Tag: Nigerian troops
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…
Troops advance to clear Boko Haram camps in Borno
The 7 Brigade of the Nigerian Army, on Saturday entered and cleared Gudumbali town in Guzamala Local Government Area of…
Nigerians troops mop up Dikwa, environs – Army
Colonel Sani Kukasheka, acting Director, Army Public Relations, said troops of 7 Div. Nigerian Army have mopped up Dikwa and…
“I was waiting for death”, says woman rescued from Boko Haram
Nigerian soldiers rescued 71 people, almost all girls and women, in firefights that killed many Boko Haram militants in villages…
Nigerian troops repel Boko Haram from Buratai
For about the fourth time since February 2014, Boko Haram terrorists moved against Buratai, the home town of Chief of…
Army not owing allowances of troops, says Minimah
The Chief of Army Staff, Lt.- Gen. Kenneth Minimah, on Monday in Abuja said the Nigerian Army was not owing…
Scores of Boko Haram gunmen killed by Nigerian troops
The Defence Headquarters on Monday said scores of heavily armed terrorists using women and children as shield died on Sunday…
Minimah visits troops fighting Boko Haram in Borno, Adamawa
The Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Lt.- Gen. Kenneth Minimah, had paid an operational and morale boosting visit to troops…
Nigerian troops kill 2 suicide bomber commanders in Borno
The Defence Headquarters on Friday said two suicide bombers leading a band of terrorists died as troops repelled the insurgents’…
Nigerian troops capture, destroy 10 Boko Haram camps
The Defence Headquarters on Sunday said an unconfirmed number of Boko Haram members fell to the superior power of the…
Nigerian troops foil Boko Haram suicide mission
Nigeria military authorities said a band of terrorists who detonated two female suicide bombers ahead of their attack on Ladi…