Tag: Nigerian troops
GRAPHIC: Troops kill Boko Haram fighters in major clear out
The troops of 231 and 331 Battalion together with some elements of Armed Forces Special Forces of 3 Division, based…
Buratai hails troops fighting Boko Haram
The Chief of Army Staff, Lt.-Gen. Tukur Buratai has expressed satisfaction with the performance of troops fighting insurgency in the…
Troops kill 20 Boko Haram terrorists, capture their gun truck
Nigerian troops in conjunction with Cameroonian troops have killed 20 Boko Haram fighters and have captured a gun truck belonging…
Operation Sambisa: Nigerian troops kill Boko Haram terrorists, destroy camps
The Nigerian Army has continued its offensive operations of destroying all Boko Haram terrorists remaining camps and enclaves around Alagarno…
Nigerian troops kill Boko Haram fighters, rescue hostages
Nigerian army has stated that its troops have killed Boko Haram terrorists and have rescued hostages, recovered arms and destroyed…
Nigerian troops kill terrorists, record stunning success
Today Nigerian troops halted three suicide bombers who attempted to infiltrate into Maiduguri a kilometer ahead of Mafa roadblock. The…
FG told to honour Nigerian troops who restored peace to Liberia
The Federal Government has been called upon to honour members of the armed forces of Nigeria who took part in…
Maiduguri invasion: Army repels Boko Haram attackers
The worst is over. Maiduguri is safe, as Nigerian soldiers aborted an invasion of the city by Boko Haram gunmen…
Maiduguri: Nigerian troops repelling Boko Haram invasion
Nigerian soldiers from 7 Division are reportedly in a battle with Boko Haram gunmen, trying to overrun Maiduguri, the Borno…
Nigerian troops kill four Maiduguri-bound suicide bombers
burata Nigerian Army said on Wednesday that four female suicide bombers were intercepted by troops and Borno Youths Empowerment Youth,…
Nigerian troops kill Boko Haram terrorist, rescue 31 in Aulari
Troops operating in Bama axis has cleared Boko Haram terrorists out of Aulari area located within the Sambisa forest. The…
Nigerian troops arrest Shi’ite sect leader, kill 2 aides
Nigerian troops arrested the leader of a minority Shi’ite Muslim sect and killed his deputy and chief spokesman in raids…
Civilian fighters prevent Boko Haram from taking town, as Nigerian troops flee
Boko Haram destroyed a Nigerian military base as soldiers fled and only self-defense fighters prevented the insurgents from retaking a…
Nigerian troops, police arrest Boko Haram kingpins
Nigerian troops attached to 101 Task Force Battalion, 7 Division Garrison, along Lagos Street Maiduguri, Borno State, arrested yet another…
PICTURES: Boko Haram’s rocket-making factory
Nigerian military has finally admitted that a rocket producing factory owned and managed by Islamist sect, Boko Haram does exist…
Nigerian troops arrest Boko Haram kingpin named ‘John’
Another Boko Haram kingpin has been arrested in Maiduguri, Borno state and he goes by the name John Trankil sparking…
Nigeria troops rescue 61, kill four Boko Haram suspects
Nigerian troops killed four suspected Boko Haram suspects and set free 61 people, mainly women and children, held by the…
Nigerian troops rescue 338 people held by Boko Haram
Nigerian troops have rescued 338 people, mainly women and children, held by Boko Haram Islamists around the group’s Sambisa forest…
Let’s bring an end to Boko Haram, Buratai rallies troops
The Chief of Army Staff, Lt. Gen. Tukur Buratai, has charged troops in the ongoing counter-insurgency operation to brace up…
Nigerian troops push into Boko Haram terrorists’ dens
Nigerian troops are gradually clearing all known camps, enclaves and dens of Boko Haram terrorists especially in the north eastern…
Nigerian troops arrest Boko Haram financier and stimulant dealer
Nigerian troops have arrested a suspected Boko Haram financier and stimulants dealer, Mohammed Maina in Bama, Bama Local Government Area…
80 Boko Haram members surrender to Nigerian troops
Nigerian Army said on Thursday that 80 Book Haram insurgents have surrendered to troops battling the terror group under the…
Nigerian troops seize another Boko Haram fuel depot
The Nigeria Army says its troops have discovered and raided yet another Boko Haram fuel dump at Abbaganaram area of…
200 Boko Haram fighters surrender in Borno
The Nigerian Army said on Friday that 200 suspected Boko Haram terrorists had surrendered after the military overran their territories…
Nigerian troops destroy Boko Haram fuel depot
Troops of 3rd Division of Nigerian Army on Wednesday swooped over and dismantled a Boko Haram fuel dump located at…
Nigerian troops intercept Boko Haram fighters disguised as IDPs
Nigerian troops have intercepted some members of the Islamist sect, Boko Haram, on Friday. The members of the terrorist group…
Military will meet deadline to end Boko Haram, Buratai assures
Femi Adi/Kaduna The Chief of Army Staff, Lt. General Tukur Buratai today in Kaduna reiterated the commitment of the military…
Nigerian Air Force rotates troops on operation Lafiya Dole
The Nigerian Air Force has rotated members of its ground forces fighting alongside troops of the Nigerian Army who have…
Five killed as Nigerian troops repel Boko Haram
Gunmen killed at least five villagers in a raid in northern Nigeria’s Borno state on Wednesday before being repelled by…
Nigerian troops recapture Gamboru Ngala
The Nigerian Army said its troops has retaken the economic and strategic town of Gamboru Ngala, Borno State, from the…