Tag: Boko Haram
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Boko Haram Using Drones To Monitor Troops’ Operations – Borno Gov Raises Alarm
Borno State Governor, Babagana Zulum, has raised the alarm that Boko Haram insurgents have higher expertise and better technological weapons than the military. He said this yesterday in Maiduguri while welcoming the speaker of the House of Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila, and his entourage who were in Borno to assess the situation of the IDPs in…
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Boko Haram new video: More urgency for security agencies – Presidency
The Presidency on Thursday said that the latest Boko Haram video has created urgency for the security agencies, especially the secret services in the efforts to ensuring the release of those on the captivity of the terrorist groups. It also expressed worry over the recent video released by the terrorist group showing some abducted Nigerians.…
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Boko Haram insurgents kill aid worker in Borno
Boko Haram on Thursday killed an aid worker and abducted five others. The workers are attached to Action Against Hunger, a humanitarian organisation. In a statement on its website, the organisation said the attack occurred on Thursday, along the road to Damasak in Borno State. The organisation revealed that during the attack on the convoy…
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Boko Haram kills colonel, captain, four soldiers in ambush
Boko Haram fighters struck on Maiduguri-Damaturu Road near Jakana community in Borno State, on Wednesday evening, shooting dead a colonel, a captain, four soldiers and a villager. Our correspondent gathered that the terrorists at about 6.30pm, waylaid some commercial vehicles along the road near a military checkpoint and using them as a cover to open…
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Boko Haram Takes Over Nigerian Navy Base On Lake Chad
The video showed some members of the terrorist group jubilating in one of the ships belonging to the Nigerian Navy in Lake Chad. They shot into the air as a sign of victory, chanting “Allah Akbar” (God is the greatest). Four of the naval officers captured alive were made to introduce themselves while being recorded…
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Adopt Other Option, Don’t Use Force Against Boko Haram, Insurgents, Borno Gov Advises Buhari
The Borno Governor, Babagana Zulum, has urged President Muhammadu Buhari to explore other options rather than the use of force against Boko Haram insurgents. Zulum was reacting to Boko Haram fighters backed by the Islamic State West African Province earlier attack on least four Nigerian Army bases, raising concerns among the troops of the Operation…
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BREAKING: Boko Haram suicide bombing in Konduga kills 17 —Emergency services
A triple suicide bombing by Boko Haram jihadists killed 17 people in the northeastern Nigerian town of Konduga, emergency services said Monday. Three bombers detonated their explosives outside a location where football fans were watching a match on TV on Sunday evening, they said. (AFP)
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Breaking: Army Kills 9 Top Boko Haram Media Personalities
The Nigerian Army has said that it decimated nine key media personalities of the Islamic State-backed Boko Haram splinter group (ISWAP). According to a statement by the army on Monday, those killed, include Abu Hurayra al-Barnawi, Ali al-Ghalam al-Kajiri, Abu Musab Muhammed Mustafa al-Maiduguri, and Abu Abdullah Ali al-Barnawi. Others are Abu Musa al-Camerooni, Ahmed…
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Ethnic nationalities regroup to defend territories against rages of Boko Haram, Fulani Herdsmen
A coalition of cultural groups in Nigeria under the aegis of Ethnic Nationalities Defence Organisation on Sunday birthed in Abuja with the resolve to protect, defend and retaliate any affront against ethnic nationalities or their territories. The organisation said it had since realised that Boko Haram and Fulani militia were “brothers in arms against the…
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OBJ In The News, Says Boko Haram, Herdsmen Fighting To Islamise Nigeria
Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has lamented the deadly activities of Boko Haram and herdsmen in the country. According to him, the challenges have grown beyond what Nigeria alone can tackle following the groups’ collaboration with the Islamic State West African Province fighters. Obasanjo said, “It is no longer an issue of a lack of education…