The Nigerian Air Force says the Air Task Force of Operation LAFIYA DOLE has destroyed Boko Haram hideouts in Kollaram, Bula Korege within the Sambisa forest.
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Five insurgents have lost their lives in a failed bid to infiltrate a community in Maiduguri, to cause havoc, the News Agency of Nigeria reports.
The Police in Borno have arrested 22 suspected Boko Haram members including those who participated in the abduction of Chibok school girls.
Oshita made this recommendation while speaking to the News Agency of Nigeria in Gombe on Tuesday.
Rev. Stephen Baba, the newly inaugurated ECWA President, made this known at his inauguration at the Church headquarters in Jos.
“In past 24 hours, the ANDSF conducted anti-terrorism operations to clear some of the areas from terrorists and enemies of peace and stability of Afghanistan, killing 98 armed insurgents and injuring 36 others.
Gusau said the insurgents fled their area on Sunday on sighting Nigerian troops advancing towards the locations, adding that in fleeing, the terrorists abandoned food items they had looted earlier and personal effects
Ezugwu told newsmen in a telephone interview in Yola that the success was recorded on Tuesday night during an encounter with the insurgents in Madagali Local Government Area of the state.
“The orphans had been enrolled in various primary school in the state capital to enable them continue their education,” he said
Shettima said in a statement in Maiduguri that the residents of the state should remain calm and reassured them that security forces were making frantic efforts to safeguard lives and property
Omeri also said that security agencies had smashed a kidnap syndicate operating in the Federal Capital Territory
Speaking with State House correspondents, Welby said he was in Abuja to pray with President Jonathan as well as express condolence to Nigerians for the recent losses resulting from series of attacks by the insurgents
Badeh made the disclosure on Thursday when he visited the scenes of Tuesday’s afternoon twin blasts in Jos, Plateau State, saying the insurgents’ strongholds in the North East were being taken over by the military
Oritsejafor, who spoke at a forum organised by the Road Transport Employers Association of Nigeria in Abuja, also called for mass action against the activities of the insurgents
The Senate’s position was sequel to the motion sponsored by the Senate Leader, Senator Victor Ndoma-Egba, and 107 other senators over the abduction of the school girls in Chibok and the Nyanya bomb blast that claimed the lives of over 70 persons recently
Olukolade said this in an interview with newsmen on the sidelines of a media tour of military operations in Maiduguri, the Borno State capital
According to the spokesman of the Defence Headquarters, Major General Chris Olukolade, said inasmuch as the military is reluctant to join issues with a respectable religious organisation like the JNI, the need to set the records straight made this response imperative
The information was contained in a statement by Major General Chris Olukolade, the Director of Defence Information and Coordinator of the Joint Information Centre on Counter Terrorism Campaign
Gideon Jubrin, the spokesman of the command made this known to newsmen in Maiduguri, the Borno State capital
An official of Mafa Local Government Council, where the terrorists attacked on Monday, Mallam Bulama Mala, told newsmen that the residents received a letter earlier last week from the terrorists, informing the residents that they would attack the town