As the military continues to record success in its fight against insurgents, Chief of Army Staff, Lt. Gen Tukur Yusuf Buratai has assured that Boko Haram will soon be a thing of the past. Buratai gave the assurance during the celebration of Nigerian Army Special Day at the ongoing Kaduna International Trade fair. Represented by Lt.
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Despite the rising killings of soldiers and civilians by insurgents in the North-east region, the Chairman of North East Development Commission (NEDC), Major-General Paul Tarfa (retd), has predicted that the rampaging deadly Boko Haram sect would be wiped out in the nearest future. Tarfa, who spoke yesterday in Garkida, his hometown in Adamawa State, while
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Nigerian Army has concluded arrangements to release another batch of 606 former Boko Haram fighters to their families after undergoing rehabilitation under Federal Government’s Operation Safe Corridor. Coordinator of the programme, Major General Bamidele Shafa disclosed this at a stakeholders’ meeting to work out modalities for transferring the former terrorists to the authorities for reintegration
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The Nigerian Government on Thursday admitted that members of the dreaded Boko Haram sect and ISWAP have changed tactics. It said they had decided to be targeting Christians and Christian communities. The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, said this at a press conference in Abuja on Thursday. It said the insurgents’ latest
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Boko Haram terrorists on Sunday, threatened to launch fresh attack on Garkida town in Gombi Local Government Area of Adamawa State. The town is located on the Gombi-Biu-Damaturu Road, which shares proximity with Southern Borno and Sambisa Forest. A previous attack by the insurgents on Garkida community lasted for six hours on Friday night. Members
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Suspected members of the Boko Haram sect in gun and pickup trucks have attacked Garkida Community, Gombi Local Council of Adamawa State, burning the town’s police station, church and houses on Friday. The community, situated south of Sambisa Forest, had been attacked several times with loss of lives and property in the last six years.
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Personnel of the Nigerian Army are currently engaging in a fierce gun battle with members of the Boko Haram sect, who invaded Garkida, a town in Gombi Local Government Area of Adamawa State. A native of the town, Mr. Joshua Malgwi, reliably informed news men about the attacks on the town by members of the
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A fresh crisis looms in the country as stakeholders yesterday rejected a move by the Senate to establish an agency to make life comfortable for ‘repentant’ Boko Haram terrorists irrespective of their wanton destruction of lives and property. Specifically, ignoring persistent public outcry against the release of the suspected insurgents, the Senate has begun a
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Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Dr. Isa Pantami, on Monday, refused to comment on threats by the Boko Haram sect to ‘deal’ with him. Boko Haram leader, Abubakar Shekau, had in a recent video vowed to deal with Pantami over the minister’s plans to block the terror group’s communication network. Shekau, in the video
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The Nigerian Air Force says a supposed ‘Breaking News Flash’ with the headline “Nigerian Air Force Kills Over 250 Boko Haram Fighters In Maiduguri” is totally fake. The NAF Director of Public Relations and Information, Air Commodore Ibikunle Daramola, made this known in a statement on Sunday in Abuja. Daramola said the fake news said
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In Nigeria, a factional leader of the Boko Haram terrorist group, Abubakar Shekau, has threatened to ‘‘deal’’ with the Minister of Communications, Dr Isa Ali Pantami, for allegedly threatening to disrupt the activities of the sect by blocking their communication lines. Shekau also mocked President Muhammadu Buhari, who he claimed is 80 years old for
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In Nigeria, the Presidency had said on Saturday that politicians and beneficiaries of the dreaded terrorists, Boko Haram, are mobilising about two thousand men and women to protest against service chiefs in the country on Monday. A Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu, said the presidency received reports revealing
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Nigeria President, Muhammadu Buhari on Wednesday arrived Maiduguri, Borno State capital to sympathise with the people over recent Boko Haram attack. “President Buhari, aboard the BBJ from Addis Ababa just landed in Maiduguri,” presidential spokesman Garba Shehu tweeted. “He is paying a sympathy visit to the government and people of Borno following the recent horrific
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Sad Report coming from Borno State in Nigeria indicates that Boko Haram terrorists have killed at least 30 people and abducted many women and children in a raid in the State. The attack Sunday evening targeted the village of Auno on a key highway, linking the capital, Maiduguri. The residents lamented that 18 vehicles comprising
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The Nigerian Air Force (NAF) says it has neutralised some key Boko Haram Terrorists (BHTs) leaders at Alafa Yagayaga on the fringes of the Sambisa Forest in Borno. Air Commodore Ibikunle Daramola, NAF Director of Public Relations and Information, who made this known in a statement on Monday in Abuja, said the operation was conducted
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