The Chief of Army Staff, Lt.-Gen. Tukur Buratai has said that the violent herdsmen attacking some Nigerian communities may have links with the dreaded Boko Haram sect. Buratai, who dropped the hint in Abeokuta while fielding questions from reporters shortly after his courtesy visit to...

….As FG sets aside N12bn for North East An estimated 61.3 percent of Nigerians are classified as poor with 48.8 percent of them classified as dimensionally poor, so says the Human Development Report(HDR) just released by the United Nations Development Programme(UNDP) in Abuja. The report also...

On December 12, 2015, my phone displayed missed calls from the Army Spokesperson, Colonel Sani Kukasheka Usman. Such missed calls from security spokespersons, can signify ‘fire on the mountain.’ I had been in Maiduguri the previous week on a special assignment where I encountered a...

‎When the name, Dasuki is now mentioned, little or no quick connect is any longer made to Elder Ibrahim Dasuki, former Sultan of Sokoto and father of the embattled former National Security Adviser (NSA), Sambo Dasuki. The NSA rather quickly comes to mind. Ever since...

How International Rivalry Fuels Boko Haram Insurgency Intelligence reports have continued to indict a neighbouring country and another foreign government of conspiracy in the continued harassment of Nigerian towns and villages in the north eastern parts of the country by Islamists Boko Haram terrorists. Good news...