Browsing: Boko Haram

The CJTF is a composition of local hunters mobilised by the Borno State Government to fight Boko Haram Terrorists.

They were presented to the governor in Maiduguri by the Commissioner of Women Affairs, Hajiya Zuwaira Gambo.

Those for trial are 28 officers and 130 Soldiers who are largely involved in the fight against Boko Haram Terrorists.

The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaj Lai Mohammed, said this at a forum of the News Agency of Nigeria.

The suspected ISWAP elements carried out the reprisal at the camp of the Commander of Boko Haram, Bakoura Modou, in Lake Chad axis on Tuesday.

The President stated this in a nationwide broadcast to mark Nigeria’s 61st Independence Anniversary on Friday.

The soldier and civilian were killed when Boko Haram terrorists attacked a military formation in Njimtilo on Monday.

PRNigeria learnt that ISWAP jihadists, led by one Commander Modou Bashir Okocha, had a killed Boko Haram Commander

It was gathered the insurgents have been engaged in a gun duel with security forces and troops of Operation Hadin Kai to repel the attack.

They made this known during a media tour to one of the holding and screening facilities for the surrendered terrorists in Borno State on Tuesday.

The Boko Haram faction has been having a running battle with the Islamic State of West Africa Province in two critical corridors

Besides, the 13 percent oil derivation fund from offshore fields accruing to littoral states may also be forfeited to the federal government.  Over 80 percent of riverine communities play host to offshore acreages in the Niger Delta region.

The  group, however, urged the Federal Government to address the various security challenges in the country, and leave the Yoruba nation agitators alone.

Air Commodore Edward Gabkwet, the NAF Director of Public Relations and Information, said in a statement on Thursday that following intelligence on Boko Haram/ISWAP movements along the Kamadougou Yobe River line, an aircraft was detailed to respond to the suspected terrorists activities in the area, along the Nigeria/Niger border at about 0600hrs on 15 September 2021.

Al-Barnawi was the son of Boko Haram founder, Mohammed Yusuf, who was also killed by security forces in 2009

But they (the overbearing leaders) themselves hide from troops onslaughts in the Northeast.

Ndume, who is the Chairman of the Senate Committee on Army, restated his position when he spoke with newsmen in Abuja

Their nefarious activities have culminated into losing more than 38,000 lives since 2009 when the insurgency began.

The president gave the assurance in a statement by his Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, Malam Garba Shehu, on Sunday in Abuja.

The Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu, made this known in an interview with BBC News Pidgin