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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Chief of Army Staff, Tukur Buratai, has charged troops to capture Abubakar Shekau, factional leader of the Boko Haram sect, alive or dead. Speaking when he visited soldiers at Camp Zairo, the former command and control centre of the insurgents in Sambisa forest, Buratai said his men have done very well. “Let me say congratulations. […]
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President Muhammadu Buhari is expected to declare open this year’s Nigerian Army Small Arms Championship in Sambisa forest in Borno. David Ahmadu, the Chief of Training and Operations, Nigerian Army headquarters, disclosed this at a news conference on the championship in Maiduguri on Friday. Mr. Ahmadu, a major general, said the event was slated for […]
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The 2017 Nigeria Army Small Arms Championship (NASAC 2017) will hold in recently captured Boko Haram’s fortress, Sambisa Forest. The Nigeria Army Engineers (NAE) Corps has mobilised to site and commenced access roads clearance and construction of range and other facilities, Brigadier General Sani Kukasheka Usman, Director Army Public Relations, has said. He said that […]
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By Reuben Abati “Happy New Year, my brother” “What do you mean happy new year, more than two weeks into the New Year. Have I not been in touch with you since January 1?” “But for you the New Year has just started. Your January 1 was not on January 1” “Looks like you have […]
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The Nigerian Air Force (NAF) has intensified aerial patrol over the Sambisa forest to prevent fleeing insurgents from regrouping. The Director of Public Relations and Information, of NAF, Group Capt. Ayodele Famuyiwa, said in Abuja that the aerial patrol was against the insurgents from regrouping. “The over 60,000 kilometres forest is being painstakingly patrolled day […]
Continue ReadingSelf-acclaimed leader of the Boko Haram, Abubakar Shekau, says the insurgents are safe and have “not been flushed out of anywhere”. Recall that President Muhammadu Buhari on Saturday announced that Boko Haram had been crushed and their camp in Sambisa was destroyed. “I was told by the Chief of Army Staff that the Camp fell at […]
Continue ReadingThe Nigerian Army on Wednesday said it had recovered Abubakar Shekau’s Qur’an and flag in Camp Zero, the Boko Haram’s Headquarters in Sambisa forest. Lucky Irabor, the Theatre Commander of Operation Lafiya Dole, said this while giving journalists update on “Operation Rescue Final’’ in Maiduguri. “We believe that the Holy Book and the flag were […]
Continue ReadingThe Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has heaped praises on President Muhammadu Buhari and the Nigerian Military for its recent successes, especially the clearing of Boko Haram terrorists’ stronghold, the Sambisa forest. In a statement by the party’s spokesman, Prince Dayo Adeyeye, on Tuesday, the achievement was described as an important milestone, stressing that the president […]
Continue ReadingThe Chief of Army Staff, Tukur Buratai, on Monday said Sambisa forest would serve as training ground for personnel of the Nigerian Army. He said troops were already conducting a mop up operation in the forest. “We are also opening up roads to Sambisa and Alagarno forest. Sambisa forest is going to be one of […]
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