The Senior Special Assistant, Media and Publicity to President Buhari, Mallam Garba Shehu, says his comment that the farmers killed in Borno state did not get military clearance to visit their farms, was a response to a question on security operations in the north-east. Recall that on Saturday, suspected Boko Haram members attacked Zabarmari community in […]
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Some insurgents believed to be members of Boko Haram have killed at least forty farmers in Zamarmari area of Jere local government area of Borno state. The farmers were killed at Kwashabe village, about 20 kilometers north of Maiduguri, Borno capital. Nasiru Usman, one of the farmers who escaped during the attack, went to town […]
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Suspecter members of the dreaded Boko Haram sect on Tuesday expanded the frontiers of their operations by shooting down a military helicopter. The insurgents are believed to have shot down a Nigerien helicopter carrying unidentified passengers in Bama local government area of Borno state. This development has introduced a new and more dangerous dimension to […]
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The Nigerian Army has inaugurated manhunt for the 4th Batch of wanted Boko Haram terrorists. It has also co-opted more Civilian Joint Task Force (CJTF) members into its operation. A banner showing photographs of the wanted terrorists was unveiled by Governor Babagana Zulum of Borno and the Chief of Army Staff, Lt.-Gen. Tukur Buratai on […]
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The Inspector General of Police (IGP), Mohammed Adamu, has ordered the immediate end to the wanton violence, killings, looting and destruction of public and private property in the country. He gave the order to all Assistant Inspectors General of Police (AIGs), Commissioners of Police (CPs), Heads of Police Operational Units, Squadron and Base Commanders in […]
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The Borno State Command of the Nigeria Police Force, has released the names of the officers killed by Boko Haram ambush on Saturday. The State Commissioner of Police, Bello Makwashi listed the names of his dead personnel on Monday when Borno Governor, Babagana Zulum visited the Command Headquarters in Maiduguri, the state capital. “During the […]
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Boko Haram insurgents have again, attacked the convoy of Governor Babagana Zulum of Borno State. This attack, which happens to be the latest, occurred on Sunday morning some two kilometres from Baga when the governor was returning to Maiduguri. The Punch reports that the convoy, according to some of the people who returned to Maiduguri […]
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Borno State Governor, Babagana Zulum, has said the attack on his convoy was carried out by soldiers and not Boko Haram insurgents. Recall that Zulum’s convoy was attacked last Wednesday in Baga, while on his way to visit internally displaced persons (IDP) camps in Kukawa Local Government Area of the state. The attack was initially […]
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A crack team of Police detectives have arrested seven armed robbers including a serving and a dismissed soldiers for alleged robbery of a bullion van in Abakaliki, the capital of Ebonyi State. It was gathered that the bullion van was coming from Enugu State when it was attacked in Abakaliki on July 29, 2020, while […]
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There was pandemonium in Agbudu, Koton-Karfe local government area of Kogi state as unknown gunmen killed 14 people, including 13 members of a family. The ugly incident occurred around 2am on Wednesday. Ede Ayuba, Kogi police commissioner who confirmed the killings at a press briefing, said he had mobilised his men but the gunmen had […]
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