{"id":67337,"date":"2025-06-04T14:52:14","date_gmt":"2025-06-04T14:52:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/?p=67337"},"modified":"2025-06-04T14:52:14","modified_gmt":"2025-06-04T14:52:14","slug":"fg-links-boko-haram-resurgence-to-plot-to-destabilize-sahel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/2025\/06\/04\/fg-links-boko-haram-resurgence-to-plot-to-destabilize-sahel\/","title":{"rendered":"FG Links Boko Haram Resurgence to Plot to Destabilize Sahel\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>By Huldah Shado<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Minister of Defence, Mohammed Badaru, has disclosed that the resurgence of Boko Haram attacks in the North-East, especially in Borno State, is part of a broader attempt by terrorists to destabilize the Sahel region, including Nigeria, Mali, Burkina Faso, and Niger Republic.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking during a two-day working visit to military institutions in Kaduna State, Badaru said: \u201cIf you are following developments in Niger, Burkina Faso, and Mali, you will observe a renewed wave of terrorist activities. There is a clear attempt to destabilize the Sahel. We are doing a lot to fight them, and by the special grace of God and with your prayers, normalcy will return.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Minister noted that Nigeria\u2019s Armed Forces have recently stepped up their counter-terrorism efforts and recorded significant successes.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf you are fair in your assessment, you will acknowledge that over the last one or two weeks, the Armed Forces have gained momentum, attacking and eliminating many of these terrorists,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p>During his visit, Badaru inspected ongoing construction projects and interacted with senior military officers.<\/p>\n<p>He stressed the importance of adopting both kinetic (military force) and non-kinetic (non-violent) strategies to tackle insecurity across the country.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhile kinetic approaches involve military engagement, non-kinetic measures include appeasing affected communities and addressing the root causes of violence,\u201d he explained.<\/p>\n<p>The Minister also commended the Nigerian Defence Academy (NDA), for its efforts in training cadets and producing disciplined and dedicated officers.<\/p>\n<p>Responding, the Commandant of the NDA, Major General Abdul-Khalifa Ibrahim, thanked the Federal Government for its continued support and the recent upgrade of the academy\u2019s infrastructure.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Huldah Shado The Minister of Defence, Mohammed Badaru, has disclosed that the resurgence of Boko Haram attacks in the North-East, especially in Borno State, is part of a broader attempt by terrorists to destabilize the Sahel region, including Nigeria, Mali, Burkina Faso, and Niger Republic. Speaking during a two-day working visit to military institutions [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":32,"featured_media":67338,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[172],"tags":[59],"class_list":["post-67337","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-featured"],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/67337","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/32"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=67337"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/67337\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":67339,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/67337\/revisions\/67339"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/67338"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=67337"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=67337"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=67337"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}