This Day (Nigeria)
Monday, December 2, 2013 - 10:24
The military authorities has rejected the definition by the International Court of Justice (ICJ) that the ongoing counter-terrorism and counter-insurgency efforts against Boko Haram Islamic sect was a civil war, since it was not a symmetrical conflict by defined combatants.
Monday, December 2, 2013 - 10:22
The Nigerian Air Force Base in Maiduguri, the Borno State capital, has been attacked by suspected Islamists.
Tuesday, November 26, 2013 - 09:04
The Nigerian Army yesterday demanded discipline from the youth vigilante group, popularly called Civilian JTF, which has been assisting security agents to smoke out Boko Haram insurgents from Borno State.
Monday, November 25, 2013 - 09:29
Authorities of the 7 Division of the Nigerian Army, Maiduguri, Borno State said yesterday that they did not have any immediate plan to re-open blocked mobile telephone in the state.
Monday, November 18, 2013 - 07:50
Nigerian troops have killed 29 suspected Islamist militants in two days of fighting in the northeast, where security forces are trying to stamp out Boko Haram’s four-year-old insurgency, the military said on Saturday.
Monday, November 11, 2013 - 09:43
President Goodluck Jonathan Friday in Bissau, Guinea-Bissau gave a stern warning that the global community would no longer tolerate military role in governance both in Africa and other parts of the world.
Friday, November 8, 2013 - 08:12
Recently, the Defence Headquarters in conjunction with the United States government organised a three-day seminar aimed at formulating strategies for strengthening civil-military operations and counter-terrorism efforts in Nigeria. The theme: “Civil- Military in a Democracy: Synergising All Potentials for Enhanced National Security” is apt and timely in view of the current security challenges.
Thursday, November 7, 2013 - 07:24
The Senate will today debate on whether to grant President Goodluck Jonathan’s request for a six-month extension on the state of emergency currently in place in Adamawa, Borno and Yobe States.
Wednesday, November 6, 2013 - 09:06
President Goodluck Jonathan Tuesday received the final report of the Presidential Committee on Dialogue and Peaceful Resolution of Security Challenges in the North with a declaration that the federal government would not pay compensation to victims of Boko Haram insurgency.
Instead of paying compensation to them, he added that government would fashion out ways of assisting victims of the dreaded Islamic terrorist group.
Wednesday, November 6, 2013 - 09:05
The military has made inroad into the Boko Haram strongholds in Borno State as some of the insurgents were killed and a large number of their vehicles destroyed in land and air raids, it was gathered Tuesday.