Tag: Insurgency
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Dogara tasks security agencies on interagency cooperation
Speaker of the House of Representatives, Hon. Yakubu Dogara, has called on security agencies to work together seamlessly in order to overcome security challenges in the country. He said this in Monguno, Borno state at the Mini Trade Fair and Military Equipment Exhibition organized by the Nigerian Army as part of the week-long Nigerian Army…
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Delta approves $1bn from ECA to FG as Gov. Okowa takes leave
Delta State House of Assembly has approved and authorized the Federal Government to deduct the State’s share of the sum of one billion dollars from the Excess Crude Account for the procurement of military equipment for the fight against insurgency and other security challenges in the country. TheNewsGuru reports the approval was sequel to a…
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Insurgency degrading accounted for Chibok, Dapchi girls release – Buhari
President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday said the degrading of Boko Haram insurgency led to the release of 106 Chibok and 104 Dapchi girls abducted by the insurgents. He said that the routing of the terrorists also accounted for the release of no fewer than 16,000 other persons from their captivity. Buhari stated this in a…
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$1bn ECA withdrawal: Wike charges FG to pay oil-producing States 13% derivation
Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Ezenwo Wike has stated that oil-producing states should be paid 13 per cent derivation of the $1 billion withdrawn from the Excess Crude Account (ECA) by the Federal Government to fight insurgency. Speaking on Sunday at the Government House Port Harcourt during the presentation of the Leadership Newspaper Governor of the…
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Boko Haram: Nasarawa Assembly okays $1bn deduction by FG to fight insurgency
The Nasarawa State House of Assembly on Friday passed a resolution, authorising the Federal Government to deduct the state’s share of the $1 billion from the Excess Crude Account. The authorisation is to facilitate the procurement of military equipment to fight insurgency and other security challenges in the country. The Speaker of the assembly, Alhaji…
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Counter-insurgency campaign guided by rules of engagement — Commander
Maj.-Gen. Rogers Nicholas, the Theatre Commander, Operation Lafiya Dole, says the ongoing counter-insurgency operation is guided by Rules of Engagement and respect for human rights. Nicholas also disclosed that over 3,000 persons were rescued by troops from Boko Haram captivity in the past few weeks in Sambisa Forest and Lake Chad region. The theatre commander’s…
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$1bn insurgency fund might be supplementary part of 2018 Budget – Ita Enang
Special Adviser to President Muhammadu Buhari on National Assembly Matters, Senator Ita Enang, has said the one billion dollars insurgency fund approved by governors for the Federal Government to tackle insecurity in the country might pass as a supplementary bill in the 2018 budget. The Presidential aide stated this while addressing Statehouse correspondents on Friday…
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Fayose can’t question our decision to approve withdrawal of $1bn to fight insurgency – Governors’ Forum
The Chairman of the Nigeria Governors’ Forum and Executive Governor of Zamfara State, Alhaji AbdulAzeez Yari, has said that Governor Ayodele Fayose has no right to query the decision of the Nigeria Governors’ Forum (NGF) for giving the Federal Government a go-ahead to withdraw $1bn from the Excess Crude Account to fight insurgency in the…
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Incessant communal crisis, insurgency, others hindering immunization in Nigeria – NMA
The Nigeria Medical Association (NMA) has the disturbing rate of insurgency and communal crisis among other factors are the main hindrances against adequate immunization coverage in the country. Vice Chairman of NMA in Cross River State, Dr Agam Ayuk, told reporters in Calabar during the opening of the 2017 Physician’s Week that immunization coverage in…
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Boko Haram: Osinbajo launches 5 Super Mushshak aircraft to boost fight against insurgency
… seeks more foreign support to tackle insurgency Acting President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo on Tuesday in Kaduna unveiled five Super Mushshak trainer aircraft acquired by the Federal Government to boost the capacity of Nigeria Air Force personnel in the country. TheNewsGuru.com reports that the five aircraft are among the 10 acquired by the government from…