Not less than 569 people — including 337 soldiers — have been killed in various forms of ambush launched by insurgents since 2019, according to a report by SB Morgan (SBM) Intelligence. The research organisation, SBM intelligence, compiled and analysed data about happenings in the country, identifying 62 attacks perpetrated by insurgents in the period […]
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The Nigerian Army on Sunday announced that its soldiers successfully repelled a Boko Haram ambush in Borno State. In a post on its official Twitter handle, the army said the ambush occurred “along Maiduguri Bama Axis.” It said the troops successfully repelled the ambush after “serious exchange of gunfire.” “Reports just reaching us confirmed that […]
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No fewer than 23 Nigerian soldiers are yet to be accounted for after Boko Haram insurgents ambushed a military convoy at Boboshe village in Bama local government area of Borno. Five officers, 18 soldiers and 8 trucks were missing after the attack which occurred early on Saturday. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) learnt that […]
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Scores of civilians and Boko Haram insurgents were reportedly killed yesterday during different attacks in Borno and Yobe states. Witnesses said the first attack was an ambush on firewood mongers in villages around Mafa, the first local government area outskirts of Maiduguri along Dikwa- Gamboru-Ngala-Cameroon Republic road. The second attack was reportedly launched at villages […]
Continue ReadingAs revealed by Colonel Sani Kukasheka Usman, Acting Director Army Public Relations, troops returning from Bama on humanitarian escort duty, were ambushed enroute Maiduguri by suspected remnants of Boko Haram terrorists hiding in Meleri village, a few kilometres from Kawuri. The gallant troops however, successfully cleared the ambush and exploited up to Afunori. Unfortunately, 2 […]
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