BORNO | Intervention

From Borno to Borgu: A New Frontier of Insurgency in Nigeria

Posted By: adminon: August 24, 2026In: GovernanceTags: Benin Republic, BOKO HARAM, Borgu, BORNO, Insurgent political economy, Kainji Lake National Park, Kebbi State, Kwara State, Lakurawa or the Mahmuda group, Multidimensional Poverty Index, Niger Republic, Niger StateNo CommentsViews:

By Hussaini Abdu, PhD On Friday, 21 August 2026, gunmen believed to be linked to Lakurawa or the Mahmuda group struck four communities in Borgu Local Government Area of Niger State: Gbeji (G... Read more

NPSA Kicks Against Management of the Security Situation in Nigeria

Posted By: adminon: April 20, 2025In: De-EscalationTags: Benue, BORNO, Commander-in-Chief, Democratic structures, NPSA, PlateauNo CommentsViews:

The Nigerian Political Science Association (NPSA) is speaking up against what it calls ‘The alarming state of insecurity in Nigeria’. The statement signed by Prof Hassan Saliu, NPSA presiden... Read more

Nigeria: ‘New’ Constitution in 2017?

Posted By: adminon: November 30, 2016In: GovernanceTags: Abubakar Balarabe Mahmud, Bauchi, Benue, BORNO, Bukola Saraki, David Mark, INEC, Jigawa, Kaduna, Kebbi, Kogi, NBA, NUJ, Plateau, Professor Mwesiga Baregu, SAN, TanzanianNo CommentsViews:

If what Bukola Saraki, the Senate President, is saying is everything to go by, then the 1999 Constitution will be a new document early 2017. Saraki came out with the potentially good news of... Read more

Sultan Dasuki: The Forgotten Dimension

Posted By: adminon: November 16, 2016In: GovernanceTags: Alhaji Ibrahim Dasuki, Bauchi, BORNO, DONALD TRUMP, Ibadan, Katsina, LAGOS, Oba of Benin, OBASANJO, Onitsha, Shehu Musa Yar’Adua, Sokoto, the Gbong Gwom Jos, TY Danjuma, Zaria1 CommentViews:

The passage of Alhaji Ibrahim Dasuki, the 18th Sultan of Sokoto, last Monday provides an occasion for reflections on a forgotten dimension of his life but which rings too much of a bell in n... Read more

The Deepening Humanitarian Challenge in North-Eastern Nigeria

Posted By: adminon: August 08, 2016In: SpectacleTags: BOKOHARAM, BORNO, IDP, NIGERIA, North-Eastern NigeriaNo CommentsViews:

By International Crisis Group, (ICG) Team: Vincent Foucher, Jean-Hervé Jézéquel & Nnamdi Obasi Children are dying in Bama, a town in Borno state, north-east Nigeria, suffering fro... Read more