The Nigerian Army on Wednesday said its troops had killed 20 Boko Haram insurgents in a clearance operation in the Lake Chad Basin. Col. Timothy Antigha, the Deputy Director, Army Public Relations, 8 Division, made the disclosure in a statement in Maiduguri. Antigha said that the troops captured 17 insurgents, rescued 100 people, recovered vehicles […]
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The police in Maiduguri have arrested a suspected top Boko Haram commander, Ibrahim Diye, on Friday following a tip off from one of the residents. A senior member of an ‘intelligence Police unit’ along Airport road, who pleaded anonymity, said, “I cannot disclose the location where the suspected top commander was arrested, as it may […]
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Not less than four civilians two soldiers were killed in a suicide attack in Pulka, Gwoza Local Government Area of Borno State on Monday. The first attack was carried out by two teenage girls wearing suicide vests. The spokesperson of the Military Command and Control Centre in Maiduguri, Onyema Nwachukwu, confirmed the incident. He said […]
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President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the payment of N164.7 million as school fees of the freed 106 Chibok girls. Garba Shehu, presidential spokesman, who announced this in a statement on Sunday, said the money is for the second-semester fees of the girls studying at the American University of Nigeria (AUN), Yola, Adamawa state. Former Vice-President […]
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President Muhammadu Buhari has assured Nigerians that the Administration is taking the necessary measures to end the suicide bombings by Boko Haram terrorists, saying the attacks are like the last kicks of a dying horse. Speaking at the commissioning of the Pulaaku Radio in Yola, Adamawa State, on Sunday, the President, who was represented by […]
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Not less than three soldiers were killed when Boko Haram invaded 5 brigade garrison military base in Magumeri, Borno state, on Saturday. Timothy Antigha, deputy director public relations, 8 task force division of the army, disclosed this in a statement released in Maiduguri. “At about 6.00pm yesterday, 25th November 2017, suspected elements of Boko Haram terrorists […]
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The Adamawa Police Command says the death toll in Tuesday’s Mubi mosque suicide attack has risen to 50. The command’s Public Relations Officer, Othman Abubakar, confirmed the development to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Tuesday. Mr. Abubakar said a young boy was responsible for the blast which occurred during the early morning prayer. […]
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The Police in Borno have confirmed that 18 persons were killed in multiple suicide bomb attacks at Muna Gari community of Konduga Local Government Area. Mr Victor Isuku, the Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), confirmed the attack in a statement issued in Maiduguri. Isuku said that the incident occurred at about 18:13p.m. when four suicide […]
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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 Air Force has claimed its aerial bombardment destroyed a building belonging to Boko Haram insurgents inside the Sambisa Forest. The Director of Public Relations and Information, NAF Headquarters, Air Commodore Olatokunbo Adesanya, disclosed this on Saturday in Abuja. Watch the Video According to a statement by Adesanya, the Nigerian Air Force, on Oct. […]
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