The senior special assistant to President Muhammadu Buhari on media and publicity, Garba Shehu, says the Federal Government is making contact with the captors of the aid workers in Borno state. Insurgents suspected to be members of the Islamic State in West Africa Province (ISWAP) had attacked a convoy of aid workers in Damasak, Borno […]
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TheCable has reported that at least 57 policemen fled, while two were killed by suspected Boko Haram insurgents who ambushed their convoy in the Damboa area of Borno state, on Tuesday. An officer who witnessed the attack said his colleagues who took cover were yet to be found. He said men from men of the […]
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The Police Borno, on Wednesday confirmed the death of some individuals in multiple suicide attacks on three “unauthorized” internally displaced persons (IDP) camps in the Muna area of Maiduguri, Borno state capital. Damian Chukwu, commissioner of police, said the first attack was at a camp sheltering displaced persons mainly from Gulumba community in Bama local government […]
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As part of measures to prevent further Boko Haram attacks, the Borno State government has banned the operation of brothels, sale of alcohol and spots where illicit drugs are sold and consumed in the state with effect from Friday, January, 20 2017. This was disclosed by the Attorney General of the state, Barr. Shehu Lawan […]
Continue ReadingNo fewer than 15 Boko Haram fighters were killed in a dawn attack on a contingent of soldiers from 3 Battalion and 112 Task Force Battalion stationed in Rann, Borno State on Friday.The troops overpowered the invaders killing 15 on the spot,while the rest took to their heels. The terrorists were believed to be among those […]
Continue ReadingAn attempt by two suicide bombers to wreck havoc a day after Christmas Day has been thwarted as one of the suspects was killed while the other arrested by security personnel. While Emergency workers have evacuated the dead body of the female bomber, Nigerian soldiers took the other away for interrogations. A spokesperson of the […]
Continue ReadingThe Chief of Army Staff, Lt.-Gen. Tukur Buratai has revealed the arrest of a Boko Haram terrorist in Ikorodu area of Lagos State. Buratai said the terrorist, one of those fleeing from the hitherto Boko Haram stronghold of Sambisa Forest, was arrested on Saturday. Buratai made the revelation in a remark before Gov. Kashim Shettima […]
Continue ReadingThe Governor of Borno State, Kashim Shettima, has made what many will consider a controversial statement, when he alleged that the state capital is now safe, even more than Lagos, Abuja and other state capitals in Nigeria. Shettima, whose state had been ravaged by Boko Haram insurgents in the last few years, said this while […]
Continue ReadingAt least 5,000 Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) in 27 camps in embattled Borno state in northeast Nigeria are currently living with HIV/AIDS. Mr Hassan Mustapha, the Coordinator on HIV/AIDS in Borno, said on Thursday that most of the patients were women who were rescued from captivity in Boko Haram camps. The coordinator, however, said that […]
Continue ReadingAt least six soldiers have been wounded while about thirty terrorists were killed in a failed ambush by fighters of Boko Haram sect on Saturday, November 26. It was gathered that a group of Boko Haram militants – numbering up to 40 – opened fire on the soldiers of the 121 Task Force Battalion who escorted […]
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