The Nigerian army said that it cleared 13 Boko Haram hideouts inside the Sambisa Forest in one week, losing three soldiers in the process. This information was made public by the Deputy Director Public Relations 7 Division of the Army, Col. Kinsley Samuel. While giving out the information in Maiduguri on Sunday, Samuel said that […]
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The Nigerian Army has announced the end of the Python Dance (Egwu Eke II) exercise in the Southeast. Maj. Gen. Adamu Baba Abubakar, General Officer Commanding, GOC, 82 Division Nigerian Army, made the announcement on behalf of the Chief of Army Staff, Lt. Gen. Tukur Buratai via a statement on Sunday by Colonel Sagir Musa, […]
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The Nigerian Army has said it would begin ‘Operation Crocodile Smile II’ in the Niger Delta on Saturday, October 7, 2017. Col. Aminu Iliyasu, Deputy Director, Public Relations, said this in Port Harcourt on Monday. He said the operation would be carried out by troops of the 6 Division and will cover mainly Akwa Ibom, […]
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The Nigerian Army on Friday said two Boko Haram food and logistics suppliers were ambushed and killed at Malamti village in Guzamala Local Government Council of Borno. According to the News Agency of Nigeria, NAN, Col. Timothy Antigha, Deputy Director, Army Publication Relations, 8 Division, made the disclosure in a statement issued to newsmen in […]
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Following repeated clashes between Nigerian Soldiers and Biafran agitators, Governor Okezie Ikpeazu of Abia has declared a three-day dusk-to-dawn curfew in the state. The governor said the state will continue to subscribe to the supremacy of the Nigerian Constitution and work with the federal government to forestall seccessionist threats. The governor also noted that the […]
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Two Boko Haram commanders and deputies to Abubakar Shekau, a factional leader of the terror group, were killed in successful military operations at Alafa in Borno on Sallah day, an official has said. The Army spokesman, Sani Usman, said in a statement on Tuesday that the deputies that were killed in the onslaught included Afdu […]
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The Nigerian Army said on Thursday it had neutralised several Boko Haram commanders and many of their foot soldiers in the ongoing operation against the insurgents in the north-east. Sani Usman, army spokesperson, said in a statement that the operation was conducted in collaboration with the Nigerian air force. Usman said the operation, undertaken based […]
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A major general and defence spokesperson, John Enenche, has said the Nigerian military has evidence that Abubakar Shekau, the Boko Haram leader has been killed, but there are many Shekaus. Speaking in an interview with Osasu Igbinedion on The Osasu Show, Enenche said Boko Haram has been defeated but total peace can never be […]
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The Benin Command of the Nigerian Police Force, has arrested four “fake soldiers”; Iyoragie David, Emmanuel Musa, Kingsley Egharevba and Chibuike Nwabali, for posing as men of the Nigerian Army. It was gathered that the suspects wore uniforms of the Nigerian Army when they were arrested at Okhuaihe village, along Benin-Asaba Road by local vigilante […]
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The military in Nigeria says it has concluded plans to train mobile strike team among personnel of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), and men of the Nigerian Police Force fighting Boko Haram in the North-east. This information was made public by the Minister of Defence, Mansur Dan-Ali, who spoke in Maiduguri at […]
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