Following the deafening silence of the Nigerian government on the details the attack on Rann community and the casualty thereof, the United Nations (UN) has confirmed that at least eight Nigerian security personnel were killed in the attack. The UN in a statement by Stéphane Dujarric, spokesman for Secretary-General António Guterres, also confirmed the withdrawal of […]
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Not less 28 people have died in the terrorism attacks of Friday at the French embassy in Burkina Faso and the country’s military headquarters, before being repelled. Although a government source said 16 attackers and defenders died, the AFP learned unofficially that the attacks may have been bloodier than the official narrative, which earlier in the […]
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Four soldiers, four mobile policemen, and at least three humanitarian workers have been killed in an attack on troops of the 3 Battalion of the Nigerian Army Nigerian troops by a large number of Boko Haram terrorists. Six soldiers and four humanitarian workers from the IOM, ICRC, and MSF were also injured. The terrorists, according […]
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The government of the United States has imposed new sanctions on the terror group, Boko Haram, and its factional leader, Mus’ab al-Barnawi and the Islamic State and its affiliate networks around the world. The U.S. department added Boko Haram, also known as ISIS-West Africa, to the sanction list for global terrorism. Mr. al-Barnawi and Mahad […]
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Nigerian and Cameroonian army have killed 35 Boko Haram terrorists and rescued 603 civilians in a joint operation. The joint operation was carried out as part of clearance exercise of troops of Operation Lafiya Dole in troubled North East. Col. Onyema Nwachukwu, the Deputy Director Public Relations, Theatre Command Operation of Lafiya Dole, said on […]
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The federal government of Nigeria has set up a 12-member panel to probe the circumstances surrounding the abduction of 110 students of the Government Girls Science and Technical College, GGSTC, in Dapchi, Yobe State. The Committee will be inaugurated today, Wednesday. The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, disclosed this in a statement issued […]
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Governor Ibrahim Gaidam of Yobe state has blamed the abduction of the Dapchi schoolgirls on the withdrawal of security personnel from communities in the state. Gaidam, who spoke with newsmen on Saturday alleged that security check points were withdrawn from Dapchi and other communities, few days before the attack, a development which he believes gave room […]
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President Muhammadu Buhari has apologised for the abduction of students of Government Girls’ Technical College, Dapchi, Yobe state, describing the situation as a national tragedy. The president went on to state that his government is doing its best to secure their release. In a statement by Garba Shehu, presidential spokesman, Buhari said he has instructed […]
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The Yobe Government on Thursday apologised for claiming that some of the abducted school girls at Government Girls College Dapchi had been rescued. Abdullahi Bego, Director-General, Press Affairs to Yobe Governor, gave the apology over the statement, which turned out to be untrue. “We issued the statement on the basis of information provided by one […]
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A suicide attacker threw an explosive device at the U.S. embassy in the Montenegrin capital Podgorica on Thursday morning and subsequently blew himself up with another bomb. Both devices were probably hand grenades, the first thrown into the embassy yard and the second, which killed the attacker in the street outside, the government said on […]
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