The Nigerian Army says six people were killed on Monday in Borno in an attack by Boko Haram terrorists. The acting Director of Army Public Relations, Sani Usman, said the incident happened when the militants ambushed troops escorting commercial vehicles from Damboa to Maiduguri, at Sanda general area. According to him, three soldiers, who sustained […]
Continue ReadingSuspected Boko Haram terrorists who rode on bicycles have killed at least eight people outside a church in Kwamjilari village, about 30 kilometres from Chibok, in Borno state, according to local residents. Residents said the attack happened shortly after the weekly service on Sunday. “Some of the worshippers remained around the church and the gunmen […]
Continue ReadingThe Nigerian Army on Monday announced that its troops blocked an attempt by the extremist Boko Haram sect to attack a village in the North Eastern state of Borno.The spokesperson for the Army, Col. Sani Usman, said in a statement; “Today, Monday 1st August 2016, at about 8.00pm, troops of Operation LAFIYA DOLE accompanied by […]
Continue ReadingThe Multi-National Joint Task force (MNJTF), finally captured and occupied Damasak town on Thursday July 28, 2016. Damasak is a boundary town between Nigeria and Niger Republic which is located in northern Borno. It is one of the last frontiers of Boko Haram terrorists. The Chief Military Public Information Officer and spokesperson of MNJTF, Colonel […]
Continue ReadingAt the early hours of today, precisely at about 5.15am, two Boko Haram terrorists suicide bombers attacked Damboa. The first suicide bomber targeted Damboa Central Mosque but due to stringent security measures, he could not gain entry. Obviously frustrated, he exploded and died near the Central mosque. However, the second bomber veered off and gained […]
Continue ReadingThe Nigerian Army on Thursday said Boko Haram terrorists now evade drones and aircraft surveillance by hiding in makeshift camps covered with shrubs. Col. Sani Usman, the Acting Director of Army Public Relations, revealed this new tactic in a statement in Maiduguri. Usman said in the statement that the discovery was made during a clearance […]
Continue ReadingA statement issued by the Nigerian Army, through its spokesman, Col. Sani Kukasheka Usman, said a commercial tricycle, locally called Keke NAPEP, detonated a bomb when it unknowingly ran over an improvised explosive device (IED) planted by the side of the Biu-Damboa road, close to a military checkpoint on the outskirts of Biu town, Borno […]
Continue ReadingThe Nigerian Military has revealed that the Boko Haram attack on Dalori Village, which killed scores of people, was carried out using multiple methods. Reacting to the attack that occurred on Saturday night, the military quoted witnesses as saying the “insurgents came in two Golf cars, motorcycles, started opening fire and burning houses.” Apart from […]
Continue ReadingNot less than 35 people were killed when gunmen suspected to be members of the Boko Haram attacked Dalori Village. Officials at the Maiduguri Specialists Hospital, who pleaded anonymity, said about 35 corpses were deposited at the morgue between yesterday night and this morning after the attack. Over 100 injured persons were also admitted at […]
Continue ReadingThe Lagos State government on Wednesday made a donation of N50million each to Adamawa, Borno, and Yobe states, aimed at assisting them in the rehabilitation of Internally Displaced Persons in the North East. Governor Akinwunmi Ambode, presented cheques to the benefiting state governments at the briefing room of the Council Chambers of the Presidential Villa, […]
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