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Nigerian Army Chief Laments That Some ‘Repentant’ Terrorists Have Ulterior Motives

Theatre Commander of Operation Hadin Kai, Maj.-Gen. Christopher Musa
The Nigerian Army has said though thousands of terrorists and their families have laid down arms in the North-East, some of them have ulterior motives. The Theatre Commander of OperationRead More

Capitulation Of Boko Haram, ISWAP Elements – An Eclectic Overview

Repentant boko haram members rahabilitation
A couple of weeks ago, the Nigerian Military High Command announced that several commanders and members of Islamist insurgent group, Boko Haram and one of its rival factions, the IslamicRead More

Ndume Insists On Prosecution Of Repentant Insurgents

Senator Ali Ndume
Former Senate Leader, Senator Ali Ndume has canvassed for the proper profiling of Boko Haram insurgents who have dropped their arms with a view to determining those with bloods inRead More

UN Report Exposes Secret Programme For Repentant Terrorists

United Nations (UN)
Intelligence agencies probe authenticity of recent surrender of 1, 200 insurgents How they’re given houses, paid monthly stipends A United Nations (UN) publication has detailed a secret government programme tagged,Read More

Stop Pampering Surrendered Boko Haram Terrorists – Senator Ndume Tells Nigerian Army

Senator Ali Ndume
The Chairman of the Senate Committee on Army, Senator Ali Ndume, has said he does not agree that the surrendered Boko Haram terrorists should be given blanket amnesty or pamperedRead More

Pope Francis: Spending On Weapons Despite Pandemic Scandalous

Pope Francis
Osinbajo: Things will get better for Nigeria Kukah cautions against rewarding repentant criminals Pope Francis yesterday urged countries to quicken the distribution of COVID-19 vaccines, particularly to the world’s poor,Read More

No Plan To Conscript “Repentant” Terrorists Into Armed Forces – Presidency

Presidential spokesman, Malam Garba Shehu
No repentant Boko Haram terrorist has been conscripted into the armed forces, the presidency said last night, adding that there is no plan to enlist any of them in future.Read More

Outrage As FG Pampers “Repentant” Terrorists While IDPs Suffer

Children in IDP camp vs "Repentant" Boko Haram fighters
The recent graduation of about 600 repentant Boko Haram terrorists and their planned reintegration into society by the Federal Government has again triggered the debate on the appropriateness or otherwiseRead More

Enter The Era Of Boko Haram’s “Repentant” Terrorists

Boko Haram
Uzor Maxim Uzoatu wrote that the treatment handed out to the so-called “repentant” terrorists is an admission by the Federal Government that crime pays. The powers-that-be of Boko Haram haveRead More

Bill To Create Agency For Repentant Boko Haram Members Introduced In Nigerian Senate

Repentant boko haram members rahabilitation
The Nigerian Senate has heard a bill that called for the creation of an governmental agency that would be tasked with deradicalizing and reintegrating repentant terrorists into the society. TheRead More