The Boko Haram terrorists have released a picture of the staff of the University of Maiduguri (UNIMAID) who were captured in Magumeri local government area of Borno state. The victims were attacked while returning from an oil exploration trip to the Lake Chad Basin. Five of their colleagues were killed alongside staff of the Nigerian […]
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In a statement issued on Wednesday, Sani Usman, army spokesman, said men of the Nigerian Army have rescued all kidnapped oil workers. Recall that some suspected Boko Haram insurgents ambushed the convoy of the oil workers around Jilli and Borno yesu villages at Magumeri local government area of Borno state on Tuesday. In the statement, […]
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Suspected members of the Boko Haram sect have ambushed a team of oil exploration workers and security operatives in Borno state. A senior military source, who spoke with TheCable, said the incident happened at Magumeri in Gubio local government area of the state, on Tuesday. The source said the workers were returning from Borno Yeso […]
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Men of the Nigerian Police Force and suspected members of the Boko Haram sect engaged in fierce gun battle in Kano on Sunday morning. Premium Times reported that the police officers were members of a special task force set up by the inspector general of police. Five suspects, including two women suspected to be wives […]
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The Chief of Army Staff, Nigerian Army, Lieutenant General Tukur Yusufu Buratai, on Friday in a terse statement, directed the Theatre Commander, Operation LAFIYA DOLE, Major General Ibrahim Attahiru, to capture Abubakar Shekau, the so-called and self-styled leader of Boko Haram terrorists group, dead or alive. “The Theatre Commander has further been directed to do […]
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The Police Command in Borno said on Monday that a total of 12 persons were killed while 18 others sustained various degrees of injuries in multiple suicide bomb attacks in Maiduguri. The Commissioner of Police, Mr Damian Chukwu, made this known while confirming the attack at a news briefing in Maiduguri. Chukwu said that the […]
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The Nigerian Army on Tuesday said six Boko Haram suspects were killed after a gun batlle with soldiers along the shores of Lake Chad. The spokesperson of the 8 Task Force Division in Borno State, Timothy Antigha, said the six suspected terrorists were killed in two separate operations carried out by soldiers in the division […]
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The Chief of Army Staff, Tukur Buratai, on Monday, said 700 Boko Haram insurgents around the fringes of Sambisa Forest in Borno surrendered to troops. Mr. Buratai, a Lt.-Gen., said this during a Photo/Arts Exhibition which was part of activities to mark the week-long Nigerian Army Day Celebration (NADCEL). The army chief said “a short […]
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The Army has confirmed that it lost four soldiers in Borno on Thursday when their patrol vehicle ran into a bomb trap on the road between Kangarwa and Alagarno village. The Army Spokesman, Brig.-Gen. Sani Usman, confirmed the incident in a statement on Friday, while giving update on troops’ clearance operations in the North-East between […]
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A total of 680 members of the Civilian Joint Task Force (JTF) have died trying to repel Boko Haram terrorists attacks in Borno from 2012 to date, the group Legal Officer, Mr Junril Gunda, has said. Gunda said in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Maiduguri on Friday that in spite […]
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