Tag: Baga

July 31, 2020

Zulum said this on Thursday while recalling the attack on his convoy by Boko Haram Terrorists on Wednesday during a ...

News

Troops kill eight insurgents in fresh Baga attack

January 20, 2019

Col. Onyema Nwachukwu, Deputy Director, Army Public Relations, in a statement in Maiduguri, disclosed that troops of the Special Forces ...

Crime

Olowu hails Nigeria Troops for reclaiming Baga

January 15, 2019

The Olowu of Kuta, Oba Adekunle Makama has applauded the recent exploits of the military in recapturing Baga town, in ...

Business

Baga: Fishermen laud troops’ victory over Boko Haram in Lake Chad

January 13, 2019

Fishermen in Borno State, whose means of livelihood were disrupted by insurgents, have hailed the military over the victory against ...

News

Pursue, neutralise Boko Haram terrorists, Buratai charges troops

January 12, 2019

The Chief of Army Staff, Lieutenant General Tukur Buratai, on Friday charged troops in the North East to pursue and ...

ASUU strike: I’ll convert varsities’ budgetary funding to annual grants – Ezekwesili

Politics

Ezekwesili laments killing of soldiers, wants independent verification

December 31, 2018

The presidential candidate of the Allied Congress Party of Nigeria, Dr. Obiageli Ezekwesili, has expressed concern over reports that 700 ...

As gallant Army Commander goes home today, see part of his life, times in photo, video

November 7, 2016

Already, their corpses have been transported to Abuja for the ceremony

Troops recapture Borno town, kill terrorists

Breaking: Lieutenant Colonel, four soldiers, 14 terrorists killed in Boko Haram attack

November 5, 2016

The attack was carried out at about 10pm on Friday at the location of the 119 Battalion at Mallam Fatori, ...

Jonathan declares for 2015 election, promises to eradicate corruption

News

Jonathan applauds Nigerian soldiers as he visits Mubi, Baga

February 26, 2015

Addressing officers and men of the Nigerian Army in both towns, which were recently recaptured from Boko Haram, President Jonathan ...

Crime

Baga: Terrorists disguise as women, + photos

February 23, 2015

A statement by the Director of Defence Information, Major General Chris Olukolade, said apart from those captured in the course ...

Boko Haram suffers heavy casualty as troops recapture Baga

February 21, 2015

In a hint on the overrunning of the insurgents in Baga, the Director of Defence of Information, Major General Chris ...

Generals, other officers arrested for not repelling Boko Haram

January 31, 2015

The arrest of the officers was exclusively disclosed to PREMIUM TIMES Wednesday by reliable military insiders who requested not to ...

Boko Haram: Satellite images show Baga’s destruction worse than military admitted – Amnesty International

January 15, 2015

The images show some 3,700 structures damaged or destroyed in Baga and Doron Baga in Borno State this month, Amnesty ...

We’re capable of fighting Boko Haram – Olukolade

150, not 2,000 died in Baga attack – Military

by NAN

January 13, 2015

He said since the unfortunate incident, a lot of speculations and conjectures had been peddled by a section of the ...

Buhari threatens legal action against PDP over Boko Haram links

Politics

Boko Haram attack on Baga saddens Buhari, urges FG to be proactive

by Folorunso Smith

January 11, 2015

Buhari, while reacting to the latest terrorist attack on Baga in Borno State in which hundreds of people (some say ...

Troops foil terrorists attempt to occupy Damaturu, lose 14 soldiers in Baga

January 11, 2015

The terrorists had launched massive attack from different directions of the town on Friday evening

Many soldiers feared dead as Boko Haram attacks Borno military base

Boko Haram crisis: Niger ‘will not help retake’ town of Baga

January 11, 2015

The town is near the border with Chad and had housed a military base staffed partly by multinational forces

18 female soldiers, Colonel missing after Boko Haram’s attack on Borno military base