400 youths to tackle crime, insecurity. Source: CrimeChannels
Katsina State Government has concluded arrangements to engage about 2,400 youths to assist in providing security in some Local Government Areas (LGAs) affected by insecurity in the state.
Sit-At-Home: Terrorists Brutalise Primary School Pupils, Others In Enugu. Source: Humangle
Residents of Enugu in Nigeria’s southeastern region expressed worry over the failure of the state government to provide adequate security amid the inhumane activities of the separatist terror group, IPOB.
Terrorists kill 231 persons in Mangu council. Source: Guardian
Terrorists, yesterday, killed 12 persons, injured others and razed houses at Farin Kasa and Sabon Gari communities in Mangu Local Council, Plateau State. This raised fatality figure in the area to 231 within two months.
Friends Crowdsourced A Loan For His Ransom. Now He Can’t Pay Back. Source: Humangle
Many Nigerians hardly ever recover from the financial devastation of paying ransoms. Muhammadu Lauwali is indebted to the tune of N1.2 million after paying ransom to terrorists in Bukuyum LGA. Now, although free, he can hardly show his face in public as his creditors insist on payment.
ISWAP Restricts Farming Activities In Remote Areas Amid Military Strikes. Source: Humangle
Last week, the terror group accused locals in these areas of spying for the military. They carried out an attack in Krenoa, a village located 20 kilometres away from Marte.
Stop going to your farmlands or you will be slain. Source: RNI
Insurgents in the Marte Local Government Area in Borno State have given farmers a clear message: Stop going to your lands or you will be slain.
Gunmen free abducted Catholic priest, three others in Ebonyi. Source: Premium Times
The Catholic priest, Joseph Azubike, abducted on Monday by gunmen in Ebonyi State, South-east Nigeria, has been set free. He was released on Tuesday alongside three others abducted with him.
Military Troops Kill 3 Bandits in Plateau Ambush Operation. Source: PRNigeria
Troops of the 3 Division of the Nigerian Army deployed to quell the crisis in Mangu Local Government Area of Plateau state have neutralized 3 Bandits today Wednesday 12 July 2023.
Nigerian Army ‘Fights Through Ambush By Bandits’ In Plateau, Kills 3 Terrorists, Recovers Police ID, Arms, Others. Source: Sahara Reporters
The army said it also recovered 14 rounds of 7.62 mm special rounds, one motorcycle and a police constabulary identity card in the Mangu Local Government Area of Plateau State.
Peace and Security
NIGERIA DAILY: The Economic Implication Of Retiring Over 100 Senior Military Officers: Source: Daily Trust
Nigeria has over the years witnessed an early retirement of senior military officers after subsequent appointment of their subordinates by successive governments.
About a hundred military officers were retired recently, raising the question of what happens to the huge investments that went into their training and what is the implication of this?
Traditional Rulers To Table Peace Corps Bill Assent Before Tinubu. Source: PRNigeria
Three prominent traditional rulers on Monday in Abuja hinted that monarchs in the country will table before President Bola Ahmed Tinubu the need to give Presidential Assent to the Bill of the Peace Corps of Nigeria to make it a statutory body.
Humanitarian
12 million poor Nigerian households to receive N8,000 monthly for 6 months. Source: Premium Times
The Senate has approved the request of President Bola Tinubu to go ahead with the processing of a $800 million loan facility from the World Bank. The Senate also amended the 2022 Supplementary Appropriation Act to accommodate N500 billion provision for palliatives to mitigate the effect of petroleum subsidy removal on poor Nigerians.
Renowned activist tells Nigerians that education for girls is not optional, it is a fundamental human right. Source: RNI
Every year since 2013, July 12 is observed as Malala Day to honour education activist Malala Yousafzai, the young girl who became an international symbol for the fight for girls’ education after she was shot in 2012 for opposing Taliban restrictions on female education in her home country of Pakistan. This year, as the United Nations Messenger of Peace, Malala spent the day, her 26th birthday, in Maiduguri in northeastern Nigeria, where she emphasised the need for all girls to get an education.
Diphtheria: 30 Children Killed In Yobe State, 42 Others Hospitalised As Government Continues Immunisation. Source: Sahara Reporters
A suspected diphtheria outbreak has killed at least 30 children and left 42 at the isolation center of the Specialist Hospital in Potiskum Local Government area of Yobe State.
Chad braces for thousands of refugees fleeing ‘incredible violence’ in Sudan. Source: rfi
Since April, more than 170,000 people have fled Sudan across the Chadian border, according to the UN refugee agency UNHCR. As the conflict in Sudan enters its 13th week with no resolution in sight, the agency’s staff in Chad only foresee more people coming.
Factcheck: Resettled IDPs In Borno Not Up To 2 Million. Source: Humangle
It would be difficult for the Borno government to resettle up to two million people, considering the state does not have that many internally displaced people to start with.
Drones Are Delivering Medical Supplies To Hard-To-Reach Clinics In Nigeria. Source: Humangle
Where medicines could take hours to reach, a logistics company is maximising drones to get them to Primary Healthcare Centres across some cities in Nigeria. We took a look at their operations in Kaduna State.
In Two Days, Four Farmers Were Kidnapped While Ploughing Fields In Borno Community. Source: Humangle
For two consecutive days, armed men suspected to be Boko Haram insurgents stumped farmlands and kidnapped local farmers ploughing fields in Dalori village, Borno.
The Walk To Justice Is Extra Bumpy For Rape Victims. Source: Humangle
Months have passed since Cynthia was sexually abused and the case was reported to the Police without much progress. It has been a long walk to justice for her and her aunt, especially with frustrations from the Police.
INVESTIGATION: How killing of Cameroonian journalist silenced investigations into plunder by an internationally-connected elite. Source: Premium Times
This is the shocking finding of an “Arizona Project” investigation into the gruesome torture and murder of journalist Martinez Zogo in January this year. The project conducted both inside and outside Cameroon by ZAM, in partnership with the Network of African Investigative Reporters and Editors (NAIRE) as well as a number of international partners, found that the story that killed Martinez Zogo was a trap both for a rival in currently raging palace wars and for the journalist himself.
INVESTIGATION: How internationally connected Cameroon elites plundered $656 million. Source: PremiumTimes
How tax cases involving hundreds of millions in payments from state coffers to questionable entities were snuffed out.
Nigerian State winning war against COVID-19 but losing children to Meningitis. Source: PremiumTimes
“Meningitis vaccine availability in Nigeria is far from adequate to vaccinate all those living in endemic states of the country.”
Women Fleeing Conflict In Cameroon Being Tricked Into Sex Work. Source: Humangle
A good number of internally displaced girls and women from crisis-hit regions of Cameroon are increasingly being tricked into sex work by men working in popular bus parks in the towns they are fleeing to. There, they face violence and crackdowns.
Hundreds of IDPs face being chucked out of their homes and on to the streets. Source: RNI
Hundreds of internally displaced persons (IDPs), who moved almost a year ago into a housing unit meant for 1,000, face being chucked out of their houses and on to the streets in five days because they do not have residency permits.
NGO Presents N100m Cheque To 15 Children For Surgeries. Source: Daily Trust
A non-governmental organization (NGO), Global Initiative for Peace Love and Care (GIPLC), has given out N100 million to offset the medical bills of 15 children with some chronic diseases.
Borno: WHO donates 6,000 severe acute malnutrition kits to 6 partners. Source: BluePrint
World Health Organisation (WHO) has distributed 60 Severe Acute Malnutrition (SAM) kits components to six partnering non-governmental organisations (NGOs) in Borno state Thursday for management of severe acute malnutrition in Borno, Adamawa and Yobe states which was observed by WHO to be on Tue high side.
Weather shocks, conflict pushing millions into hunger, UN warns. Source: The Guardian
United Nations (UN), yesterday, warned that over 122 million more people are facing hunger in the world due to the COVID-19 pandemic, weather shocks and conflict, including the war in Ukraine.
Stabilization and economic development
Nigerian Economy: The pains and gains of reform. Source: PremiumTimes
Understandably, these adverse outcomes are fuelling a concerted pushback against the Tinubu administration’s apparent preference for market-based solutions to some of the economy’s seemingly intractable trade-offs.
Tinubu declares State of Emergency on food insecurity as prices rise. Source: Premium Times
President Bola Tinubu has declared an immediate State of Emergency on food insecurity to tackle the increase in food prices, his spokesperson has said.
Food shortage: Tinubu declares state of emergency, plans 500,000 hectares farmland. Source: Punch
President Bola Tinubu on Thursday declared a state of emergency on food security as the Federal Government stepped up efforts to tackle food inflation following the removal of fuel subsidy. Tinubu also approved that all matters pertaining to food and water availability as well as affordability, as essential livelihood items, be included within the purview of the National Security Council.
