Sources told The Eagle Online that the remnants of the insurgents, flushed out of Maiduguri, the Borno State capital, after a failed attempt to free their arrested members from Giwa Barracks, had started regrouping when information reached the Joint Task Force
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Rather, the police said the misconception must have come about as a result of the usage of the corridor behind the campus by the insurgents to launch their attack on the military barracks in the town
Boko Haram members had in the early hours of Friday launched a massive attack on Giwa Barracks and the University of Maiduguri, both in Borno State
The Eagle Online learnt that the attackers entered the town through Bama Road from where they attacked Giwa Barracks.
Olukolade said cordon and search operations are ongoing at the general area while heightened patrols are continuing
The Bishops urged them to begin by instilling in the Muslim adherents’ heart that the religious conversion of individuals or groups is a matter of choice and not by compulsion
The ambush mounted by the terrorists to enable them unleash terror on the communities unchallenged, was also cleared by troops on reinforcement mission, the Director of Defence Information, Major General Chris Olukolade, said on Thursday
NAN recalls that the Supervising Minister of Education, Chief Nyesom Wike, on Wednesday announced the shutting down of five Federal Government colleges in North East “high risk areas”
The judge made the threat following the submission of prosecution counsel, Austin Atubu, that the witness expected to give evidence at the proceedings was not in court
A statement by Simeon Nwakaudu, the Special Assistant, Media, to the minister on Wednesday, listed the schools as: Federal Government Girls College, Munguno; Federal Government College, Potiskum; and Federal Government College, Buni Yadi
The Head of the European Union in Nigeria, Ambassador Michel Arrion, gave this assurance when he paid a courtesy visit on the Niger State Governor, Dr. Babangida Aliyu, in Minna
Jakana is about 35 kilometres from Maiduguri, the Borno State capital
Ogat named the arrested suspects to include Yabuk Abdullahi (42), the Kaduna/Niger state sub-regional commander of the Boko Haram, whom she said, masterminded the murder
The Chairman of the Forum and Governor of Niger State, Dr. Babangida Aliyu, in a statement, urged all stakeholders to continue to pray to God to end the scourge of the senseless killing of defenceless citizens
When the President, in his most recent media chat, spoke about the government’s successes at pushing Boko Haram to the “fringes” of the North East, it immediately occurred to me that some of the credit for that should go to the ‘civilian JTF’ – the band of youth in and around Maiduguri who have taken it upon themselves to act as a vigilante force to fight Boko Haram
It would be recalled that at the beginning of his tenure, with each initial event of Boko Haram terrorism, the President of Nigeria encouraged the blame of ‘northern elements
The statement said the need to give a detailed account was necessitated by the failure of the Defence Headquarters to put it in proper perspective and its politicisation by the Peoples Democratic Party
The Provost of the college, Dr. Johnson Pongri, who confirmed the closure at a news conference in Yola, said the move was based on the advice of the Military Task Force in the area
Nyako’s position on the attack imputed it was premeditated
Mohammed said it would be a dishonour for Fawehinmi to receive an award on the same platform with Babangida, who incarcerated their father and sprayed his cell with substances that made him to develop lung cancer, which eventually led to his death