President Muhammadu Buhari has challenged military personnel deployed to Katsina State, saddled with the task of fighting bandits in Zamfara, to be `as ruthless as humanly possible’ in carrying out their assignment. The president gave the challenge when he addressed the 1000-strong military force assembled to check the menace of the bandits and other criminal […]
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MAIDUGURI, Nigeria Aug 9 (Reuters) – At least 15 soldiers and an official from Nigeria’s disaster agency were killed in an ambush by suspected Boko Haram militants in the northeast of the country, security sources said on Thursday, weeks after 20 troops went missing in an attack. The ambush occurred late on Wednesday in the […]
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Boko Haram fighters have reportedly killed 11 soldiers and seized weapons in a raid on a military post in an attack in northeast Nigeria, residents and a military source said yesterday. This came as military authorities said troops of Operation Lafiya Dole deployed in Forward Operational Base, FOB, along Mairari in Monguno, Local Government Area […]
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The Nigerian Army has again, suffered casualties in its fight against Boko Haram terrorists in Yobe State as unconfirmed number of soldiers were killed in an ambush launched by the terrorists against troops at the weekend, in Yobe State. This was even as the troops on the other hand, killed scores of the terrorists during […]
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President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday said the degrading of Boko Haram insurgency led to the release of 106 Chibok and 104 Dapchi girls abducted by the insurgents. He said that the routing of the terrorists also accounted for the release of no fewer than 16,000 other persons from their captivity. Buhari stated this in a […]
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Chief of Army Staff Lt-Gen. Tukur Buratai said yesterday that the Army will continue to collaborate with other security agencies to safeguard lives and property and protect the territorial integrity of the country. Buratai spoke with State House correspondents after paying a visit to President Muhammadu Buhari at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. He said the […]
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The Nigerian Air Force has said it has used its platform to launch air strikes at Boko Haram facilities at Yuwe in Borno state. It said the attack resulted in the death of unspecified number of Boko Haram terrorists, while their facilities were completely destroyed. A statement endorsed by the NAF Director of Public Relations […]
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Boko Haram killed 20 people and wounded scores of others in coordinated attacks overnight on a military camp and villages around the flashpoint northern Nigerian city of Maiduguri, which they also tried to infiltrate across a defensive trench, officials said Monday. The brazen operation — which unfolded around the very city where Boko Haram was […]
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The Nigeria Federal Government is in talks with Islamist militant group Boko Haram about a possible ceasefire with the ultimate aim of securing a permanent cessation of hostilities, the country’s information minister said on Sunday. It is the first time in years the government has said it is talking to Boko Haram about a ceasefire […]
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Three workers for United Nations agencies were among 11 people killed in an attack by armed Boko Haram militants on a military base in northeastern Nigeria, near the border with Cameroon, U.N. officials said Friday. The International Organization for Migration said “a large number” of Boko Haram members attacked the base in Rann, in Borno […]
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The Nigeria Army on Monday explained why it withdrew troops at Dapchi town before the last attack that led to the abduction of 110 girls at Government Girls’ Science Technical College, Dapchi. A statement signed by the Deputy Director of Public Relations and Spokesman of the Theatre Command, Operation Lafiya Dole, Col. Onyema Nwachukwu, said […]
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Four west African states have launched a major offensive against the Boko Haram jihadist group in Nigeria, the military said on Tuesday. Soldiers from Nigeria and the neighbouring countries of Cameroon, Chad and Niger are targeting a Boko Haram faction led by Abubakar Shekau in the Sambisa Forest, and another led by Mamman Nur, on […]
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