The Nigerian Air Force, NAF, Saturday, debunked rumours purporting it has the location of the the missing girls taken away by Boko Haram insurgents on April 14, 2014 from a school in Chibok, Borno State. The clarification is a response to media reports suggesting that the NAF had found the location where the kidnapped girls […]
Continue ReadingThe Nigerian military, has revealed that in its bid to ensure equity, fairness and rule of law, it has thoroughly screened and investigated some suspected members of Boko Haram Terrorist who were arrested, and on ascertaining their innocence, those persons have been released to the Borno State Government. The statement read: Investigation carried out revealed […]
Continue ReadingThe National Emergency Management Agency on Wednesday, confirmed 58 people lost their lives and 78 other victims were injured after suicide bombers detonated explosives at the Internally Displaced Persons camp in Dikwa, Borno State. Emergency workers reported that the incident occurred when the IDPs queued up to collect their morning food ration in a camp […]
Continue ReadingThe Department of State Services (DSS) has arrested a recruiter for the Islamic State (IS) in Kano state. The DSS also disclosed that it had apprehended some hackers who had concluded plans to compromise the treasury-single-account system domiciled at the office of the accountant general of the federation. “In line with the service statutory mandate […]
Continue ReadingThe Nigerian Army has unreservedly debunked the story carried by some newspapers in the country titled, ‘why military can’t defeat Boko Haram’, credited to have been given by the military high command is purely and unreservedly misleading and can best be described as a figment of press imagination. As far as the military is concerned […]
Continue ReadingA Nigerian Air Force’s Unmanned Combat Aerial Vehicle (UAV) has destroyed a logistics base used by members of the Boko Haram Terrorists group, the air force said in a statement Tuesday. The UAV was on intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (ISR) mission when it came across the gathering of BHTs at Garin Moloma, about one kilometre […]
Continue ReadingThe acting Coordinator of National Emergency Management Agency, NEMA, in Adamawa, Halilu Kangiwa, has said 11 people lost their lives in Friday’s bomb blast in Gombi market. Mr. Kangiwa told the News Agency of Nigeria on Sunday in Yola that 77 persons sustained injuries in the incident. He said that out of the injured, 19 […]
Continue ReadingThe Nigerian Military has revealed that the Boko Haram attack on Dalori Village, which killed scores of people, was carried out using multiple methods. Reacting to the attack that occurred on Saturday night, the military quoted witnesses as saying the “insurgents came in two Golf cars, motorcycles, started opening fire and burning houses.” Apart from […]
Continue ReadingYesterday, two suspected suicide bombers, unleashed mayhem at Chibok Market in Chibok Local Government area of Borno State, killing 14 and leaving over 24 others seriously injured. It was reported that the Chibok market has been shut since the attack in Chibok School where over 200 female students were abducted by Islamic militants, and just […]
Continue ReadingHassan Umaru, theatre commander of operation lafiya dole, who disclosed this at a media briefing in Maiduguri on Friday, also revealed that troops killed 63 Boko Haram insurgents and foiled some suicide bomb attacks within a week. The theatre commander, speaking through Lucky Irabor, the deputy commander, said that the troops recovered many “AK47 rifles, […]
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