Not less than 11 people have been reportedly killed while three sustained injuries in separate suicide attacks in Maiduguri. As reported by TheCable, a security source said that two bombers detonated their explosives around Molai Kalamari at exactly 10pm on Tuesday. He added that the second explosion took place at Sabongari Polo area of the […]
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The Chief of Army Staff, Tukur Buratai, on Monday, said 700 Boko Haram insurgents around the fringes of Sambisa Forest in Borno surrendered to troops. Mr. Buratai, a Lt.-Gen., said this during a Photo/Arts Exhibition which was part of activities to mark the week-long Nigerian Army Day Celebration (NADCEL). The army chief said “a short […]
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Three car bombs exploded in Damascus on Sunday, the biggest of such attack in the Syrian capital since a series of suicide attacks in March. A police officer said seven people were killed in one of the blasts,the Syrian Arab News Agency, SANA reported. One of the suicide bombers blew himself up in Tahrir square […]
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The Army has confirmed that it lost four soldiers in Borno on Thursday when their patrol vehicle ran into a bomb trap on the road between Kangarwa and Alagarno village. The Army Spokesman, Brig.-Gen. Sani Usman, confirmed the incident in a statement on Friday, while giving update on troops’ clearance operations in the North-East between […]
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A total of 680 members of the Civilian Joint Task Force (JTF) have died trying to repel Boko Haram terrorists attacks in Borno from 2012 to date, the group Legal Officer, Mr Junril Gunda, has said. Gunda said in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Maiduguri on Friday that in spite […]
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TheCable has reported that at least 57 policemen fled, while two were killed by suspected Boko Haram insurgents who ambushed their convoy in the Damboa area of Borno state, on Tuesday. An officer who witnessed the attack said his colleagues who took cover were yet to be found. He said men from men of the […]
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The army on Saturday confirmed the arrest of a suspected Boko Haram terrorist, Aliyu Ahmed, alias “Aliko”. The army spokesman, Sani Usman, said in the statement that “Aliko” was arrested on Friday by troops of 33 Brigade following a tip-off in Yuga village in Toro Local Government Area of Bauchi State, where he has been […]
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A former British Prime Minister, Gordon Brown, says the destructive activities of Boko Haram contributed to the estimated 11 million out-of-school children in Nigeria, particularly in the north-east. The Boko Haram insurgency has caused about 100,000 deaths since 2009 and displaced millions, particularly in the north-east states of Adamawa, Borno, and Yobe. Mr. Brown, the […]
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The Otaru of Auchi Kingdom, Alhaji Aliru H. Momoh, in Edo, on Monday announced the arrest of 24 suspected Boko Haram members in the community by the Nigerian Army. The monarch told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in his palace at Auchi, headquarters of the Estako-West local government area of the state that the […]
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The Police Command in Borno on Thursday confirmed the killing of 13 persons after Wednesdays multiple attack in Maiduguri. Mr Damian Chukwu, the Commissioner of Police in the state, disclosed this in Maiduguri at a news conference on the attack. “Suspected Boko Haram terrorists attacked Alidawari Village near Jiddari Polo area in Maiduguri on Wednesday. […]
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