The Defence Headquarters says the military has killed several Boko Haram/ISWAP terrorists and bandits and also arrested their collaborators in the Northwest and Northeast zones during an operation. This was achieved through separate airstrikes carried out on the heels of intelligence reports indicating that the two locations were being used as staging areas by the
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The Plateau State Special Task Force, Operation Safe Haven (OPSH), has arrested one James Dogo for falsely parading himself as military personnel. Dogo was arrested alongside one Dotun Shomoye who specialises in printing identity cards for fake security personnel. Other 20 suspected criminals, who are between the ages of 20 and 25, were arrested for
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The camp of Darusallam , a terror group carrying out heinous operations on the border between Kogi and Nasarawa states for over eight years was cleared by Men of the Nigerian Army from the 177 Battalion and the Army Records Lokoja with supports from local vigilantes. According to the Chief Press Secretary to the Kogi
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The Defence Headquarters said on Thursday troops of Operation Silent HEAT had rescued 13 foreigners who were abducted in Lome waters in the South South part of the country. The Coordinator, Defence Media Operations, Maj.-Gen. John Enenche, disclosed this while briefing journalists on the operations of the military across the country. Enenche said Nigerian Navy
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The Presidency says none of the 601 de radicalised former Boko Haram members will be absorbed into the military as being peddled by mischief makers. Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, Malam Garba Shehu, said in a statement issued in Abuja on Wednesday. The presidential aide added that none of them
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The Nigeria military detonates Abu Imrana, a Boko Haram commander, in a gun battle with soldiers in Borno state. A security source disclosed this to The DAILY VENDOR News on Monday, saying Imrana is among the insurgents who fell to the superior firepower of the military in the Marte area of Borno state. Boko Haram
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The Delta State Governor, Ifeanyi Okowa has decried renewed attacks by suspected herdsmen in Avwon, Agadama, Ohoror and other communities of Uwheru Kingdom, Ughelli North Local Government Area of the state. According to Okowa, suspected herdsmen accompanied by unidentified armed personnel attacked the communities in what has become an annual routine, killing over eight persons
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