The Police in Taraba state, has confirmed the arrest of two wanted Boko Haram commanders. One of the commanders, named, Ali Audu, was arrested in Tella, Gassol Local Government Area while the other, Abdulmumini Abdullahi, was apprehended in Bali Local Government Area. The Commissioner of Police, Shaba Alkali, made the announcement on Wednesday in Jalingo […]
Continue ReadingEarly this morning, there were twin Person-borne improvised explosive attack carried out by two female carriers in Ummarari village near Molai, outskirts of Maiduguri metropolis, Borno State. The first of the attacks was targeted a mosque, while the second blast about 50 metres away, a few minutes later. The sad event killed 22 people and […]
Continue ReadingThe Nigerian Air Force carried out aerial assault on Boko Haram positions at their camp at Iza, Borno state, an action which chased the insurgents into the Sambisa Forest.The air attacks were carried out along with a ground offensive by troops of 121 Task Force Battalion who consolidated on the gains of the air strikes […]
Continue ReadingTroops of 21 Brigade Bama, under 7 Division area of operational responsibility, in a blocking position, have at the early hours of today (Friday), succeeded in clearing escaping Boko Haram terrorists that came through Sabsawa axis of Sambisa forest. The troops also recovered a Toyota Hilux, 2 AK-47 rifles with registration numbers 58006915 and KO […]
Continue ReadingInformation from the office of Colonel Sani Usman Kukasheka, Director Army Public Relations, says that the headquarters of 33 Artillery Brigade, Nigerian Army Bauchi, has arrested 4 persons suspected to be Boko Haram terrorists spies that include the one that carried out surveillance on the Madalla church before it was bombed. The men Victor Moses, Abubakar Shettima, […]
Continue ReadingContinuing the clearance operations by troops to mop up the remnants of Boko Haram terrorists, troops have rescued 1890 persons held captives by Boko Haram terrorists at various locations within the last two weeks. Those rescued include 800 Nigerians refugees that crossed to Cameroon that were brought back to Banki town in Nigeria by troops […]
Continue ReadingFormer governor of Borno State, Ali Modu Sheriff, has been named the new chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party. The PDP is Nigeria’s biggest opposition party, and was only defeated in May 2015 after holding power for 16 years. Mr. Sherrif, who is replacing Ahmadu Mu’azu, the former chairman who resigned shortly after the polls, […]
Continue ReadingFor some weeks, the media has credited comments on the use of inferior weapons in the fight against the Boko Haram insurgents to the Minister of Information and Culture, Alh. Lai Mohammed. It was alleged he claimed the previous administration subjected the military to the use of inferior weapons in the fight against the Boko […]
Continue ReadingThe Nigerian Army has unreservedly debunked the story carried by some newspapers in the country titled, ‘why military can’t defeat Boko Haram’, credited to have been given by the military high command is purely and unreservedly misleading and can best be described as a figment of press imagination. As far as the military is concerned […]
Continue ReadingA Nigerian Air Force’s Unmanned Combat Aerial Vehicle (UAV) has destroyed a logistics base used by members of the Boko Haram Terrorists group, the air force said in a statement Tuesday. The UAV was on intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (ISR) mission when it came across the gathering of BHTs at Garin Moloma, about one kilometre […]
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