The Nigerian Military on Tuesday in Abuja said that no fewer than 8000 Boko Haram members had voluntarily surrendered to its “Operation Safe Corridor” in the North-East. The Director of Defence Information, Brig.-Gen. Rabe Abubakar, disclosed this at a lecture organised by the FCT Correspondents’ Chapel of the National Union of Journalists (NUJ). The News […]
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Nigeria’s army said Monday it wants to question three suspects, including a journalist, for allegedly concealing information on the kidnapped Chibok schoolgirls. The announcement came just a day after Boko Haram released a new video purportedly showing some of the more than 200 girls who were seized by Boko Haram in northeastern Nigeria in April […]
Read More One of the Nigerian schoolgirls kidnapped from the remote area of Chibok more than two years ago was said to have been recognised by her father in a video released by Boko Haram on Sunday. A spokesman for the Bring Back Our Girls movement, set up to demand the return of 276 schoolgirls kidnapped in […]
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The Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Lt.-Gen Tukur Buratai, has assured residents of Jos that there will be no more attacks as they witnessed in the past. General Buratai gave the assurance yesterday when he visited the Gbong Gwom Jos, Da Jacob Gyang Buba, in his palace in Jishe Jos. The COAS, who was on […]
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The Nigerian Army has confirmed the killing of 42 Boko Haram insurgents during a clearance operation at Garere village in Kukawa Local Government Area of Borno. This is contained in a statement issued in Abuja on Thursday by the Army spokesman, Col. Sani Usman. Usman also said that 80 hostages comprising 38 women and 42 […]
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Just in time, the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) presented 2000 bags of 25kg of rice for displaced people in the state as communities liberated from Boko Haram are now faced with food shortage in the state. In a The Nation report, findings revealed that returnees to liberated communities are facing serious food shortage as they […]
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Even family haven’t been able to see her. In an abcnews report, Nigeria’s Bring Back Our Girls movement is demanding that the government provide news of the only Chibok schoolgirl among 219 kidnapped to escape the clutches of Boko Haram Islamic extremists. “Even this morning people came to my house asking if I had been […]
Read More Boko Haram insurgents on Monday night lunched an attack on Kannama town in the northern part of Yobe, state close to the Niger border with Nigeria. According to The Nation, The attack was on the first day of holy month of Ramadan. Security sources that the attack was a failed attempt by the insurgents to cause […]
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The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), said it had re-united 23 families who were separated as a result of the Boko Haram insurgency in the North East. Ignacio San Roman, the Head of the Sub- delegation of the organisation, stated this on Sunday in Yola in an interview with the News Agency of […]
Read More The Troops of the Nigerian Army have rescued 247 captives from the men of the Boko Haram Sect in Borno State. The Acting Director, Army Public Relations, Col. Sani Usman, said in a statement on Wednesday that captives were rescued by the troops of the 81 Battalion, the 251 Task Force Battalion, and 25 Task […]
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United States Alternate Representative to the United Nations, David Pressman, Friday commended President Muhammadu Buhari for hosting a recent regional security summit in Abuja. Pressman said in a statement that the U.S Government was encouraged by Buhari’s decision to host the security summit for leaders committed to ending the activities of Boko Haram. “The United […]
Read More The Chief of Army Staff, Lt. Gen Yusuf Buratai, has said the perpetrators of attacks on villagers and farmers in some parts of country may be affiliated to Boko Haram, The Nation report. Buratai urged Nigerians to be security conscious and to report to security agencies, any suspicious persons or group of people roaming about […]
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