A top member of the Boko Haram insurgent group, Bulama Kailani Mohammed Metele, has surrendered to 145 task force battalion, 5 brigade troops at Damasak. Sani Usman, army spokesperson made this known on Saturday in Maiduguri. He said that Metele, from Tumbun Bera in Borno, belonged to Mamman Nur’s faction of the terrorists group under […]
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Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association of Nigeria wants herdsmen to avoid destruction of farm produce and grazing on farmlands to avert clashes with farmers. The Chairman of Nasarawa state chapter of the Association, Alhaji Mohammed Hussaini, said in Akwanga, that farmers should co-exist peacefully with herdsmen to avert violent clashes in the interest of peace. […]
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President Muhammadu Buhari has condemned Wednesday’s terror attacks near the Parliament Building at Westminster, London. The President, who sympathized with the British Prime Minister, Theresa May, assured her that the government and people of Nigeria “stand with Britons at this sad and trying moment in their country.” President Buhari urged the whole world to join […]
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As reported by the BBC, a police officer was also stabbed in the nearby houses of parliament by an attacker, three other people also died from the attack on Westminster Bridge in central London. The attacker struck several pedestrians as he drove a car across the bridge, before crashing it into railings. The agency quoted […]
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The Police Borno, on Wednesday confirmed the death of some individuals in multiple suicide attacks on three “unauthorized” internally displaced persons (IDP) camps in the Muna area of Maiduguri, Borno state capital. Damian Chukwu, commissioner of police, said the first attack was at a camp sheltering displaced persons mainly from Gulumba community in Bama local government […]
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Four people were killed while eight sustained injuries when suspected Boko Haram suicide bombers detonated explosives in Umarari village, Borno, on Saturday night. According to the Borno police command, the attack was carried out by three suicide bombers, a male and two females. Victor Isuku, the police spokesperson, who confirmed the incident said the bombers attempted to gain […]
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The Nigeria army disclosed that it lost five personnel during a Boko Haram attack in Magumeri, a town in Borno state. Sani Usman, spokesman of the army, who disclosed this on Friday, also declared three officers missing in the attack which happened late Wednesday. Security sources said the militants ambushed Oguntoye and his colleagues on […]
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Security operatives and members of Civilian JTF volunteer group have intercepted a pregnant suicide bomber and another woman in Borno State. The two female suicide bombers were subdued when they refused to surrender and attempted to attack a security post. The incident occured in Ummarari village along mulai axis of Maiduguri Damboa road at the […]
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Nigerian and Cameroonian troops have cleared seven villages of Boko Haram terrorists in the border between the two countries in a two-day joint operation. The towns and villages, according to a statement issued in Abuja on Wednesday by Sani Usman, the Nigerian Army spokesperson, are: Siyara, Kote, Sigawa, Bulabundibe, Adeleke, Tchatike and Lamukura. Mr. Usman, […]
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The UN Security Council (UNSC) has described the insurgency crisis in the North-East Nigeria and the Lake Chad Basin region as the world’s largest and most neglected humanitarian crisis the world has ever witnessed. Mr Mathew Rycroft, the President of the UNSC for March and Leader of the UN delegation to Nigeria, stated this at […]
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