– From left: U.S. Defence Attaché to Nigeria Col. Patrick Doyle, Chief of Training and Operations, Defence Headquarters Major-Gen. Barry Ndiomu during the hand-over ceremony of the vehicles in Lagos…yesterday, Nation report. The United States yesterday said it handed over 24 Mine- Resistant Armour-Protected Vehicles (MRAP) to the Army to boost the war against Boko […]
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The Nigerian Army on Friday alerted Borno residents on purported plans by Boko Haram terrorists to use beggars for suicide attacks. The Media Coordinator of the Operation Lafiya Dole in Borno State, Col. Mustapha Anka, said this in a statement in Maiduguri. “The attention of the Operation Lafiya Dole has been drawn to a terrorists’ […]
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Minister of Information and Culture Alhaji Lai Mohammed insisted yesterday that the military had largely met the deadline given to it by President Muhammadu Buhari to defeat Boko Haram, despite attacks by the terrorists. Mohammed, who spoke at a meeting with editors in Lagos, explained: “In a few days, the deadline issued by President Muhammadu […]
Read More The Federal Government says most of the female suicide bombers being used by Boko Haram do not know that they are carrying bombs. The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, said this on Tuesday when he paid a courtesy visit to the Punch Place, the corporate headquarters of Punch Nigeria Limited in Magboro, […]
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Lai Mohammed, minister of information, believes the Nigerian military has largely succeeded in defeating Boko Haram because the insurgents are now “only operating from one or two local governments”. But he urged the media to stop “giving oxygen to the terrorists”, saying the war cannot be successful without the cooperation of journalists. “Just as I […]
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The Borno State capital has it that there is an ongoing battle between Boko Haram insurgents and the military over attempts by the insurgents to take over the capital city. According to DAILY POST reporter, there is tension in the capital city as the military are making effort to stop the insurgents who have mobilized […]
Read More President Muhammadu Buhari on Friday expressed his administration’s readiness to put machinery in place to persuade the Boko Haram sect that has been unleashing violence in some parts of the country to embrace peace. Buhari made the promise while playing host to a delegation of residents of the Federal Capital Territory that included the President […]
Read More Nigeria has “technically won the war” against Boko Haram, President Muhammadu Buhari said yesterday. He told the BBC in an interview aired on television that the militant group could no longer mount “conventional attacks” against security forces or population centres. According to him, the sect had been reduced to fighting with Improvised Explosives Devices (IED) […]
Read More The Federal Government has said the military has met the deadline set for it by President Muhammadu Buhari to wipe out terrorism by the end of December, 2015. Report by The Nation. Information and Culture Minister Alhaji Lai Mohammed yesterday appraised the anti-terror war and concluded that the military had met the December deadline set […]
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N’DJAMENA/NIAMEY Suspected Boko Haram militants killed five people in an overnight raid in Niger in the third suspected attack by the group in less than 24 hours, security sources said on Wednesday. The Islamist militants are mostly based in northeastern Nigeria but have become a major threat to wider regional security by carrying out attacks […]
Read More The Federal Government alerted Nigerians on Friday about Boko Haram plans to carry out another abduction similar to the Chibok episode. A statement issued by the Ministry of Information and Culture said the sect plans to abduct students or foreigners in their latest fight for survival. The statement signed by Mr. Segun Adeyemi, Special Assistance […]
Read More 30 killed and 20 injured as three villages in Borno state of Nigeria was attacked by the Boko Haram insurgent a vigilante told AFP. “Most of the victims were slaughtered and most of the wounded (had suffered) machete cuts,” Mustapha Karimbe, a civilian helping the Nigerian military fight Boko Haram, said of Saturday’s attacks in […]
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