The acting director of defence information, John Agim, in a statement on Wednesday, said Nigeria’s territorial integrity is not under threat from ISIS or any other group. Read the statement: The Defence Headquarters (DHQ) wishes to respond to a report making the round that ISIS has been sending her members to Nigeria to train Boko […]
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Taliban fighters have killed 30 Afghan soldiers and captured a military base in the western province of Badghis on Wednesday. This is the first major attack attack since a ceasefire for the Eid al-Fitr holiday. The three-day Taliban ceasefire ended on Sunday. Provincial governor Abdul Qafoor Malikzai said the Taliban attacked two security posts in […]
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The Boko Haram terrorists in a flagrant show of defiance have again openly celebrated this Year’s Eid-el-Fitr in Sambisa Forest. The five minute, 17 second video footage seen by NAN correspondent in Maiduguri shows the terrorists and their families dressed in festival attires, performing salat after completing 29 days of fasting. The video is believed […]
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Not less than persons were killed and about 48 others injured after suspected Boko Haram suicide bombers on Saturday attacked Abachari village in Damboa Local Government Area of Borno State. The suicide bombers, said to be six by the army, reportedly targeted people returning home after a Sallah fair in Damboa. The Borno State Emergency Management Agency (SEMA) spoke on the […]
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Falmata, mother of Abubakar Shekau, Boko Haram leader, says she is not sure if her son is dead or alive. In an interview with the Hausa Service of the Voice of America, the elderly woman said the last time she saw her son was 15 years ago. She said since her child met with Mohammed Yusuf, founder […]
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An American commando was killed Friday in an attack in southern Somalia that also wounded four US military personnel along with a Somali soldier, officials said. The attack occurred in Jubaland, where a large force comprising about 800 Somali, Kenyan and US troops were working to clear a large area of Al-Qaeda-aligned Al-Shabaab fighters. The […]
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Authorities on Tuesday said nine people were killed on Monday night in Diffa city, South-east Niger in several attacks believed to be carried out by terror group, Boko Haram. According to local officials on the spot, the tragedy was perpetrated by at least three suicide bombers who blew themselves up late at night in three […]
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Nigerian Army authorities on Thursday said five soldiers had died along the Pridang-Bita road in Borno after their vehicle stepped on Improvised Explosive Devices (IEDs). Army Spokesman, Brig.-Gen. Texas Chukwu, said in a statement that the incident, which occurred in Gworza Local Government Area, happened when troops of 271 Task Force Battalion fought through an […]
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In a fresh attack of Nirnin Gwari-Funtua road, some gunmen abducted more than 25 people between Kiryoyi and Maganda villages of Birnin Gwari local government area or Kaduna state. According the natives, the suspected kidnappers stopped vehicles carrying passengers and ordered the people into the bush. Danladi Duniya, chairman of the National Union of Road […]
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Four people have been killed and seven others injured as suicide bomber hit the restive town of Konduga in Borno, in the latest Boko Haram attack, the police confirmed on Monday. The Commissioner of Police in the state, Mr Damian Chukwu, told reporters in Maiduguri that the jihadists detonated an Improvised Explosive Device (IED) at […]
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