By S.N.C Nwagu For years, Africa has fought terrorism with soldiers, budgets and foreign partnerships, and for years terrorism has survived them. Armies are deployed, emergency security budgets approved, foreign assistance received, counter-terrorism operations launched in succession. Yet from Nigeria’s northeast to the Sahel, from Somalia to parts of Central and East Africa, terrorist organisations … [Read more…]
Precious Nwonu, Enugu The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has rolled out a stronger supervisory framework aimed at deterring the use of Nigerian banks and financial institutions for terrorism financing and other financial abuses. In an official statement, the apex bank’s Acting Director of the Corporate Communications and Investor Relations Department, Hakama Sidi-Ali, announced that the … [Read more…]
The Minister of Defence, Gen. Christopher Musa (retd.), on Thursday said terrorists are using motorcycles given to Nigerians as palliatives to wreak havoc across the country. He, however, advised the state governors and lawmakers to stop giving motorcycles as palliatives, arguing that some of the motorcycles eventually end up in the hands of terrorists to … [Read more…]
-By Abdul Mahmud Simon Ekpa has been sentenced to six years in Finland for terrorism-related crimes. His arrest by Finnish police in 2024, which was public was followed by criminal charges, trial, and conviction handled by the courts of that country – in quick time. No politics. No ethnic undertones. No religious sentiment. No ifs. … [Read more…]
President Bola Tinubu has visited surviving victims of last Friday’s brutal attack in Yelewata community in the Guma Local Government Area of Benue State. Tinubu visited the North-Central state following the attack which left over 59 people dead and several others injured. The President went straight to the hospital after arriving at the Tactical Air Command, … [Read more…]
By Abdul Mahmud Two incidents drew attention to our country’s deepening security crisis this month. The first happened in Zamfara State. A pregnant woman was abducted by terrorists. She gave birth while in captivity. The leader of the terrorist group took her newborn twins. Then he threw them to his dogs. The dogs ate the … [Read more…]
The details of the 19 terrorists are contained in a poster released by the Director, Defence Information, Maj.-Gen. Jimmy Akpor, yesterday, in Abuja. The information on the poster revealed that the N5 million cash reward is for anyone who could provide information that could lead to the arrest of one of the wanted terrorists. Akpor … [Read more…]