Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari has confirmed the release of 82 more Chibok girls by the Boko Haram insurgent group. In a statement released on Saturday night on his behalf by Garba Shehu, his media aide, the President said the girls were released following negotiations with Boko Haram. He added that the negotiation involved exchange of […]
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Nigeria has secured the release of 82 more Chibok girls kidnapped by Boko Haram militants more than three years ago. The girls, according to government sources, were released on Saturday after negotiation with the militants. This brings to 103 the girls already freed the Boko Haram militants. The first batch of 21 were freed last […]
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At least five persons were killed as four suicide bombers detonated explosives at three different locations in Muna area of Borno State early Wednesday morning, Nigeria’s National Emergency Management Agency, NEMA has confirmed. The areas affected, according to NEMA, Muna Usmani, Muna Garage and Muna Ethiopia respectively. The agency said the incidence in which 11 […]
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Troops on clearance operations on Monday at Jarawa village in Kala Balge Local Government Area of Borno, rescued 1, 623 captives held by remnants of Boko Haram terrorists after they neutralised 21 terrorists. Army spokesman, Brig.-Gen. Sani Usman said in a statement that the troops also recovered 3 AK-47 Rifles with registration numbers 565222414, 563729686 […]
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The UN Security Council has unanimously adopted its first resolution addressing Boko Haram’s presence in the Lake Chad Basin. The resolution followed a report of its mission to the region earlier this month. In unanimously adopting the resolution 2349 (2017), on Friday, the Council expressed concern about the protection of civilians affected by terrorism. The […]
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A top member of the Boko Haram insurgent group, Bulama Kailani Mohammed Metele, has surrendered to 145 task force battalion, 5 brigade troops at Damasak. Sani Usman, army spokesperson made this known on Saturday in Maiduguri. He said that Metele, from Tumbun Bera in Borno, belonged to Mamman Nur’s faction of the terrorists group under […]
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President Muhammadu Buhari is expected to declare open this year’s Nigerian Army Small Arms Championship in Sambisa forest in Borno. David Ahmadu, the Chief of Training and Operations, Nigerian Army headquarters, disclosed this at a news conference on the championship in Maiduguri on Friday. Mr. Ahmadu, a major general, said the event was slated for […]
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Four people were killed while eight sustained injuries when suspected Boko Haram suicide bombers detonated explosives in Umarari village, Borno, on Saturday night. According to the Borno police command, the attack was carried out by three suicide bombers, a male and two females. Victor Isuku, the police spokesperson, who confirmed the incident said the bombers attempted to gain […]
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The Nigeria army disclosed that it lost five personnel during a Boko Haram attack in Magumeri, a town in Borno state. Sani Usman, spokesman of the army, who disclosed this on Friday, also declared three officers missing in the attack which happened late Wednesday. Security sources said the militants ambushed Oguntoye and his colleagues on […]
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The Nigerian Army has rescued 211 civilians held captive by the Boko Haram terrorists at Cingal Murye and Maja villages in Northern Borno on Saturday. Brig.-Gen. Sani Usman, the Director Army Public Relations, said in a statement on Sunday that troops of 22 Brigade Garrison, Operation Lafiya Dole, rescued the victims during an operation in […]
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