Visit Borno town under Boko Haram, APC chieftain challenges minister - Daily Trust

Visit Borno town under Boko Haram, APC chieftain challenges minister - Daily Trust

A chieftain of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), Yerima Lawan Kareto, has challenged the Minister of Information and National Orientation, Mohammed Idris, to visit one of the Boko Haram controlled areas in Borno State. Kareto, who is a former Commissioner of Trade, Commerce and Industry, volunteered to drive the minister through the thick and thin to see things for himself. Governor Babagana Zulum had during an expanded security meetin…

Boko Haram: Ex-Borno Commissioner Challenges Information Minister To Visit Borno – Independent Newspaper Nigeria

DAMATURU – A chieftain of the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, and former Commissioner of Trade, Commerce and Industry, Honourable Yerima Lawan Kareto, has extended an invitation to the Minister of Information and National Orientation, Mohammed Idris to find time, come to Borno and follow him to Damasak, the Council Headquarters of Mobbar Local Government […]

Borno Attacks: Government Must Respond with Action, Not Empty Reassurance

It is disappointing but unsurprising that Nigeria’s Minister of Information, Mohammed Idris, has chosen to deflect rather than address the government’s response as the security crisis in Borno State deepens. Development Diaries reports that Senator Kaka Shehu Lawan (Borno Central) has asked the minister to face his job of projecting a good image of Nigeria rather than politicise insecurity. When Governor Babagana Zulum raised the alarm at an exp…

Nigeria: Boko Haram, ISWAP Largely Dissipated, On ‘Their Last Legs” - Information Minister - Global Upfront Newspapers

Minister of Information and National Orientation, Mohammed Idris says the terrorist groups, Boko Haram and Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP) have been largely dissipated and are “on their last legs.” He said before, they were holding territories especially in the Northeast part of Nigeria, Local Governments, towns and cities. But now, it’s no longer the case as they are crushing them,” adding that they no longer have the kind of force t…