Tag: Boko Haram

  • Buhari orders NAF to bomb Zamfara, Niger, Kaduna bandits

    Buhari orders NAF to bomb Zamfara, Niger, Kaduna bandits

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    The President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), has ordered the deployment of fighter jets against kidnappers, bandits and cattle rustlers said to be terrorising communities in Niger State. The communities are situated around the Dogon Gona forest, which serves as a hideout for the attackers. The forest stretches from Niger through Kaduna to Zamfara states,…

  • Boko Haram bombs Borno mosque

    Boko Haram bombs Borno mosque

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    Twin suicide bombers linked to the Boko Haram sect attacked a mosque in Gwoza, Borno state, on Sunday, killing a 12-year-old child and leaving many people injured. A security source, who disclosed this to TheCable, said the suicide bombers forced their way into the mosque while prayer was ongoing. Get the latest news at your…

  • Leah Sharibu gives birth to baby boy for Boko Haram commander

    Leah Sharibu gives birth to baby boy for Boko Haram commander

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    Christian teenager Leah Sharibu who was abducted from her boarding school in north-eastern Nigeria by Boko Haram insurgents, gave birth to a baby boy early Saturday, a source has revealed. On February 19, 2018 at 5:30 pm, 110 schoolgirls aged 11–19 years old were kidnapped by the Boko Haram terrorist group from the Government Girls’…

  • Northeast: Boko Haram, ISWAP Turn Guns Against Each Other, Many Killed

    Northeast: Boko Haram, ISWAP Turn Guns Against Each Other, Many Killed

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    Intense gunfire between two rival jihadist groups in northeast Nigeria has left several fighters dead, two sources with close knowledge of the incident told AFP on Monday. Fighters in pickup trucks from a Boko Haram faction loyal to Abubakar Shekau stormed a camp belonging to rival IS-aligned Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP), resulting in…

  • Six soldiers, many terrorists die in gun duel on Maiduguri-Damaturu highway

    Six soldiers, many terrorists die in gun duel on Maiduguri-Damaturu highway

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    Soldiers and mobile policemen have cleared the Maiduguri-Damaturu highway off remnants of Boko Haram that have terrorised motorists in the last few days. Six soldiers were said to have been lost in the battle, with the insurgents recording a larger number of casualties, The PUNCH reports. Security sources said the insurgents were engaged between Mainok…

  • How Boko Haram rejects N50m offer, beheads abducted Adamawa CAN leader

    How Boko Haram rejects N50m offer, beheads abducted Adamawa CAN leader

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    Boko Haram have rejected N50million ransom for release of Rev. Lawan Andimi, the branch chairman of the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) in Michika local government area in Adamawa state before executing him on Monday. The state CAN chairman, Bishop Dami Mamza, disclosed this while speaking with journalists in Yola on Tuesday, saying the captive…

  • Boko Haram ambushed army commanders, many killed in Borno

    Boko Haram ambushed army commanders, many killed in Borno

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    The Nigerian Army has confirmed an ambush by the Boko Haram terrorists on the convoy of the Theatre Commander of Operation Lafiya Dole (OPLD), Maj.-Gen. Olusegun Adeniyi, on Monday. The Nigerian Army Operations Media Coordinator, Col. Aminu Iliyasu, in a statement on Tuesday, disclosed that the attack took place about two Kilometers to Auno in…

  • Army Troops Rescue 461 Boko Haram Captives, Kill Insurgents In Borno

    Army Troops Rescue 461 Boko Haram Captives, Kill Insurgents In Borno

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    Troops of the Nigerian Army have rescued 461 Boko Haram captives and killed some insurgents during a raid and search operation between Jakana and mainok area of Maiduguri-Damaturu Road in Borno state. The operation which was carried out by combined troops of 5 and 29 Battalion in conjunction with the Chief of Army Staff intervention…

  • Adopt new strategy to defeat Boko Haram, group tells Borno Elders

    Adopt new strategy to defeat Boko Haram, group tells Borno Elders

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    Says the situation in northeast worst than that of a warring nation The Centre for Africa Liberation and Socio-Economic Rights (CALSER) has challenged elders, leaders and political stakeholders in Borno State to adopt new approach and strategy to defeat terrorists’ ideology. In an emotion laden speech delivered at the Unity Fountain in Abuja on Friday,…

  • We need Spiritual help to defeat Boko Haram — Buratai

    We need Spiritual help to defeat Boko Haram — Buratai

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    The Chief of Army Staff, Lt Gen Tukur Buratai, has said that terrorism and terrorist groups could not be eliminated alone by the military unless religious bodies and organisations in the country come to the “forefront of this spiritual battle.” The army chief noted that the focus must be religious groups interfacing on addressing the…