The government on Monday rescheduled the curfew hitherto observed between 10pm and 6am to run between January 2 and 6.
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Rogers also disclosed that 200 Boko Haram terrorists surrendered to troops on Thursday during operations around the basin and Sambisa forest general area.
The Public Relations Officer of the Police Command in Kano State, DSP Magaji Majiya, disclosed this while presenting the suspects to newsmen in Kano on Thursday.
The News Agency of Nigeria reports that the incident occurred at about 5am when a teenage male suicide bomber detonated an Improvised Explosive Device strapped to his body in a mosque at Yobe area of Gamboru.
Abubakar made the charge against the backdrop of recent killings in Rivers, Kaduna, Benue and other parts of the country, including the Wednesday early morning suicide bombing attack at Gamboru Mosque in Borno State, barely three days into the New Year.
The Borno State Government had on Monday reviewed the curfew hitherto observed between 10pm and 6am in view of the current security situation in the state.
Dr. Mohammed Bulama, the Commissioner, Home Affairs, Information and Culture, disclosed this in a statement on Monday in Maiduguri.
Antigha said over 700 persons abducted by Boko Haram insurgents had escaped from their captors and were received by the 242 Battalion, Monguno.
The Director of Army Public Relations, Brigadier General Sani Usman, said in a statement on Sunday that the order followed the complaint by a man, who identified himself as DanBorno, on his Twitter account.
Shettima said the bill, tagged: “Budget of Resettlement and Empowerment,” was less than that of 2017 by N13.560 billion or 7.38 per cent.
Audu also urged them to sustain the tempo of the successes so far recorded by always maintaining high level of alertness.
Moloi is about five kilometres away from Maiduguri, located on Maiduguri-Damboa-Biu Expressway.
Buratai, who spoke at Gwoza, headquarters of Gwoza Local Government Area of Borno State, also said the celebration attested to the resilience of the Nigerian Army in the operations.
The Director of Public Relations and Information, NAF Headquarters, Air Vice Marshal Olatokunbo Adesanya, disclosed this in a statement on Sunday in Abuja.
The Chairman of the association, Dr. Ibrahim Barde, made this known during the distribution of the items at the Kawar Maila IDP camp on Thursday in Maiduguri, Borno State.
Colonel Onyema Nwachukwu, the Deputy Director, Army Public Relations, Operation Lafiya Dole, made the disclosure in a statement issued in Maiduguri, Borno State.
Other soldiers also bagged jail sentences for various offences ranging from manslaughter to illegal possession of fire arms and ammunitions.
The military also described as “fictitious” the purported killing of six soldiers by Boko Haram insurgents in an ambush on Damboa Road.
Kidah, who said that the exercise was in conjunction with World Food Programme and Food and Agriculture Organisation, said the beneficiaries were trained under skill acquisition programme of the NGO.
Its Chairman, Hassan Mustapha, told newsmen on Saturday in Maiduguri that the victims died due to the activities of Boko Haram, which made it difficult for patients to access Anti-Retroviral Therapy and other support services