Monthly Archives: November 2018

Game changers in the North Eastern Nigerian Security Situation

As we draw to the end of 2018 and the 9th year of the Boko Haram insurgency, a review of certain issues seems pertinent. SITUATION ENEMY FORCES One of the key assumptions in my review of Boko Harams 2018 rainy season … Continue reading

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NORTHERN NIGERIA INTERNAL SECURITY SITREP- Week Ending 17 November 2018

Situation North East (Adamawa, Borno and Yobe States) 12 November Elements of 82 Div, TF Bn, NGOSHE, GWOZA LGA, BORNO State supported by CJTF Vigilantes conducted clearance operations to AGAPALUWA, GWOZA LGA, BORNO State engaged the enemy, killing 2 and … Continue reading

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NORTHERN NIGERIA INTERNAL SECURITY SITREP- Week Ending 10 November 2018

Situation North East (Adamawa, Borno and Yobe States) 04 November CJTF Vigilantes engaged gunmen in GALL Area of GAZABURE Village, GUBIO LGA, BORNO State killing 8 Gunmen attacked KUMSHE Village, BAMA LGA, BORNO State, capturing military equipment and personal effects … Continue reading

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NORTHERN NIGERIA INTERNAL SECURITY SITREP- Week Ending 03 November 2018

Situation North East (Adamawa, Borno and Yobe States) 30 October Gunmen abducted a Modibbo Adamawa University Professor Allan KADAMS from his home in Federal Housing Estate, BAJABURE,GIREI LGA, ADAMAWA State on the outskirts of YOLA around 2.00am The ADAMAWA State … Continue reading

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How to create an Insurgency (3): Nigeria’s Shia Problem- Of Mosquitoes and Testicles

In addition to Boko Haram, bandits in the North west and North centre, Kidnap for ransom, armed robbery, Bakassi, Niger Delta, IPOB, herdsmen/ farmers, the Federal Republic of Nigeria, reignite it’s bloody conflict with the Islamic Movement in Nigeria (IMN), … Continue reading

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