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Boko Haram: Niger Army Neutralizes A Rebel Attack Near Lake Chad
Up to 40 Boko Haram insurgents were killed on Tuesday night by soldiers of the Nigerien army on an island in Lake Chad, on the borders of Nigeria, Niger, Cameroon and Chad. According to a statement from the Ministry of Defence, an estimated 100 Boko Haram fighters arrived on the island in four large dugout…
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How Insurgency Claimed Over 10,000 Lives In 2021
An analysis by Twentyten Daily has shown that a total of 10,366 individuals were killed by insurgency attacks or interventions in 2021. These figures indicated that at least 24 people died everyday owing to the constant insecurity threat facing the country. The figures, which were obtained from the compilation of media reported killings in 2021,…
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North-East Loses $6.9 billion To Insecurity
The Borno State Governor, Babagana Zulum has placed the total losses suffered by the North East as a result of terrorism at about $6.9 billion. Zulum said the losses so far included over 5000 destroyed classrooms, 900,000 homes burnt beyond repairs, 713 damaged energy distribution sources, as well as 1600 destroyed public water sources, among…
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1,525 Nigerians Were Killed In six Weeks
In the first six weeks of 2021, no fewer than 1, 525 persons have died across the country due to recurrent insurgent crisis. Data obtained from the Nigeria Security Tracker showed that these deaths covered cases from the Boko Haram insurgency, banditry, herdsmen crisis, kidnapping, communal and cult clashes, armed robbery, and brutality of security…
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Insecurity: Approximately 23 People Died Everyday in 2020
A total of 8,279 deaths were recorded from insecurity in 2020. This is a report according to Nigeria Security Tracker (NST), a project of the Council on Foreign Relations’ Africa program. This insecurity ranges from insurgency, banditry, cultism robbery, kidnapping that occurred during the year. Nigeria, amid the fight to control coronavirus pandemic, had faced…
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BokoHaram: In 10 Years, over 34,000 Nigerians Have Been Killed
Data obtained from Nigeria Security Tracker has shown that a total of 34,579 Nigerians have died as a result of the insecurity threat posed by the jihadist group, Boko Haram. The group, said to have begun its insurgent attack on the Nigeria government in 2009, is known for extinguishing several Nigerians, ethnic group, farmers from…