Tag: Boko Haram
Nigerian Army Begins De-radicalisation Of 53 Repentant Insurgents
Maj.-Gen. Attahiru Ibrahim, the Theater Commander, Operation Lafiya Dole, Maiduguri, on Saturday transferred 53 Boko Haram insurgents who had surrendered,…
Army kills 404 insurgents in operations
The Nigerian army on Thursday said it killed 404 Boko Haram insurgents and arrest 810 others in various operations in…
Join hands with us to defeat Boko Haram, Gen. urges Nigerians
Former Chief of Army Staff, Gen. Martin-Luther Agwai, on Thursday called on Nigerians to support the Nigerian Army to win…
Troops neutralise Boko Haram mercenaries
The Nigerian Army said its troops in the North East have neutralised a number of mercenaries hired by the Mamman…
Insurgency: 900 widows receive goats from FOA in Borno
The Food and Agricultural Organisation (FAO), on Tuesday, distributed 3, 600 goats to 900 widows, who were affected by Boko…
How we conquered Boko Haram – Lt. Gen. Buratai
Lieutenant General Tukur Yusuf Buratai, the Nigeria’s Chief of Army Staff, was appointed to the position by President Muhammadu Buhari…
Boko Haram: 3,000 Births Recorded In IDPs Camp
The Borno State Emergency Management Agency (SEMA) on Monday said it registered 3,000 births among Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) in…
Cleric Predicts An End To Boko Haram Insurgency
Rev. Ayuba Usman, the Deputy Chaplain of the 7 Division of the Nigerian Army, predicted on Sunday that the end…
Bishop Kukah identifies cause of Boko Haram
The Bishop of Sokoto Catholic Diocese, Dr. Mathew Hassan Kukah has asserted that lack of public awareness and commitment on…
680 Civilian JTF Members Died Repelling Boko Haram
A total of 680 members of the Civilian Joint Task Force (JTF) have died trying to repel Boko Haram terrorists…
Army Buries Soldiers Killed In Boko Haram Battle
The Nigerian Army says the remains of two gallant soldiers, who died in combat with Boko Haram terrorists on Damboa-Biu…
Buratai: Boko Haram terrorists are dying men trying to survive
Chief of Army Staff, COAS, Lt. Gen. Tukur Buratai on Wednesday said Boko Haram terrorists have been so decimated that…
UN reaffirms support to FG over Boko Haram
The Secretary-General of the UN, Mr António Guterres, has reiterated the organisation’s support to the Federal Government in the ongoing…
We’re making progress in fight against Boko Haram Terrorists – Military
The Nigerian Army says it is making more progress in the fight against terrorism as the Boko Haram terrorist group…
DSS foils Boko Haram’s plot to attack, Kano, Kaduna, Sokoto
The Department of State Services (DSS), on Friday, said it had uncovered plot by suspected terrorists to attack Kano, Kaduna,…
2 killed in Boko Haram attack in Maiduguri-Damboa highway
The Police Command in Borno has confirmed the death of two persons in a suspected Boko Haram attack along the…
Maiduguri Attacks: Bloodiest Boko Haram attack so far this year – Amnesty International
The coordinated attacks by Boko Haram that killed at least 17 people and injured 34 more Wednesday night are vicious,…
Maiduguri attacks: Death toll rises to 15
The University of Maiduguri Teaching (UMTH) says the death toll of Wednesday’s Boko Haram attack has risen to 15 following…
13 killed in Maiduguri Boko Haram attacks
The police in Borno State has confirmed that eleven people were killed when Boko Haram gunmen and suicide bombers attacked…
Boko Haram: Sporadic shootings, explosions rock Maiduguri
The Nigerian Army on Wednesday called for calm in Maiduguri after hours of shootings were heard in the outskirts of…
Court discharges Boko Haram suspect after 4 years in custody
A Federal High Court, Abuja, on Tuesday discharged a Boko Haram suspect, Usman Abubakar, who was arraigned alongside six others…
Boko Haram: 600 civil defence deployed to worship centres in Maiduguri
The Nigerian Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), Borno Command, has deployed about 600 personnel to various worship centres in…
NSCDC deploys armed personnel to UNIMAID
The Borno Command of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps(NSCDC) has deployed 50 armed personnel to check incessant attacks…
The secret of our success against Boko Haram – Osinbajo
Acting President Yemi Osinbajo has attributed successes being recorded by the military against Boko Haram insurgency to the restoration of…
Boko Haram: Outgoing GOC Tasks Troops
Maj.-Gen. Ali Nani, the outgoing General Officer Commanding (GOC) 8 Task Force Division, Nigerian Army, has urged officers and soldiers…
NAF to restrategise on war against insurgency
Amidst successes recorded in the fight against insurgency in the country, Nigeria Air Force commanders are meeting in Kaduna to…
Borno residents appeal to military on suicide bomb attacks
Borno residents have appealed to the military to intervene in the increased suicide bomb attacks by suspected Boko Haram insurgents…
Boko Haram: Plateau introduces peace education in primary, secondary schools
The Government of Plateau has introduced peace education in primary and secondary schools to forestall the resurgence of Boko Haram…
New GOC of 7 Division takes over in Maiduguri
The new Acting General Officer Commanding (GOC) 7 Division of the Nigerian Army, Brig.- Gen. Ibrahim Yusuf has formally taken…
Boko Haram: Security Agencies Deploy Personnel To Communities
Some security agencies have deployed their personnel back to communities in the 24 local government areas in Borno liberated from…