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Nigeria: Borno 'Ready to Provide 50,000 Able-Bodied Persons' to Help Boko Haram Fight - Zulum
Premium Times, 20 February 2020
The governor of Borno State, Babagana Zulum, has said the Federal Government of Nigeria needs to deploy at least 100,000 security personnel to the Northeast region, to defeat Boko… Read more »
Nigeria's Borno State Needs More Soldiers to Crush Boko Haram
Borno State Governor Babagana Zulum has said the country needs an extra 100,000 soldiers to win the war against Boko Haram. He said the country cannot win the battle against insurgency with less manpower and inadequate funding. Borno State is one of the regions that is worst affected by Boko Haram attacks. Zulum also declared February 24 a day of fasting and prayer for the "restoration of peace" in the state.
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Nigeria: Nigeria Needs Additional 100,000 Soldiers to Defeat Boko Haram - Zulum
Vanguard, 19 February 2020
Borno state governor, Babagana Zulum, Wednesday advised the federal government to recruit additional one hundred thousand soldiers, (100,000), if Nigeria wants to defeat Boko… Read more »
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Nigeria: Senate Introduces Bill to Create Agency for Repentant Boko Haram Members
Premium Times, 20 February 2020
The Senate on Thursday began moves to establish an agency that would see to the rehabilitation, deradicalisation and integration of repentant insurgents in the country. Read more »
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Nigeria: Boko Haram - Borno Governor Declares Monday for Fasting, Prayers
Daily Trust, 19 February 2020
Borno state governor, Babagana Zulum, has declared Monday, February 24, 2020 for statewide fasting and prayers alongside an intensified offensive by Nigeria' military and volunteer… Read more »
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Nigeria: Nigeria Needs 100,000 More Soldiers to Crush Boko Haram
This Day, 20 February 2020
Borno State Governor, Prof. Babagana Zulum, Wednesday said that Nigeria would require about 100,000 more soldiers to win the war against Boko Haram. Read more »
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Nigeria: Borno Declares Monday for Fasting, Prayers Over Boko Haram Attacks
Daily Trust, 20 February 2020
Borno State Governor Babagana Zulum has declared Monday, February 24 for statewide fasting and prayers to salvage the state and the country against Boko Haram insurgency. Read more »
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Nigeria: 23 Killed in Stampede As Borno Governor Distributes Food in Niger Republic
Premium Times, 17 February 2020
At least 23 people have been reported killed in a stampede that occurred as officials of the Borno State Government distributed food items to Nigerian refugees living in Niger… Read more »
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Amnesty International has called for an investigation into the alleged burning of villages by the Nigerian army in Borno, one of the worst-hit states by the insurgency in the ... Read more »
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An attack, allegedly by Boko Haram militants, happened just hours after Nigeria's President Muhammadu Buhari paid a visit to Borno State after the killing of 30 people on Sunday. Read more »
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The attack took place in Auno town on a major highway linking Maiduguri to Borno State. The suspected militants targeted travellers who had stopped for the night and torched ... Read more »
