Nigerian troops intercepted a Boko Haram suicide bomb squad on Friday and killed five terrorists at different locations in Borno north, the Army said on Saturday. Sani Usman, brigadier general and army spokesman, in a statement, said the intercepted bomb at Ngalle village where one terrorist was killed “could have been intended for troops or […]
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The Police Command in Borno on Monday said 16 persons were killed and 18 others sustained injuries in multiple suicide bomb attacks at Muna area of Maiduguri. The Police Commissioner, Mr Damian Chukwu, confirmed the incident in a text message sent to newsmen in Maiduguri. Chukwu said that the incident occurred when a male suicide bomber detonated […]
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A Federal High Court sitting in Kainji, Niger state, has convicted and sentenced 45 Boko Haram members to jail, following the conclusion of the first phase of the trial of 575 suspects. The convicts were sentenced between three and 31 years in jail In a statement issued in Abuja on Friday, the Minister of Information […]
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Speaking at a symposium organised by the United States Institute of Peace, Thomas Shannon Jr, US Under Secretary for Political Affairs, disclosed that US Government has said it will give 54 million dollars in addition to humanitarian assistance to Nigeria, Cameroon, Chad and other countries affected by the Boko Haram violence. Shannon said that the […]
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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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The Nigerian Army has announced the killing of two suspected Boko Haram terrorists who were caught in an ambush laid by soldiers of the 202 Battalion, Operation LAFIYA DOLE. The statement said troops following an information they received “dispatched 2 ambush teams towards Feri-Feri and Tashan Goto axis in Bama Local Government Area of Borno […]
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Not less than 15 people were killed on Monday when two suicide bombers struck civilians receiving aid in Borno state, a rescue worker and a member of the civilian Joint Task Force (JTF) have reported. “There were twin suicide explosions at 11:10 am in Mashalari village (near Konduga), which killed 15 and left 43 others […]
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The Pan-Niger Delta Forum (PANDEF) has reminded the Nigerian army of how the Boko Haram insurgency started and warned against replicating it through the ongoing ‘Operation Python Dance 2’ in the south-east. The group gave the warning in reaction to clashes between soldiers and members of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) since the commencement […]
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A former President of Nigeria, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo in an interview with BBC in Lagos on Monday, said the reason ex-President Goodluck Jonathan did not fight the Boko Haram insurgents early enough is that the latter did not believe it was a serious issue. Obasanjo said he brought the grievances of the sect to the […]
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A six-year-old boy from Chibok, in Borno state, Ali Ahmadu, who was overrun and paralysed by Boko Haram insurgents’ motorcycles in 2014, has been flown abroad for corrective spinal cord surgery. Dickens Sanomi Foundation, a charity group based in Abuja, paid $48,000 (N17.5million) for Ahmadu’s medical trip. The money was raised by the foundation after Global […]
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