Buhari spoke in Cotonou on Saturday during a gala lunch held in honour by the President of Benin Republic, Boni Yayi. He expressed optimism that the Multi-national Joint Task Force, Multinational JTF launched in Cameroon on Thursday would start yielding fruits soon. This is as Yayi who described his country as the 37th State of […]
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The President of Nigeria, President Muhammadu Buhari has commissioned the release of 5 billion naira to support victims of Boko Haram bomb attacks. The Head of Service of the Federation, Danladi Kifasi, will be facilitating the release of the funds which were pledged by the Federal Government in August 2014 as part of the Victim […]
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Not less than 100 Boko Haram militants have been killed in an operation launched a fortnight ago against Boko Haram jihadists holed up in the islands of Lake Chad, the Chadian army said in a statement Friday. In the Statement: “117 terrorists have been killed, two Chadian soldiers died and two others were wounded” in […]
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At least five people have been confirmed killed after a bomb strapped on a tricycle went off at the popular Gamboru Market junction this morning. Residents who spoke to PREMIUM TIMES, confirmed that the thunderous blast, which sounded at about 6:30am, reverberated all over Maiduguri. Eye witnesses later said the explosion occurred near the entrance […]
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The Nigerian Air Force (NAF) has intercepted supplies meant for Boko Haram insurgents along Nigeria-Cameroon borders. Nigerian Air Force said last night that it seized over 4,000 drums and several plastic containers filled with petroleum products meant for the insurgents. NAF spokesman Air Commodore Dele Alonge broke the news in a statement in Abuja. The statement […]
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Immediate past Chief of Defence Staff, Air Chief Marshal Alex Badeh has confessed that when he assumed office as the CDS, he headed a armed forces that lacked the relevant equipment and motivation to fight an enemy (Boko Haram terrorists) that was invisible and embedded with the local populace. Badeh made the confession just as […]
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The vice-president of Nigeria has released a press statement, saying he never said insurgents were planning to bomb his house at the NEC meeting chaired by him today. Although the presidency acknowledged that the statement was contained in a communique issued at the end of the Thursday National Economic Council meeting, it explained that the […]
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The attention The All Progressives Congress, Rivers State Chapter has been drawn to a press release by the Rivers State PDP Chairman signed by his media assistant, Jerry Needam titled ‘Stop Shielding, Emboldening Amaechi, Match Words with Action – PDP Tells Buhari.’ An overview of the eight-paragraph gibberish write-up undeniably offers a pen picture of […]
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The death toll from multiple bomb blasts at two bus stations in the northern Nigerian city of Gombe on Wednesday has risen to 37, with 105 others injured, a Red Cross official said on Thursday. No one claimed responsibility for the attacks, but they bore the hallmarks of the Islamist group Boko Haram, which has […]
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BY AYO OLOWO CHANNELS: Yobe State Commissioner of Police, Mr Marcus Danladi, told reporters that six more unexploded bombs were discovered in the vehicle, after a thorough search by men of the Explosive Ordinance Department of the command. Mr Danladi explained that in Damaturu, the capital of Yobe State in Nigeria’s north-east region, four pieces […]
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