The pan-Northern socio-political organisation, Arewa Consultative Forum, has told President Muhammadu Buhari to institute a probe into the killing of nearly 100 soldiers by Boko Haram Terrorists in Metele, Borno State last week.
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The Nigerian Army has confirmed that 23 of its personnel were killed and 31 others wounded when Boko Haram terrorists attacked troops locations on November 18, 2018 at Metele in Northern Borno.
However I can see that so many of the very senior officers in the Army, both serving and retired are here. In view of recent tragedies, I commend the decision of the leadership of the Nigerian Army in moving the venue of this conference to Maiduguri.
President Muhammadu Buhari has departed Abuja for Maiduguri, Borno State, to attend the Chief of Army Staff Annual Conference. The…
Security has been beefed up in Maiduguri and environs as President Muhammadu Buhari is expected to visit the town to declare open the Fourth Quarter Chief of Army Staff Conference.
President Muhammadu Buhari arrived in Maiduguri on Wednesday on a one-day visit to Borno, where he is expected to declare open the 2018 Chief of Army Staff Annual Conference.
Buhari is visiting the state to attend the 2018 Chief of Army Staff annual conference in Maiduguri.
According to Ositelu, it was a tragedy of immense proportion that each time the military claims to have technically defeated the insurgents, the group usually responded with bigger damage on the people and the military.
The Executive Director of the Fund, Prof. Sunday Ochoche, disclosed this on Tuesday while flagging-off Education Support in North East at Gaya-Fa’a village of Hong Local Government Area of Adamawa.
The lawmakers also demanded that the Nigerian Army should, after due consultations with families of soldiers killed in the November 18, insurgents’ attack in Metele village in Borno, release all their names.
President Muhammadu Buhari’s visit to Edo on Tuesday may have been cancelled as the Chief of Army Staff Annual Conference, initially billed to hold in Benin City has been shifted to Maiduguri, Borno State.
Brig. Gen. Texas Chukwu, the Director, Army Public Relations, made the disclosure in a statement issued on Saturday in Maiduguri.
The Nigerian Air Force has responded with heavy airstrikes directed at Boko Haram terrorists’ locations and vehicles after about 100 soldiers were killed in a coordinated attack on a military base in Metele village of Guzamala Local Government Area, Borno State.
The Muslim Rights Concern has called for a probe of the overrunning of the 157 Task Force Battalion at Metele Village in Guzamala Local Government Area of Borno State by Boko Haram Terrorists on November 19, 2018.
Reacting to the tragic incident, the President said his administration remains ever committed and focused on the security of military personnel and other citizens.
FAO Communication Officer, Patrina Pink, made the disclosure in a statement issued in Maiduguri on Friday.
The party said after a thorough review of the killings, especially that of over 70 soldiers of the 157 Task Force Battalion in Melete, Borno State by invading Boko Haram insurgents, who reportedly sent a threat letter last Friday, to take over military locations in the area, the PDP insisted on clarifications from the Buhari Presidency.
The Presidential Candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, Atiku Abubakar, has awarded scholarships to five children of the victims of the recent attack on 157 Task Force Battalion in Metele, Borno.
The state’s Deputy Governor, Alhaji Usman Durkwa, made the disclosure when the Coordinator, Operation Safe Corridor, Maj.-Gen. Bamidele Shafa, visited him in Maiduguri.
The Nigerian Air Force says Air Task Force of Operation Lafiya Dole has destroyed a Boko Haram Terrorist Camp at Buk along the Ajigin-Talala-Buk axis near Alagarno forest in Borno.