Tag: Nigerian troops
Tragedy averted in Borno as troops intercept two suicide bombers
Nigerian Army said on its Friday Alert that vigilant troops of 7 Division Garrison based in Maiduguri and members of…
Nigerian troops clear Boko Haram in Kala Balge, rescue 520 hostages
Nigerian troops have cleared the remnant of Islamist sect, Boko Haram in Kala Balge and have also rescued 520 hostages…
Nigerian troops clear 7 villages, rescue 180 hostages
In continuation of the ongoing clearance operations of remnants of Boko Haram terrorists at the various sectors of Operation LAFIYA…
Fleeing Boko Haram terrorists bomb themselves
Troops of 81 Battalion and 251 Task Force Battalion of 25 Task Force Brigade who engaged in the hot pursuit…
Troops kill Boko Haram fighters, recover APC
Nigerian troops have recorded more success as it continues to clear out the remnants of Boko Haram camps in reported…
Troops rescue 3-year old girl from Boko Haram
A three year old girl was rescued from Boko Haram captivity on Friday as Nigerian troops clear remnants of the…
Nigerian troops arrest Boko Haram’s most wanted
Nigerian troops have arrested one of the most wanted Boko Haram terrorists as it continues to wipe out the once-deadly…
18 Boko Haram terrorists killed in failed Pulka attack
The Nigerian Army said that its troops killed 18 Boko Haram insurgents in two separate attacks on military locations in…
Troops wipe out more Boko Haram hideouts
Nigerian troops have continued to record successes against Boko Haram terrorists, wiping them out of their hideouts, killing, arresting the…
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…