Not less than 16 Boko Haram terrorists have been killed by troops at the Mairari, a village in Mongno Local government area of Borno State. The Deputy Director of Public Relations, Theatre Command Operation Lafiya Dole, Col. Onyema Nwachukwu, said on Sunday that the success was recorded on Friday evening when the soldiers deployed in […]
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No fewer than 23 Nigerian soldiers are yet to be accounted for after Boko Haram insurgents ambushed a military convoy at Boboshe village in Bama local government area of Borno. Five officers, 18 soldiers and 8 trucks were missing after the attack which occurred early on Saturday. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) learnt that […]
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Rawana Goni, a former Boko Haram commander, has urged the Nigerian military to allow him convince Abubakar Shekau and at least 137 other terrorists to surrender. According to NAN, Goni is undergoing rehabilitation at a military detention camp in Maiduguri, Borno state. The former Boko Haram commander is from Bama in Borno state. He surrendered […]
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The army says 32 Boko Haram terrorists have willingly surrendered to troops at different locations in Borno state. Texas Chukwu, army spokesman, made this known in a statement issued on Sunday. He said among the surrendered insurgents was one Ibrahim Lawal, who handed over one AK 47 rifle. Chukwu said Lawal also surrendered two magazines […]
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Some heavily armed Boko Haram fighters on Thursday attempted to storm Maiduguri, civilian militia said, in a rare urban incursion by the jihadists. Ibrahim Liman and Babakura Kolo, from the Civilian Joint Task Force, said fighting broke out in the Jiddari Polo area of the city at about 6:00 pm (1700 GMT). “From all indications […]
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The Nigerian Army on Saturday said its troops successfully repelled attack by Boko Haram insurgents at Gamboru-Ngala in Borno. Texas Chukwu, the Director, Army Public Relations, in a statement said one insurgent was killed while several others fled. Mr Chukwu said: “troops of 3 Battalion on operation LAFIYA DOLE had successfully repelled Boko Haram terrorists’ […]
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The inspector-general of police (IGP), Ibrahim Idris, says Boko Haram insurgents are set to release Leah Sharibu, an abducted Dapchi schoolgirl. Sharibu is the only girl in captivity out of the 110 students abducted on February 19. She was held back because of her refusal to convert from Christianity to Islam. While speaking with reporters […]
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The Nigerian Army on Wednesday said its troops killed five Boko Haram insurgents in the ongoing clearance operation in Sambisa Forest. Col. Onyema Nwachukwu, the Deputy Director, Army Public Relations, Operation Lafiya Dole, said in a statement issued in Maiduguri, that the troops also cleared various enclaves of the insurgents. The Statement: In continuation of […]
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Nigerian and Cameroonian army have killed 35 Boko Haram terrorists and rescued 603 civilians in a joint operation. The joint operation was carried out as part of clearance exercise of troops of Operation Lafiya Dole in troubled North East. Col. Onyema Nwachukwu, the Deputy Director Public Relations, Theatre Command Operation of Lafiya Dole, said on […]
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Some hundreds of Boko Haram suspects were docked in Kainji, in central Nigeria on Monday, in the second phase of trials of 1669 detainees. The trial, being conducted by four judges, is inside a military formation in the town, by the side of River Niger. The suspects are allowed the services of lawyers, and those […]
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